The American Revolutionary War was caused from the political issues between the “mother country”, Great Britain, and its “children”, the American colonies. Most of the Americans initially didn’t want to completely separate from England but wanted to compromise and regain the rights that Parliament had taken away. England made war unavoidable with its unwillingness to negotiate, heavy taxation of the colonists that violated their rights, and strict trading policies.
The English hardly every interfered with colonial business. During the period of salutary neglect, the colonists started to think and act independently of England. They lived far away from Britain and had grown self-reliant. Laws, such as the Navigation Acts, were not strictly enforced, so the colonists accepted with little objection. The non-enforcement of acts didn’t negatively change the colonist’s relationship with England. The colonists easily traded with other countries. Also, the colonists accepted......
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