The American Revolution began for many reasons. Some long-term social, economic, and political changes in the British colonies; prior to 1750; provided the basis for and helped put America on the fast track of becoming an independent nation under its own control with its own government. America would no longer be ruled by a tyrant king thousands of miles away. A huge factor in the start of the revolution was the French and Indian War during the years of 1754 through 1763; this changed the age-old bond between the colonies and Britain its mother. A decade of conflicts between the British rule and the colonists, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765, and eventually leading to the eruption of war in 1775, along with the drafting of The Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Originally the fighting between Britain and France began in 1754 with a quarrel in North America. It had two different names. In America it is known as the French and Indian War. In Britain and Europe it is known as......
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