American colonies were justified for waging war and breaking away from Britain because they were defending themselves against a series of measures Parliament wished to impose on their communities without their consent. In June 1767, Parliament imposed more taxes on the colonies by passing the Townshend Act.

Why did the colonists feel justified in rebelling against Great Britain? Since the colonists had no representation in Parliament, they thought that the should not be taxed. Due to Enlightenment ideas, they felt that they could overthrow the government.

Although England has many reasons as to why the colonies were unjustified in waging a war, the colonists still were justified because the “Declaration of Independence” clearly stated the colonist’s problems against the king. They said that they were breaking away from England to become The United States of America.

Ultimately, the American Revolution is not so clearly justified, as the demands of the colonists were outlandish and the British government treated the colonies with fairness in their governing.

The Boston Tea Party was a protest organized by the colonists against the British. All the colonists dressed up as Indians and snuck on-board the British ships in the harbor. Cause: The colonists were upset by the Tea Act. Effect: The Intolerable Acts were passed to keep the colonists under control.

The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses and the houses of sellers of wine.

Lexington, Massachusetts

The Post’s May 9 news analysis on militias and America’s revolutionary heritage quotes colonial historian Rosemarie Zagarri as stating that the British “didn’t try to disarm” the Americans and never “prohibited the colonists from bearing or owning arms.” Reality was quite the contrary, as I have documented in my 1989 …

Facts about Thomas Gage In 1758 Thomas Gage became a colonel. He successfully served in Amherst’s operations against Montreal and was appointed governor of Montreal, and promoted major-general in 1761. Thomas Gage was appointed governor of Massachusetts in 1774.

In the UK and some other countries, it’s called the American War of Independence. It’s not taught at all.

Facing an impending rebellion, British General Thomas Gage decided to seize weapons and gun powder being stored in Concord, Massachusetts, twenty miles northwest of Boston, to prevent violence.

On April 19, local militiamen clashed with British soldiers in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, marking the “shot heard round the world” that signified the start of the Revolutionary War.

Many rebels were deported to British colonies in the New World. American colonists had good reason to believe the British government would deal with the rebellion in its colonies with the same harsh but effective measures.

Cause: British leaders feared that more fighting would take place on the frontier if colonists kept moving onto American Indian lands. This Act required colonists to house British soldiers. Effect: Increased people’s anger at Britain.

Below are some of the key causes of the American Revolution in the order they occurred.

• The Founding of the Colonies.
• French and Indian War.
• Taxes, Laws, and More Taxes.
• Protests in Boston.
• Intolerable Acts.
• Boston Blockade.
• Growing Unity Among the Colonies.
• First Continental Congress.

The Revolution’s most important long-term economic consequence was the end of mercantilism. The British Empire had imposed various restrictions on the colonial economies including limiting trade, settlement, and manufacturing. The Revolution opened new markets and new trade relationships.

There were several key factors contributing to the Colonists’ victory over the British, such as war tactics, strong leadership and one solid alliance. Despite facing larger forces, better trained armies, and more weapons, the Colonists managed to win.

To gain their freedom. Which is an important effect of the American Revolution on other countries? The American Revolution inspired revolutions around the world in years to come. After the Treaty of Paris was signed, about 90,000 Loyalists became refugees.