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Essay Archive - The American Revolution
The American Revolution
From 1763, Americans had only to be convinced that an arbitrary ruler-
whether Parliament or King-was violating their inherent rights, to feel
that rebellion was justified. This conviction was bred in them by the
series of events that occurred between 1763 and 1776. The language used to
protest the British Acts was legal, and political. But the primary cause of
the Revolution is economics.
In theory the colonists accepted the principle that natural laws
rather than royal decrees should govern the economy. In practice only the
southern colonies were bound to England by the tobacco trade. T....
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