Road to the Revolution

Blake Morris
9/29/16
7th Period

There were many things that led to the revolution. The definition of a revolution is a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. This is not short of what happened. No rebellion takes place without reason though. It all started in the early 1770s when America was dealing with many problems. One of the many arguable reasons the revolution was started was the way Americas parliament was passing these many laws that dealt with Americans being taxed unfairly. These taxes were not your normal taxes though. For example one of the acts passed was called the sugar acts. The sugar acts taxed sugar, coffee, and, wine for revenue. the colonists boycotted these acts and this was one of the first times the Americans realized that when they came together they could overthrow something the government passed. After boycotting the sugar acts they were soon repealed. One of the biggest issues the colonists had with the new acts being passed is that they were not like normal taxes. These different acts passed like the sugar act and the stamp act were purely to collect money for Britain. They were purely just for revenue which benefitted the mother country. the whole reason for these acts dated back to 1763 when the French and Indian war ended. This war left Britain in great debt. Therefore Britain thought creating taxes purely for revenue to get out of debt was a good idea. Yet the citizens being taxed thought otherwise. The whole problem with parliament was that the colonists were not the one who voted on parliament. Yet they were the citizens being taxed. Colonists were punished and they were forced to stand up for what they needed and believed in. This is what led up to the revolution.