Why the Colonies Decided to Revolt

        The colonies decided to revolt against the British because the British were not treating the colonies very well. The British Empire was always trying to take what the colonies had away from them. It was like the British Empire never wanted the colonies to be happy. They just always wanted to take things away from them or make items cost more to make more money. Soon later, there were many laws that started coming into play because the colonies got fed up with what was happening. The colonies started protesting against Britain especially when the Stamp Act happened. The Stamp Act made the colonies mad because they kept having to pay more taxes on everything especially newspapers and any other printed materials. The Declaratory Act soon followed the Stamp Act to help repeal the Stamp Act and become the Sugar Act. After this, the Townshend Acts became the new act that affected everything. This put taxes on lead, glass, paint, and tea. This act also tried to help limit the smuggling of items because there was not a direct tax. This soon led to a revolt for the women on not wanting to buy cloth from Britain. Britain was the center of everything going on so when all of this happened it affected Britain tremendously.

This soon made Britain and France get into an argument over wanting more control of the new colonies. The Seven Years' War had begun. It lasted until the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain had full control of the new colonies. The colonies still were not happy, however. There became more taxes because Britain was a bigger source for income. This led to another revolt. The colonies did not like what Britain was doing to them so whenever something like this happened they needed a plan to make a change. This change helped the colonies get more freedom from Britain, which has shaped a huge outcome for the colonies