Causes of the Revolution!

The American Revolution didn't happen from one day to another. No! Conflicts had been accumulating years before. It seemed like the British weren't listening so the Colonists decided to take action in their own hands.

The following table shows some of the major events that happened before the Revolution and that somehow contributed to its success.

1754—French and Indian War	1767—Colonist Respond with Boycott
1764—British Impose New Taxes	1768—British Troops Land in Boston
1765—Quartering Act	1770—Boston Massacre
1765—Stamp Tax Passed	1770—Townshend Act Repealed
1765—Sons of Liberty Formed	1772—Cutter Gaspee Burned
1765—Stamp Act Congress	1773—Boston Tea Party
1766—Stamp Tax Repealed	1774—Coercive Acts Imposed
1767—Townshend Acts Imposed	1774—First Continental Congress Meets

What is the American Revolution?

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free of the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officers. By 1774, each colony had established a Provincial Congress, or an equivalent governmental institution, to form individual self-governing states. Through representatives sent in 1775 to the Second Continental Congress, they joined together at first to defend their respective self-governance and manage the armed conflict against the British known as the American Revolutionary War.

In other words, and to make it easy to understand, the Colonists were sick of the British Parliament because they were levying taxes on them, and trying to impose themselves over them when they had no representation on the Parliament (Taxation without Representation). They started to boycott many of the British activities and after a lot of problems, they managed to kick the British out of their lives, leading in to what we call the American Revolution.