American Revolution Dbq Analysis

The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1781 and it was one of the first wars that the 13 colonies had ever fought in. It made way into making America independent from England and there were many contributing factors into why the revolution war happened. Most of contributing factors were taxes and how england was treating them after the French and Indian war, but there were other factors in making the revolution such as the economic situation

After the French-Indian war, England was short on money and had to figure out how to repay King George III. So they decided to make the colonies pay for the debt by putting taxes on supplies,food and even paper seen in Doc.J. Doc.J shows a timeline from the Treaty of Paris to the beginning …show more content…
The Economic Sustainability of the colonies before the revolution was stable until the taxes were in place. Many boycotts took place during this time and most of them were peaceful, but they opposed buying anything that was taxed, causing the stores and trading posts that were being taxed to make little to no money. It went too far when the Tea Act was in place, causing more trade for Britain, but less money for American importers. That's when the famous Boston Tea Party incident took place in as documented in Doc.D. “....We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chest of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders,.....During the time we were throwing the tea overboard, there were several attempts of the citizens of Boston and its vicinity to carry of small quantities of it for their family use. To effect that object, they would watch their opportunity to snatch up a handful, where it became plentiful scattered, and put it into their pockets….the next morning a number of small boats were manned by sailors and citizens, who rowed them into those parts of the harbor wherever the tea was visible, and by beating it with oars and paddles so thoroughly drenched it as to render its entire destruction

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