Evaluate The Socio-Economic Causes Of The American Revolution

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While greatly outmatched by the fledged american in terms of soldiers and weaponry, the social climate was against the Britain from the beginning, and moral was the key to winning the revolution. Distance was another deciding factor, as speed of responsible in a huge tactical advantage in war. Several little problem also contributed to the downfall of the British. The Americans had full public support on their side, including the immediate access to resources. On the other hand, the British had huge and slow supply lines and they only had very few allies.

Britian had already faced economic problem; after fighting against the french to the north, and keeping control of their remote colonies in the loss of America (part of the essential trade route that ran from the Europe to the Caribbean and to America) was a top priority. This route brought in a great deal of money to the British's importers and exporters, shipping luxury goods such as rum back to Europe for consumption, and the European made goods to the Americas to be used in the frontier. The loss of the taxation put by the British government on these trade routes, as well of the loss of a major district of the economy would be shattering to the British empire.
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On the American side, the revolution more immediate, as the fighting got much closer. While many Americans may have been unsure about the independence, the mismanagement of the citizens of Boston ( with harsh Intolerable Act) more and more people felt threatened by the government. Joining up with Thomas Paine's inflammatory articles, the sense of injustice made many American regroup to the rebel