A revolution is a time period that changes our society rapidly and significantly. The American, French and Industrial Revolutions are some very influential movements that fought for independence and for a better world. There are many causes that contribute to these revolutions, but they all began with a financial crisis.The American Revolution or the Revolutionary War led to the birth of the United States. It was caused by the great British debt, so Britain tried to tax the colonies to increase more income. The American Revolution didn’t begin until 1775 but Britain and its American colonies were in relations ever since the 1600’s when Britain imposed the Navigational Acts. The Seven Years’ War, which was fought in Europe, Asia and North America, ended in 1763. The war was very expensive and after it ended Britain had kept troops in North America to defend the territories from France. Britain was deep in debt and felt that America should start paying a share of the costs of wars so they passed the Stamp Act in 1765. The Stamp Act taxed a variety of items from newspapers to playing cards. The unpopular act led to the American colonies feeling that they had no individual rights and they claimed that the British Parliament had no right on taxing them without a representative sent to them. The Boston Tea Party was a large shipment of tea dumped into the Boston harbour, which occurred in 1773. The Bostonians were mad at the fact that Britain had imposed many new taxes to be in total control of the colonies. In 1774 British Parliament passed a series of laws called the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts included the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quebec Act. The Boston Port Act closed the Boston Port, which restricted colonial trade. The Quartering Act was a military cause to the revolut...
