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What Were The Causes Of The Revolutionary War

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There are many different causes that led to the Revolutionary War. Although British people had established homes in America for over a hundred years and still more sailed over, Britain kept a stronghold on America. It was decided by the British government that the colonies had to pay the costs generated by the French and Indian war. The best way to collect that money from the colonies would be through taxes. Specifically, the British government added taxes to common goods such as sugar, molasses and tea. Yet at this point, the colonists had no representation in Parliament and felt that in order to justify their having to help pay for the associated costs of the war, they deserved said representation. On one hand there were the British

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