The American Revolution War's Causes (Essay Sample)

THE CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR
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The Causes of the American Revolution War
The American Revolution was a political conflict which occurred between 1765 and 1783. During this period, the thirteen American colonies with the help of the French troops, opposed and overthrew the rule of Great Britain and gained their independence to become the United States of America. The major causes contributing to this conflict included political and economic shifts in the American government and populace.
The reintroduction of the colonial trade laws by the imperial government in London in 1763 sparked the American Revolution (Boucher, 1990). Patterson (1988) noted that for many years, England had passed colonial trade laws, which were intended to profit the mother country. These laws limited the American colonies to trade with English merchants only. Also, the laws compelled the American colonists to exclusively use English containers to ship their goods, even though the colonists could profit more by engaging in overseas trade. The imperial government in London had ignored these laws until 1963 when they were reintroduced. By this time, the colonies were already used to the British beneficial neglect of the laws, and their corruption in smuggling, bribing or completely ignoring the trade laws. When the laws were reintroduced, the American felt that their freedom was being violated and their rights as free Englishmen were being denied. They, therefore, started the protests which eventually progressed into the American Revolution