Assignment #1: The American Revolution

Assignment #1-The American Revolution
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The American Revolution was a war between the British and the 13 colonies in North America that began in 1775 to 1783. The protracted repression in the form of governance without representation of the British aggrieved the colonists and stimulated the rise of republicanism and defense for liberty (Hickman, n.d). The American revolution surfaced for a number of reasons including opposition to the new taxes and trade restrictions imposed on colonists as ways of generating revenue, opposition to land settlement proclamations that prohibited freedom of settling down in certain areas such as west of Appalachian mountains, opposition to the lack of American representation in the legislative organ in Britain, and opposition to the Quartering Act. Other causes include the fact that colonists had also been empowered to pursue self-governance after participating in the seven year war against the French. They gained confidence and pride in the fact that they no longer required the British to protect them. They were also deeply angered by the British’s policy that required them to finance war through taxes (Boucher, 1797).
The events leading to the American Revolution commenced after the French and Indian war in that ended in 1763. Britain and France had established colonies what is presently known as the United States of America and Canada respectively. The two imperial powers aggressively sought colonies in the western hemisphere and France at some point attempted to gain control over a stretch of land touching Mississippi river and Texas. Antagonism between the British and the French was most vividly experienced during the famous French and Indian war over Ohio River. Britain joined forces with the Americans and gained victory over the French (Woodburn, 2010). Britain suffered great defeat such as during the first two years and following General Braddock defeat Britain required injecting more resources into the war. Injection of more resources resulted in conquest over Canada and France lost its colonies in America with an exception of New Orleans. This war that lasted from 1754 to 1763 and it was one of the triggers of the American Revolution. The high expenses of the war coupled with the cost of managing the newly acquired colonies forced Britain to begin imposing extra cost burdens on colonists, which they loathed (Housel, 2014).
One of the events that triggered the revolution is the move that the British took by enacting the proclamation act of 1763 to bar Americans from venturing into the areas where Native Americans lived in the guise that it sought to prevent hostilities between the native Americans and the colonists. However, Britain had realized that its resources were insufficient to assume control over the colonists in the far west areas of the Appalachian Mountains. The Americans realized this and were aggrieved by the move...