American+Revolution+AR09

 __Was the American Revolution really a revolution?__ Define revolution: revolution-noun- an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. So, what do you think? Yes, the American Revolution was indeed a revolution. It was a revolution for Americans, or in this case the minutemen. Britain was ordering the Minutemen to do too much duties, like tax issues, and a lot of acts were put out, such as the Stamp Act, which required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and some playing cards to have a tax stamp. This brought on the issue of taxation without representation. The Stamp Act was passed by a large mass of people on March 22, 1765. The Quartering Act was also a problem, and it provided that Great Britain would give their soldiers a home in American barracks and public houses. If the soldiers outnumbered the housing available, they would quarter them for housing arrangements such as inns, livery stables, which were stables that horse owners kept their horses in in exchange for a fee, ale houses, and liquor-selling houses. The Townshend Act, which included taxes on glass, paint, oil, paper, lead, and tea, was applied with the requirement of raising 40,000 pounds a year for the administration of the colonies. The Tea Act, which played a big part in the American Revolution, was the main problem of the American Revolution. In Boston, the East India Company was losing money and they were loaded down with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. The colonists in Philadelphia and New York turned the tea ships back to Britain. The cargo was left to rot on the docks in Charleston. The Governor was being unreasonable and wouldn't let the ships leave the dock. This lead to the Boston Tea Party. The colonists dressed up like indians and dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor, which was about 90,000 pounds, All of this tea cost around 10,000 pounds, or $1.87 million dollars in the U.S. Imagine saving up all that money and then dumping it into a harbor! Events such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to hatred against eachother. The colonies fought for their own rights and they fought for complete freedom from Britain. Britain wanted the colonies since they were very wealthy to the industries. Some of the colonies had sugar, corn, tobacco, and even slaves. Britain wanted all the power and they were determined not to let the colonists have one bit of control. Luckily, the minutemen won the war and finally their independence for Britain. They were no longer completely ruled by them. So, as you can see, this was a major revolution for independence and most certainly a revolution.

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