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  __The American Revolution!__

**Was the American Revolution really a revolution?

Before I can answer that question I have another question on my hands. WHAT IS A REVOLUTION? I found out that a revolution is a movement made to change major parts of the economy. The next question I have to answer is why the American Revolution was started. The revolution happened for many things including the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, the Townshend Act, and the Boston Massacre. Many of these events had to do with taxes but the Boston Massacre had to do with trust of the British troops. The Boston Massacre was a shooting of 5 American colonists by the British soldiers. The reaction of this was even more distrust in the presence of the British military. ** **I believe that the American Revolution was only partially a revolution. It did happen to change the economy, but it also happened because the colonists were worried about the presence of the British military. After the Boston Massacre the Americans couldn’t trust the British and feared for the safety of their people. So the American Revolution was a revolution, but it also was a trust issue.**  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolution  http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/revolutionarywartimeline.htm