Reasons for the American Revolution

Soon after England established the colonies in the New World, it began a period of salutary neglect. The English rarely intervened with colonial business. It was during this time that the colonies gradually began to think and act independently of England. Any loyalty that the English had built with the colonists during the victory over the French in the Seven Year's War was soon dismantled by their actions. During this war England had established a …

…would be right next door. This all but started the American Revolution. England's unwillingness to understand the deep desire Americans had for true and total liberty ensured the road to the American Revolution was irreversible. England's persistence to enforce tax law after tax law on the colonies made the road to the revolution was a long and difficult journey. In the end this journey would produce the only true revolution the world has ever seen.