... France's wealth was continually drained. The revolutionary war incredibly affected the outcome of the Nation. The American Revolution was also mainly based on the resist of paying heavy taxation, without representation. However, the American's cause was for Independence from a country that did nothing for its colonies. The Americans were fed up with the restrictions of movement West in the continent, the heavy taxes on imported goods and property, laws making the sale of certain items illegal ... had further advantages with the alliance of the French, Spanish, and Netherlands. The war e...

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... and destroyed with professional conscientiousness." On top of these problems with the army personnel there was a major communications problem. It took six weeks for messages to be sent backwards and forwards the three thousand miles from the government in Britain to the British generals fighting on American soil. The major supplies for the British came from England into the ports on the East Coast that were in British ... control. This meant that the British Army was not able to travel for any great distance from ... more. The Spanish aid to America included "Four hundred thousand doll...

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... . They hunted, engaged in agriculture, growing plants, nuts and roots. After the Spaniards brought horses, they began raids on food supplies and goods that belonged to their sedentary neighbors. Iroquois lived in the eastern forests of the North American continent. After Columbus, other Europeans came to the New World. Spanish settlers arrived in North America in the early sixteenth century. They settled in what is now Florida and ... own decisions; some were on the side of the British, others supported the colonists, others remained neutral. As a result, the Iroquois fought on all sides...

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... war with the French, Spanish, and Austrians. This war was called the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War. In the same year a twenty-one-year-old George Washington was sent to the Ohio country with 150 Virginia men. Washington ran into a group of French troop just outside of Fort Duquesne. There the first bullet of the war was shot and Washington came out victorious over the ... of the Mississippi to the British. In 1764, the Prime Minister George Greenville imposed the American Revenue Act, which was designed to raise revenues from the colonies. This was also called the Sugar Act...

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... to be free from British rule. In the book, "The Glorious Cause" written by Robert Middlekauff, it is said that the seeds of the American Revolution were planted before the war even started. I agree with that statement. The thirteen colonies were unfairly taxed, and represented. The conditions of the Stamp Act and the Treaty of Paris are proof. Soon after the laws of these actions were set in place ... the Sons of Liberty was formed. The Sons of Liberty were a radical group ... the war, and proved that George Washington was one of the best Generals around and was capable of leading his me...

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... peace by peace. One thing after another would be taken away, and that would spur the rebellious hearts of colonists. The statement that the revolutionary war was caused by the taxes that were put on colonies will be will be denied with facts. There wont be a lot on the war, but more on the causes. As the East Coast started to grow and flourish, there came to be rules and taxes ... and fertile land. To prove the point that the American colonies were going to get out of the British control, I will say that the colonies got a Virginian Charter, which let the colonies to be self-governing. As...

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... (Donovan 101). He gained a tremendous amount of support form Edmund Burke and other people in the British Parliament, and also from British merchants as well. All his efforts were not enough though. Benjamin Franklin was on the first ship back home when the war started at Lexington and Concord. The American Revolution had broken out into full swing, and by this time Franklin was sixty nine years ... valuable trade with a free America would be. He also talked to the people through the press about liberty and freedom (Donovan 124). When the news of the American victory at Saratoga reached...

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