American Revolution
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The Instigation of The American Revolution
Once the French had been defeated at the end of the Seven Years War, the British were able to focus their energy solely on increasing their control over the colonies. The intensified amount of attention from the British was nicely characterized in the quote, "With the French defeated, the British government could turn its attention to tightening control over the colonies." At this point, Americans' were left with only two remaining threats, the British and the Indians, therefore, making them less in need of English rule. However, the British had become increasingly reliant on the wealth that they were provided by the colonies. Sam Adams shaped history by using the conflict of interest between the British and the American colonists. The fragile relationship between the American colonists and the British gave Sam Adams opportunity to inspire the Revolution; the American colonists anti- British sentiment was a reaction to callous acts passed by the British.
Acts passed by the British hurt the colonists' economically, which increased their dissatisfaction with the British and the already existing notion that they, as English citizens, were being treated poorly. The British government passed laws that enraged the colonists including the Stamp Act of 1765, the Tea Act of 1773, and the Intolerable Acts of 1774. Each of these Acts were shown to be harsh when looking at the enormous implications that they had, not only on the colonies, but, also, on the individual citizens. The Americans retaliated to the futile Stamp Act by rioting, burning admiralty courts, and by boycotting British goods for the first time...