The Factors That Lead the Colonies into the American Revolution
Three main factors led the American colonies into the American Revolution. The first factor relates to the so-called French and Indian War. The conflict leading to the war started when the French people were involved in a disagreement with the English fur traders (The Module). Actually, the mentioned war drastically changed many aspects of relations between France and Britain. Therefore, the inhabitants of the territories adherent to the given countries were affected in economic, political, and social, governmental aspects. Furthermore, France and Britain experienced many financial losses caused by the war.
The second factor that led to the revolution was the presence of taxes. The earlier mentioned war against France made Britain believe that it is possible to finance the war thanks to the colonists’ money. Britain wanted to get some revenue in order to support its military forces and started to impose new taxes. As a result, Britain decided to introduce a series of taxes, such as the Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765), and Tea Act (1773) (“Openstax: U.S History | CH5: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774”). These acts triggered colonists’ anger and protests that later turned into the American Revolution.
Another factor that led to numerous protests and the American Revolution was the tension caused due to political reasons and the neglect of colonists’ rights. For example, Proclamation 1763 stated that colonists should not settle in some particular areas of the Appalachian Mountains. Furthermore, many colonists approved of the “No Taxation Without Representation” slogan. “No Taxation Without Representation” was a common colonists’ belief that they should not be taxed since there were no direct representatives of colonists in Parliament. In addition to that, the level of trust towards Britain was significantly decreased due to the massacres that occurred during protests in Boston.
Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests
The current events and 2020 financial crises caused by the coronavirus outbreak partly reflect the protests conducted by the colonists against the introduced taxes. It goes without saying that many businesses went bankrupt during the lockdown, while others struggled to pay their rent. This situation made restaurant owners launch a tax strike in April 2020 since they could not afford to pay taxes due to pandemic. As can be seen, both the colonists and the restaurant owners were convinced that they had the right to weaver the necessity to pay taxes.
Conclusion
Furthermore, it seems that both restaurant owners and colonists that paying high taxes would be unnecessary in the situations they faced. As for the problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, all required measures were taken to support collapsing small businesses during these hardships.
Works Cited
The Module, 2020.
“Openstax: U.S History | CH5: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774”. Tophat.com, 2020, Web.