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American History Lecture Two (view source)
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Let's stop for a moment to review the causes of the revolution. British oppression was not the only catalyst of the Revolutionary War, and many factors played a role:
Let's stop for a moment to review the causes of the revolution. British oppression was not the only catalyst of the Revolutionary War, and many factors played a role:
(2) British burdens hurt nearly all Colonists in all walks of life.
:(1) Colonists were accustomed to much independence and self-determination, and Tory efforts to regulate and tax were bitterly opposed by the Colonies (and by Whigs in England).
(3) Taxes hit at a bad time: postwar depression.
:(2) British burdens hurt nearly all Colonists in all walks of life.
(4) Legally, colonies disagreed with "virtual representation."
:(3) Taxes hit at a bad time: postwar depression.
:(4) Legally, colonies disagreed with "virtual representation."
(6) Colonists disliked English class distinctions.
:(5) Religious reasons: many colonists disliked Anglicans (and Catholics), and feared England would install an Anglican bishop.
(7) 1/3 of colonists were not even English, and thus felt no attachment to the British.
:(6) Colonists disliked English class distinctions.
(8) Colonists accepted John Locke's philosophy of natural rights and a social contract, which conflicted with rule by a monarchy.
:(7) 1/3 of colonists were not even English, and thus felt no attachment to the British.
(9) Colonists saw a bright prospect for their future.
:(8) Colonists accepted John Locke's philosophy of natural rights and a social contract, which conflicted with rule by a monarchy.
:(9) Colonists saw a bright prospect for their future.
==The American Revolution==
==The American Revolution==