In this post I will list some of the causes of the Revolutionary War in Briton’s 13 colonies in America. The French and Indian War was a major contributor to the revolution. The French and Indian War cost the British lots of men, money, and equipment. The British needed some way to get some of the money back, so they decided to tax the colonies for the war, and expenses of having additional royal officials in the colonies. The king of England only expected the colonists to pay for half the war. The king thought the colonists would have an easy time paying all the taxes, but he didn’t know how hard life really was in the colonies. Colonists felt they were being treated unfairly, which on some levels they were. Colonists had a hard time building lives in the America. Colonists didn’t start out with much when they first came, so they had to start from scratch. Building a totally new life was costly enough, so when the king started taxing the colonies, colonists didn’t have much to live on. Colonists tried every way they could to get the king to reduce the taxes, but the king wouldn’t listen. After their many attempts at trying to neogotiate with the king, colonists decided to declare themselves independent from the crown with the Declaration of Independence. This infuriated the king, so he sent soldiers to the colonies to maintain “order”. Colonists did not enjoy having to give soldiers housing, and having them there to keep them bothered.
Evauntually colonists started making weapons, expecting a war. British soldiers were sent to seize and destroy any weapons they found in Concord. the War started when a group of 800 British soldiers crossed the Charles river in Boston and headed towards Concord, MA. When British soldiers arrived at Lexington about 70 MA militiamen stood ready to defend the town, someone fired a shot (the shot heard around the world). The musket fire killed 8 militiamen and wounded 10. Only one British soldier died, but his death was the start of the revolutionary war.