Causes Of American Revolution

Although, the enlightenment did not led to American revolution, but heavy taxation led to the american revolution because of stamp act, boston tea party, and intolerable Act
Stamp act is one of the main causes that led to American Revolution because people were forced to pay taxes on all papers that a person would owe. The tremendous debt at duration of the war made a lots of changes to british economy. The British started this act to pay off the debt of the french and indian war. After the act the colonist were outrage against the British parliament. Also, in attempt of heard the colonist began to boycott british good and forcefully used violence on those that supported the acts. One example that show violence was Samuel Adams led Boston’s

Intolerable act inspired some of the most significant rebellion led to American Revolution.The acts sparked outrage and resistance in the colonies and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. Also, intolerable act were laws that was forced on the colonist because what happened in Boston tea Party. There are many things that were also connected with Intolerable acts like the quartering act, administration of JUSTICE Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and Boston Port Act, but the king created these laws because the colonist behavior were changing. These laws and acts are connected to american revolution because these laws led to violences and many other. For example, in quartering act, it illustrates that “The king forced the people of the colonies to take the British troops into their homes. This terrified and infuriated the colonists. They were being deprived of whatever British rights they had possessed. The people were having to expose their children to the British soldiers” ( american revolution.net). This demonstrates that the british were doing the wrong things to the colonist because the british soldiers could do anything they want. One example that shows that Intolerable act was the cause was “ It was a calculated risk that backfired, however, because the harshness of some of the acts

During this enlightenment period, people were advancing their ideas on science. For example, during enlightenment period, Galileo Galilei contributed to improve astronomy. This shows that during enlightenment they were trying to improve science and other main ideas like religion. Another example that shows that enlightenment didn’t led to The Revolution because it focused mainly on improving new things for the people. Additionally, in chapter 4, it illustrates that “ The new hospital embodied two principles of the Enlightenment: that purposeful actions could improve society, and that the products of these actions should express reason and order” (128) and “ Inspired by Enlightenment thinkers and led to the formation of limited governments and served as a model for future limited governments; sweeping change in government for the 13 colonies” (quizlet) . This proves that enlightenment was more about improving society than causing violation, and it states that it was the a base but it didn’t led to it like the acts did. Also, it didn’t cause the American