In reality, we know that the war was started long before the first gunshots of the Revolutionary War rang out. Actually the revolution started with the last shots of the French and Indian War in 1763. This was a very costly war to Great Britain in many ways. The most devastating cost was the monetary loss that was incurred from fighting the war. Great Britain thought that since the war was fought for the protection of the colonists that they had the obligation to pay for some of the major costs of the war. This seems like a very logical reason for the Parliament to impose taxes on the colonists. For the first year or so after the war, the taxes that were imposed were accepted as they were created, but in the year of 1764 the Sugar Act started to raise some eyebrows with the colonists. The Sugar Act was put in place to prevent the colonists from trading for cheaper molasses to produce rum because this was hurting Great Britain. It also raised the tax on other imported objects such as sugar which was not taken well by the colonists. This was just the beginning of the unhappiness with Great Britain in the
In reality, we know that the war was started long before the first gunshots of the Revolutionary War rang out. Actually the revolution started with the last shots of the French and Indian War in 1763. This was a very costly war to Great Britain in many ways. The most devastating cost was the monetary loss that was incurred from fighting the war. Great Britain thought that since the war was fought for the protection of the colonists that they had the obligation to pay for some of the major costs of the war. This seems like a very logical reason for the Parliament to impose taxes on the colonists. For the first year or so after the war, the taxes that were imposed were accepted as they were created, but in the year of 1764 the Sugar Act started to raise some eyebrows with the colonists. The Sugar Act was put in place to prevent the colonists from trading for cheaper molasses to produce rum because this was hurting Great Britain. It also raised the tax on other imported objects such as sugar which was not taken well by the colonists. This was just the beginning of the unhappiness with Great Britain in the