Economic
Some of the main economic causes of the American Revolution are mainly due to Britain's unfair actions regarding trade, social order and incrementation of taxes.
Before the American Revolution, the British Empire implemented Mercantilism policies to keep their colonies in place. These policies were asserted with the Navigation Acts, which prohibited the American colonies from trading with any power that was not British. As a social order established in North America, the small class of landowners and merchants were the ones who dominated all the economic life, while the majority of the population lived in poverty. After 1765, when King George III increased taxes in the American colonies to pay for the British debts of the Seven Years War. Tension between Britain and colonists increased and the American Revolution slowly emerged. The colonies repeatedly struggled to restore relations with Britain in a peaceful manner, but in order to resist against the parliament, violent measures had to be taken. The only efficient way for the British Empire to take the colonies seriously was by creating a boycott of British goods, meaning that trading was over, which would affect the merchants in the American and British economies negatively.
Before the American Revolution, the British Empire implemented Mercantilism policies to keep their colonies in place. These policies were asserted with the Navigation Acts, which prohibited the American colonies from trading with any power that was not British. As a social order established in North America, the small class of landowners and merchants were the ones who dominated all the economic life, while the majority of the population lived in poverty. After 1765, when King George III increased taxes in the American colonies to pay for the British debts of the Seven Years War. Tension between Britain and colonists increased and the American Revolution slowly emerged. The colonies repeatedly struggled to restore relations with Britain in a peaceful manner, but in order to resist against the parliament, violent measures had to be taken. The only efficient way for the British Empire to take the colonies seriously was by creating a boycott of British goods, meaning that trading was over, which would affect the merchants in the American and British economies negatively.
Baack, Ben. "The Economics of the American Revolutionary War." EHnet. Economic History Services, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.