It Couldn't Be Stopped

             It was inevitable that the American Revolution took place. England did many
             wrong things to frustrate the colonists. The more wrong doings that England did,
             the more America wanted to separate from them. One thing that got America mad
             was being taxed too much. Another thing was that Britain gave them no freedom.
             The third thing is because of the violence that went on between England and
             America. This was the breaking point of America. They couldn't take anymore of
             My first reason why the American Revolution was inevitable is because the
             taxes that the British were giving the Americans were unfair. One example of this
             is the Stamp Act of 1765. This is when the British put taxes on everything that
             was on paper. This included the newspaper, marriage licensee, and even a deck of
             cards. The cause of this act is because Britain was in terrible debt after the French
             Indian war and George Greenville, the British Prime Minister, felt that America
             should help pay it off. (Henry Graff p118). This isn't the only way that Britain
             taxed America. Another example of this is the Sugar Act of 1764. This is when
             Britain raised the taxes on sugar and decreased the taxes on molasses. The cause
             of this act was "To curb the illegal trade with the French islands."(Graff p116)
             My second reason why the American Revolution was inevitable is because
             England gave America no freedom. After Pontiac's Rebellion, King George III
             was scared that America was getting powerful. He made a law saying that the
             colonists couldn't expand beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This was known as
             The Royal Proclamation of 1763. King George also sent British soldiers to check
             up on the colonists. It was bad enough that they had to house the other soldiers
             that fought in the war because of the Quartering act. Now they had more in their
             neighborhood just to spy on them. He treated the
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