causes of Revolutionary War

             During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events
             resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of
             rights of the colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of
             the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Seven
             Years' War England was not only alarmed by the colonists' insistence
             on trading with the enemy, but also with Boston merchants hiring James
             Otis inorder to protest the legality of the writs of assistance
             (general search warrants) used to hunt out smuggled goods. "let the
             parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we must, it is our
             duty to submit and patiently bear them, till they will be pleased to
             relieve us....". This is a very strong dictum, that in 1764, the
             colonists were of a submissive nature, and were weakly pleading for
             self-autonomy. This small fire of anger will become a huge
             conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded.
             On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and Parliamentary
             Taxation committee's passed some laws that attempted to strengthen the
             grip of the English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these
             colonies, owe the same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that
             is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due
             subordination to that august body, the Parliament of Great Britain."
             This statement can be used as a summation of the entire document that
             the Stamp Act Congress had initiated. The statement depicts the
             colonists has having to be submissive and servile in the view of Great
             Britain, this policy angered the colonists very much, and was another
             component of the transition of the colonists' rights and liberties.
             When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766, many
             colonies were attempting to claim that they were "seceding" from
             England. "Whereas several of the houses of representatives in his
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