The British and the American War of Independence

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The seeds of eventual American independence were sown long before the event actually took place. This paper shows that a series of events and acts of the British themselves, including their military generals, the King and the British Parliament ensured their own defeat rather than the Americans having had to win it. This essay examines the political, social, and economic reasons behind Britain's defeat.

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"Economics was not the only reason behind the promulgation of the Stamp Act. The British Parliament also wanted to assert its sovereignty over its American colonies by the Act. It was a politically unwise step since the Americans felt that they were not represented in the British Parliament; hence it had no right to tax them under the philosophy of "no taxation without representation." The Parliament further exacerbated the situation when instead of compromising, introduced further punitive measures, including a wider range of custom duties in 1767."

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