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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was and always will be the most important piece of history for the United States of America. It was definitely revolutionary. The people broke free from Britain and gained independence. Only one third of the colonist enthusiastically supported the revolution. The colonist were unhappy and being treated terribly by their motherland and trouble started to brew.
The thirteen colonies that became the United States of America were originally colonies of Great Britain. By the time the American Revolution took place, the citizens of these colonies were beginning to get tired of the British rule. Rebellion and discontent were rampant. The main reason the colonies started rebelling against “mother England” was the taxation issue. The colonies debated England’s legal power to tax them and they did not wish to be taxed without representation. This was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War. The Revenue Act of 1794......

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