What caused the revolutionary war, /his/? Was it taxation without - /his/ - History & Humanities

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2016-11-29 22:10:06 Post No. 2019718
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Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:10:06 Post No. 2019718 [Report]

What caused the revolutionary war, /his/? Was it taxation without representation or was it gun control? Or another factor?

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Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:12:31 Post No.2019729
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Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:12:31 Post No.2019729 [Report]

Economic interests of the super wealthy + desire to test out trendy liberal ideas

Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:33:52 Post No.2019806
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Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:33:52 Post No.2019806 [Report]

We liked coffee more.

Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:34:59 Post No.2019810
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Anonymous 2016-11-29 22:34:59 Post No.2019810 [Report]

>>2019718
Means motive and opportunity.

Anonymous 2016-11-29 23:11:30 Post No.2019968
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Anonymous 2016-11-29 23:11:30 Post No.2019968 [Report]

>>2019810
I'm specifically curious about the motive

Anonymous 2016-11-30 00:26:31 Post No.2020284
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Anonymous 2016-11-30 00:26:31 Post No.2020284 [Report]

>>2019968
The tl;dr is that the crown kept the colonies on a really long leash as a matter of practicality and when they started trying to exercise more control the people in the colonies - led by a group of the landed gentry - said "fuck off; we don't need you any more".

Anonymous 2016-11-30 00:28:46 Post No.2020291
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Anonymous 2016-11-30 00:28:46 Post No.2020291 [Report]

>>2019718
We just don't fucking like bongs that much, okay?

Anonymous 2016-11-30 00:41:00 Post No.2020336
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Anonymous 2016-11-30 00:41:00 Post No.2020336 [Report]

>>2020284
That's pretty accurate. The colonies had mostly been left to themselves, but the cost of the seven years war made the British increase taxes and trade regulations so they could manage their debt better. Colonists didn't like what was perceived as new and unfair intrusions, and a number of people were able to capitalize on that and build up support for a revolution.