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  1. Mar 14, 2022 · In a carriage stuffed with gold, silver and negotiable notes to bankroll the revolution, New England’s wealthiest merchant escaped to Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. Elected...

  2. Feb 21, 2022 · Samuel Adams, who first raised the alarm of growing Parliamentary pocket-picking of American colonists—“taxation without representation is tyranny”—was born to a Boston malt merchant who tried...

  3. The British government’s taxation policies and the financial challenges faced by the colonists played a crucial role in sparking the fight for independence. In this article, we will delve into the economic factors that led to the American Revolution.

  4. Feb 21, 2011 · colonists' wealth. The elements were there for conflict. The war had brought glory for the generals, death to the privates, wealth for the merchants, unemployment for the poor. There were 25,000 people living in New York (there had been 7,000 in 1720) when the French and Indian War ended. A newspaper editor wrote about the growing

  5. The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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  7. Jun 7, 2017 · Yet it was not a bad economy that caused the American revolution. Rather, colonists revolted against an empire whose leaders made no secret of their commitment to taxes and trade regulations that promised to enrich a small elite while harming colonists’ well-being.