The Revolutionary War was a major event that had many affects that benefited the Colonist of America. The war was fought by the British and the Colonist and took place within the thirteen colonies of America. It was a bloody battle that left many dead, and just as many wounded. The colonies surprised the British by overcoming them and winning the war. They achieved many task in this victory, one such as Representation in Parliament, and they also became separated from the British Government to obtain their on Government. They voted a leader, known as President George Washington, in to head the thirteen colonies. Simply rebelling against the British and their soldiers that were placed in the Colonist’s territories caused the Revolutionary War, which led to the benefits that the colonist achieved.

The colonist became very angered at the way they were being treated by the British government. They were being pushed around, taxed, and all sorts of different events such as this that made them unhappy. They were taxed on various objects such as, currency, stamps, sugar, and tea just to name a few. According to the text book Nations of Nations written by several authors such as, James Davidson, William Gienapp, Christine Heyrman, Mark Lytle, and Michael Stoff, “It followed from this close connection between property, power, and liberty that no people should be taxed without their consent or that of their elected representatives. The power to tax was the power to destroy by depriving a person of property. Yet both the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act were taxes passed by members of Parliament, none of whom had been elected by colonials”.(152) They refused these acts and rebelled against paying them by sneaking items in without letting the British know. The British even put an import tax on the colonist on items coming in and out of the American ports. The British just bullied the colonist around until the colonist got tired of being treated the way they did and decided to retaliate. The colonist secretly formed a militia to go against the British Army. This was a big cause of the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War grew from many aspects unknown to many people today. One of these aspects was the French and Indian War. According to a book written by Albert Martin entitled The War for Independence, “The American Revolution grew from the seeds of another conflict, the French and Indian War”.(7) This war helped the colonist realize that they could defend their honor by standing up to the British. This is why they chose to rebel against the British and stand up for what they believed in, which was equal opportunity. The only thing the colonist wanted was representation in parliament since they had to pay taxes for different items to the British that they viewed as unfair. This war triggered the colonist into becoming independent and fight for what they believed in.

The colonists were becoming very upset and rebellious at this point, they were sick and tired of being treated this way by the British Parliament and soldiers. The colonists were so tired of being treated this way that they started standing up to the soldiers personally, and getting in arguments and fist fights. In fact, according to the book written by John Bowman called The Revolutionary War “On the cold and damp evening of March 5, 1770, a group of Boston harbor toughs began to throw snowballs at a lone British guard in front of the State House. A large crowd of men and boys began to join in, tormenting, shoving, yelling and throwing stones. As the mob grew out of control, Captain Thomas Preston called out a small unit of his guard to face the several hundred gathered. Somehow, in the desperation of the moment, a shot was fired by one of the cornered soldiers, followed by another”.(19) This was known as the Boston Massacre and aided in triggering the Revolutionary War. The news of this tragic event spread throughout the colonies and the tension of the colonist grew severely fierce. They were really upset and wanted to get back at the British. So the plot of the Boston Tea Party was thought up.

After the word of the Boston Massacre spread throughout the colonies, the plan for the Boston Tea Party was thought up. According to the book The Revolutionary War “On the cold night of December 16, 1773, about 100 men disguised as Mohawk Indians and African-Americans crept onto the ships’ decks and hauled 342 tea chests from their holds. They acted in silence and secrecy, often not even knowing each other’s identity. These Sons of Liberty threw the chests into the harbor, one by one, and then themselves disappeared into the darkness as the chests floated off on the tide”.(23) Other colonies got word of this and began to do the same thing, some storing it in warehouses. After a few years the tea was sold to raise money to fund the American Army. King George III was offended by the rebellious acts of the colonists, so he then closed the ports to the Boston harbor. Word spread to the other colonies and they began to aid the Bostonians, they sent them, food, cattle, and other objects that would aide the Bostonians. This was the beginning of the uniting of the thirteen colonies to stand up against the fleet of British soldiers.