CAUSES OF AMERICAN

REVOLUTION
ANALYSIS

April 19 1775
The document Analysis
THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE, ADOPTED IN 1776,
SERVES AS THE CORNERSTONE OF
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. IT
PROCLAIMS THE PRINCIPLES OF
NATURAL RIGHTS, EQUALITY, AND
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
WHILE LISTING GRIEVANCES
AGAINST BRITISH TYRANNY. BY
ASSERTING THE RIGHT TO ALTER
OR ABOLISH OPPRESSIVE
GOVERNMENTS AND FORMALLY
DECLARING INDEPENDENCE, IT
ENCAPSULATES THE SPIRIT OF
SELF-DETERMINATION AND HAS
ENDURING SIGNIFICANCE IN
SHAPING THE UNITED STATES'
IDENTITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON
GLOBAL MOVEMENTS FOR
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.

HOW DOES THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SHOW

THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE WAS BOTH A
RESPONSE TO THE CAUSES OF
BRITISH OPPRESSION AND A
CATALYST FOR THE EFFECTS OF
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND
THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF
DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AROUND
THE WORLD. IT STANDS AS A
PIVOTAL DOCUMENT THAT
ENCAPSULATES THE SPIRIT AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
Contents of the declaration of independence
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE COMPRISES A PREAMBLE THAT
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RIGHTS AND GOVERNMENT'S
ROLE, AN INTRODUCTION STATING ITS PURPOSE, A LIST OF GRIEVANCES
AGAINST BRITISH TYRANNY, A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHT TO ALTER OR
ABOLISH OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS, AND A FORMAL CONCLUSION
DECLARING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. IT IS SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES, MAKING IT A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, EMBODYING THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY,
AND SELF-DETERMINATION THAT DROVE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND
CONTINUE TO DEFINE THE UNITED STATES' DEMOCRATIC IDENTITY.

CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION: THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IMPOSED A SERIES OF

TAXES ON THE AMERICAN COLONIES, SUCH AS THE STAMP ACT AND THE TEA ACT, WITHOUT
GRANTING THEM REPRESENTATION IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. THIS LACK OF
REPRESENTATION AND TAXATION LED TO WIDESPREAD PROTESTS AND OPPOSITION.

TRADE AND ECONOMIC GRIEVANCES: BRITISH POLICIES AND TRADE RESTRICTIONS,

INCLUDING THE NAVIGATION ACTS, LIMITED THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OF THE
COLONIES, LEADING TO ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND RESENTMENT.

OPPRESSIVE ACTS: THE BRITISH CROWN ENACTED SEVERAL OPPRESSIVE MEASURES, LIKE
THE COERCIVE ACTS (INTOLERABLE ACTS) AND THE QUARTERING ACT, WHICH FURTHER
CURTAILED COLONIAL AUTONOMY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.