Unit 02 - Causes of the American Revolution

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Explain how competition for control of territory and resources in North America led to conflicts among colonizing powers.

Connect the ideas of the Enlightenment and dissatisfaction with colonial rule to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and launching of the American Revolution.

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The American Revolution was made possible in part by the chain of political, economic and social changes that occurred during the Enlightenment. The ideas of Enlightenment (e.g., rights of the citizen, natural law, reason, idea of popular government) thinkers fueled the discontent felt by the American colonists with a series of actions instituted by the British government following the French and Indian War (e.g., Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Coercive Acts, Quartering Act, Quebec Act).

Enlightenment ideas also influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on natural rights, limitations on the power of the government, social contract and consent of the governed.

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