Roots of Discontent: The American Revolution

The American revolution is outcome of disagreement and injustices. Before, the American Revolution, Great Britain and the American colonies, were already brewing a lot of disputes. Although, Great Britain was thousand of miles away, Great Britain still enforced and create acts that were expected to be follow by the American colonists. Nevertheless the disagreement and injustices in the American colonies led the colonist to protested against the ruling of Great Britain.
At first, the Americans showed their discontent towards Great Britain by boycotting its products. Americans created the Boston Non-Importation Agreement on August 7, 1768 promising “that they will not sent and import from Great Britain”. [Doc 6]
Nonetheless, Americans would

carry this until the British Tax Stamps Act imposed by Great Britain on the American colonies was repealed.
Moreover, Americans not only showed their disagreement through boycotts, but by punishing those the worked for the British government. Often, in the colonies they would tar people, although, it was against the law; the colonist did it to the government’s worker.
The appalling deeds spreaded so much fear that “ by the day the Tax Stamps Act went into effect there were not stamp commissioners left in the colonies to collect the tax.” [Doc 4]
Furthermore, they also demonstrate their disagreement with “ The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor.” [ Doc 5] Where almost 2 million dollars in today’s worth money were lost.
Lastly the Americans colonies, started to ship their tea directly from China. Shipping their tea directly from China the Americans “avoided the tax on goods first sent to Great Britain as required by previous legislation.”[ Doc 3] The colonist avoided to pay the tax and got their tea way more cheap than people Great Britain.
To summarize it all, the colonists created a boycott, in which they avoided to sent or import goods from Great Britain. In addition, they tar people who worked for the British government. The Boston Tea Party caused damage of around $2 millions of dollars.
Lastly, they started shipping their tea directly from China, avoiding to pay taxes to Great Britain. The disagreement and injustices created by the ruling of Great Britain, led the colonist to protest.