The British government decided to make the American colonies pay a large share of the war debt from the French and Indian War. Through the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and other taxes, the British tried to collect taxes that the American people considered harsh.
The American Revolution began in 1775 as an open conflict between the united thirteen colonies in North America and Great Britain. By theTreaty of Paris that ended the war in 1783, the colonies had won theirindependence. Many factors played arole in the colonists' desires to fight for their freedom.
