Was the tax an excuse to start the American Revolution?
Taxes were a small part of the American Revolution. The wealthy colonials knew that England needed the production of the colonies more than the colonies needed England. So they put together a plan that has lasted for 200 years.They found that creating a nation, a symbol, a legal unity called the United States, they could take over land, profits, and political power from favorites of the British empire. They could create a consensus of popular support for the rule of a new privileged leadership. The biggest problem was to keep the property-less people, who were unemployed and hungry following the French and Indian War under control. Patrick Henry’s speeches in Virginia pointed away to relieve class tensions between upper and lower classes and form a bond against the British.
