What are some causes of the revolutionary war?
The colonists were responding to many abuses by the English Parliament and King George III of Great Britain of their God given rights as human beings. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included a list of grievances the colonists held against the King. Some of those grievances include overruling the colonists legislatures, dissolving their legislatures when they challenged him, overregulating them, taxing them without their consent (consent for taxation was a long standing part of English law), waging war against the Americans and many others. There is a more extensive list of these grievances at the following page: www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/purpose-of-declaration-of-independence.
