There are a lot of misconceptions about the American War for Independence. The biggest one is that it was all about taxes. The truth is that the American Revolution was caused by several events and issues. Certainly these issues included taxes, but the unifying or underlying theme wasn't taxes. It was self-government.
For more information, read my Suite101 article "Causes of the American Revolution."
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I enjoyed your artice. I agree that there are so many "mythologies" when it comes to the causes of the American Revolution. I completely agree. I am also interested in how the conflict between the colonists and Parliament evolved to full-scale war, when Parliament could have avoided the whole thing by simply doing nothing. Instead, the egos of the time had to speak up.
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