Abstract
The American Revolution is one of the biggest events that durably affected the American population: first this conflict was the only one that ever took place on their territory, and secondly it opposed American people themselves in a merciless civil war. Before 1775, the American territory was a British colony composed by 13 states that had been ceased by France after the 7Years' War that opposed France to Britain. At that moment, the Colonists did not feel different from the other subjects of the British crown. However it quite changed when it clearly appeared that the British government wanted to make the Colonists pay for the cost of the 7Years' War. Indeed after the War against France and Spain, there were no more money in the British State's budget, and as a consequence the government decided to raise taxes for its American colonies: Sugar Act, Currency Act and Quartering Act in 1764, Stamp act in 1765, Townshend Acts in 1767, Tea Act in 1773.
