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Alan: While the causes of the revolutionary war are many and varied, they basically come down to the American colonists felt they deserved equal representation, and equal rights in government. The British felt that they were simply a colony of their citizenry that were to be used and exploited as cheap labour, or whatever else they needed. The situation slowly began to deteriorate from 1765 to 1774 at which point the American colonists had simply been pushed too far by the British government completely ignoring their appeals. Repeatedly during that 9 year span appeals were sent to the crown seeking repeals of what were viewed as unfair taxes, and a general placement of representatives for the colonies in Parliament. The repeated ignoring of these appeals over this decade long period finally was too much, and as in any other situation throughout history, when negotiations break down, armed violence is pretty much the instrument men use to resolve the issue.
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