After the expenses of the Seven Years War, Britain needed to raise profits, and thought that the colonists didn’t help enough with the war. Therefore they decided that the colonists should pay for the war costs. The colonists disliked these taxes and argued the fact they could be taxed by Britain but had no representation in the government. In other words, they refuses taxation of the Parliament.
After Britain's King refused to take seriously colonial objections raised at the first Continental Congress, some colonists took up arms. Leaders of a new pro-independence movement were influenced by Enlightenment ideals and hoped to bring an ideal nation into existence. In the year 1776, the colonies declared independence with the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. George Washington led the new Continental Army against the British forces, who had many successes early in this American Revolution. After years of fighting, the colonists formed an alliance with France and defeated the British Yorktown, Virginia 1781. The treaty ending the war granted independence to the colonies, which became The United States of America.
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