The book, "The Revolutionary War", just included the important things that had happened directly before the war, during the war, and directly after the war. It starts off in 1763, with the end of the French and Indian War, and ends with a treaty in 1783. In chapter one, they talk about why the war had begun. It starts off talking about the better times in the colonies. Being 3000 miles away from Britain, they weren't effected by …showed first 75 words of 308 total…

…showed last 75 words of 308 total…try to make the colonies theirs. He, and Prime Minister George Grenville believed that the colonists should pay for these troops. So he taxed all of the Americans to pay for the troop's salaries, supplies, and other expenses. The colonists had to buy a stamp to pay for the necessities in their lives. And if you did not use this stamp, you were fined a great amount. So either way, the British still got money.