Was The American Revolution An Ideological Struggle Or A Social And Economic Struggle?

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The American Revolution Was the American Revolution an ideological struggle or a social and economic struggle? That question has been debated for centuries, and there still is not a definitive answer because there is evidence to support both arguments. It was an economic struggle because the Americans did not want to pay taxes to the British. They felt it was unfair because they did not have any power in the British Parliament. American merchants were trying to make money for their own interests and not in the interest of Great Britain. Arthur M. Schlesinger said, “… colonial merchants, motivated by their own interest in escaping the restrictive policies of British mercantilism, aroused American resistance in the 1760s and 1770s.” The taxes

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