Economics and the American Revolution

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"ECONOMIC MOTIVATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: TOPIC REPORT

The thesis of this study is that the American Revolution was fought for economic reasons. Although disputes between the Colonists and the British government had arisen frequently during the two decades preceding the initiation of hostilities, a significant disagreement existed among the Colonists with respect to seeking independence from Great Britain (Mason 23-25). The Colonists were divided generally between expansionists and non-expansionists (Egnal 271). Expansionists favored the rise of the American Colonies to the level of a world trading power, while the non-expansionists desired to maintain the existing social order. The expansionists included members of both the American aristocracy and the merchant class. Among the expansionists ..."

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