Revolutions 2, USA

A lot of the history we will deal with from now on until the test is going to be about different revolutions (The English, The American and The French).

Today I want you to study the war for Independence in the US. In some texts this episode is referred to as being a revolution.

Today I want you to study the factors leading up to the war. You should do the same as you did on the English Civil War.

Why was there a war for independence / a revolution in the US?

Factor	Great Importance	Small Importance	No importance	Motivate:
Impact of Ideas from Enlightment.
War with another country
Behavior of the monarch
Internal fight for the crown
Growth of towns
Strong class of merchants, middleclass
Strong noble class
Strong class of peasants
Religious split in society
Strong Parliament
Poverty, starvation
Historical reasons ( for example the monarch before had messed things up and leaving a country in chaos)
Unequal economic system
Unequal political system
The monarch had no economic sense