British Laws
The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the decade prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. The mismanagement of the colonies, the taxation policies that violated the colonist rights, the distractions of foreign wars and politics in England and mercantilist policies that benefited the English to a much greater degree then the colonists all show the British incompetence in their rule over the colonies. ... Unwelcome British troops had remained in the colonies. ... The new taxes would be used to pay for British officials in the American service. ... The Declaratory Act gave the English government total power to pass laws to govern the colonies. The British claimed that the colonies had always been and should always be subject to the British crown(Blum 99). ... The Tea Act not only put a three penny per pound tax on tea but it also gave the British East India Company a near monopoly because it allowed the company to sell directly to the colonial agents avoiding any middlemen. ... Laws and policies enacted were self-serving, causing the colonists to vigorously resist and try to avoid British authority. ... All these factors highlighted the differences and miscalculations of the British and were the beginnings of the Revolutionary War.