The American Revolution, 1776-1783, was a conflict between 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America and their parent country, Great Britain. This confrontation came about in response to a multitude of political, military, and social events and truths. Both the colonists and the English saw each occasion differently; therefore, each held a respective importance in prompting the American Rebellion of 1776. Inherent religious and political ideals, parliamentary taxation, restrictions of civil liberties, and British military measures all contributed to the onset of American Revolution; however, of the four, restrictions of civil liberties and military measures were the most significant.

American and British ideals on religion and politics differed dangerously and contributed to the growing gap between the two states. For many, these ideological differences supplied the very motive for the settling of the American Colonies. Many outcast religious groups found or created a refuge in this new...