![]() ![]() After the French and Indian War, the colonies were taxed heavily to pay for “their” war against the French, essentially having to pay for “protection” by British Redcoats. The political situation that sparked an armed rebellion against Britain, or “the Crown,” involved British suppression of colonial self-government and economic stability. The famous “shot heard around the world” signaled the first major organized uprising of a colony against its owner nation. After Paul Revere’s famous Midnight Ride to alert colonists that the “British are coming!” (in reality, “Redcoats” instead of British because the colonists still considered themselves British), the first shots of the Revolutionary War occurred at Lexington and Concord on April 19. In April, British troops were prepared to march and destroy caches of weapons held by opponents of British control. In 1775, political conflict had become violent between the Thirteen Colonies on North America’s eastern seaboard and Britain. ![]() ![]() Before the American Revolutionary War: The Political Situation in 1775 Paul Revere’s famous Midnight Ride in 1775, via The Paul Revere House ![]()
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