Why did the colonists revolt against Britain? They had many reasons to revolt that they stated in the Declaration of Independence, that was adopted July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence had 2 parts, the preamble which was just an introduction and the second part was all of the reasons for the colonies to revolt. Basically all of the reasons had something to do with the king abusing his rights and privileges to exploit or use the colonies.
The whole start of the Revolutionary war began because of the French & Indian War. England spent a lot of money protecting American soil and they figured that the colonists should help pay for the war. The way England got the money was through a series of taxes.
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