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rebellion and consequentially ensued. England’s demands that all trade must go through them made restrictions upon economic prosperity of the New England colony. This did not go over well with the colonists. The major cause for revolution dealing with the economic situation is of economic subordination of colonies to England. The Greenville Ministry passed a number of acts, but the main act of aggravation to the colonists was the stamp act. The stamp act was protested using the principle of "no taxation without representation". The stamp act was affecting virtually all the colonists, and restricted economic prosperity of the colonists. Therefore colonists protested it. The Townsend acts were also a factor in the economic theory. Sam Adams had said, "The parliament was taxing illegally!" Most colonists agreed, and a boycott of British goods resulted. When the British passed the Currency act, this left the paper money worthless, and the colonists had to rely (economically) on England for Hard Currency. The main reason for revolution was economics. The colonies were economically subordinate to England by the tea and coercive acts. The Tea act was an act where the colonist middlemen merchants were being bypassed, and the British did the trading. This was yet another nail in the coffin. Naturally it hurt the economic prosperity of the colonists. The Mobs strengthened in anger and the Boston Tea Party followed. The British were irate at the colonial resistance to British law, therefore the British passed the Coercive Act or "Intolerable Act". The Intolerable act closed off the Boston Port, which closed off the center of economic success (trading) of New England. England was also limiting the colonists to raw material production. This hindered the colonists’, which caused the loss of yet a few more dollars. Indeed there seem to be many other reasons that happen to tie in with the economic situation at hand. One other main problem was the political side of the already wide spectrum. The Proclamation of 1763 restricted the settlement west of the Appalachians. This was done because the British had wanted to avoid conflict with the Indians. The colonists already high strung and looking for faults in the British, perceived this as an illegal act of restricting the colonists to specific areas. They assumed that the Britain was trying to put them in their place. The writs of assistance are an example of a political liberty being narrowed in abolishing the right of privacy for the colonists. Colonial ideology was also a constituent in how the colonists viewed England. The colonists saw a conspiracy to destroy their liberty in British policies. Thus, when the colonists were forming the Declaration of Independence, the main goal was to show fellow Americans' concern for the importance of liberty. Because they felt that no one, not even England was going to take away their independence. It is quite obvious that the primary cause of the American Revolution was economics. But the American Revolution also was caused by a restriction of colonial liberty. The majority of the policies that affected the colonists between 1763 and 1776 were economic changes that limited the economic success of the colonies; furthermore, these policies also had negative political influences that led to the American Revolution. The Constitution itself had quite a few kinks. While the Articles of Confederation had a good structure, their was much left out, and a lot that needed to be worked on. The fact in itself that a Constitution was actually written and not handed down by word or mouth was a big step. It seemed that the Articles of Confederation actually had little amounts of authority. Congress was merely a substitute for monarchy, and a sad one at that. The Articles of Confederation were brought about by the need for change in the now independent colonies. The cause for the changes to be made was due to state jealousies and widespread distrust of the central authority. As adopted, the articles provided only for a firm league of friendship in which each of the 13 states expressly held its sovereignty, freedom, and independence. The People of each state were given equal privileges and rights, freedom of movement was guaranteed, and procedures for the trials of accused criminals were outlined. The articles established a national legislature called the Congress, consisting of two to seven delegates from each state; each state had one vote, according to its size or population. No executive or judicial branches were provided for. Congress was charged with responsibility for conducting foreign relations, declaring war or peace, maintaining an army and navy, settling boundary disputes, establishing and maintaining a postal service, and various lesser functions. Some of these responsibilities were shared with the states, and in one way or another Congress was dependent upon the cooperation of the states for carrying out any of them. There were visible weaknesses of the articles, apart from those of organization, these made it impossible for Congress to execute its constitutional duties. The Declaration of Independence was a strong justification for revolution. The Revolution follows the Declaration of Independence, where a transition occurs. The transition has to do with the rights of the colonists. The colonists acquire their rights through resistance to British imperial conformity, by resisting certain policies detrimental to the inalienable rights of a democracy. The transitional period was from 1760's to 1770's. This is a crucial period of time, because this is where the center of power is transferred from the British government (Parliament) to the colonial citizens. A major component to this center of power was the rights of the colonists; the colonists gained their rights through resistance to an imperial power. This transition is depicted through the progression of time in the documents. If there had to be a cause of the American Revolution, in my mind it would have to have been economics, as well as about colonial liberty. The majority of the policies that affected the colonist between 1763 and 1776 were economic changes that limited the economic success of the colonies; these policies also had negative political influences that led to the American Revolution. Although, the Revolution itself was possibly a little too much, most Colonists didn’t even want or care to go to war. Whilst many changes were made and the world was possibly made a better place to live in, the promise made was not fully kept. So, while in the long run it was probably for the best, there might have been little better way to get the point across.