"... or the American Revolution that was no Revolution: Another look at the Reasons", is a monograph by Hans G. Jansen. Preface: "To many, my thesis will appear as a criticism of the United States and our Founding
Fathers. It is criticism only insofar that I approach all aspects of history with a critical mind.
While doing research into the reasons for the American Revolution, I began to doubt the ones that were generally given to students in the United States and abroad. Did a tax on tea, which, absurdly enough, actually lowered the price of tea for the consumer, and the Stamp Act, which indeed inconvenienced both land speculators and their customers, upset the colonial populace enough to drive them into a revolt against their established government? Or was it the idea that these acts came from a legislative body in which they had no vote and were not represented? These reasons must have played a role because they were extensively used by the propagandists or pamphleteers. However, it quickly became clear to me that the Founding Fathers had more substantial reasons to activate the people against King and Parliament."
While doing research into the reasons for the American Revolution, I began to doubt the ones that were generally given to students in the United States and abroad. Did a tax on tea, which, absurdly enough, actually lowered the price of tea for the consumer, and the Stamp Act, which indeed inconvenienced both land speculators and their customers, upset the colonial populace enough to drive them into a revolt against their established government? Or was it the idea that these acts came from a legislative body in which they had no vote and were not represented? These reasons must have played a role because they were extensively used by the propagandists or pamphleteers. However, it quickly became clear to me that the Founding Fathers had more substantial reasons to activate the people against King and Parliament."
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