What were the reasons for the revolts and rebellions that occurred in the American colonies?

There were
many factors that led American colonists to rebel against the British, but the French and Indian
War (1756€“1763)or the Seven Years War for Europeansis a good starting point.

American colonists believed they played their part well in the fight against the French
and the Indians. So when the British Parliament, and King George III, began imposing new laws
and taxes (Sugar Act, Currency Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act) on the colonists, to pay for the
war and to reduce British debt, the colonists felt betrayed and proceeded to try to reduce the
effect of these laws. They generally succeeded in doing so. But the British didn't quit, and
they began to impose even more laws on the colonists.

Acts of resistance,
like the Boston Tea Party, were small but significant gestures meant to demonstrate to the
British that the colonists were resolved not to be taxed to pay off British debt. Moreover,
there were no colonial representatives in the British Parliament representing
colonial...