The ideologies and beliefs that led to the movement for independence from Great Britain have constantly evolved and changed as thought and logic humans are. There was no distinct indicator that any human event or thought was the motivating factor for the revolution. The events of that time were always in flux, as periods of revolution must be. The dynamic changes in the way people lived and earned a living, in the way they perceived their world and their new country, and, most importantly, in the way they perceived their origins, shaped the way the revolution took place. Besides the fact that Americans now saw themselves as distinctly American, there was the Stamp Act enacted by Parliament and Southern regulators that were instrumental factors that led to the Revolutionary War throughout the colonies. From 1763 to 1765, several laws were passed by Parliament to help raise revenue to help pay the high cost of the Seven Years' War and maintain the troop presence in the colonies. Several laws were passed by Parliament at this time, such as the Sugar Act, which was strictly enforced, and the Currency Act, which forced the colonies to depend on Britain for their paper money . Perhaps the best-known action of Parliament that served to bind the colonies and create the conditions for a revolution was the Stamp Act passed in November 1765. This act imposed a tax on things like newspapers, playing cards, legal documents, playing cards. , and dice. These rights were already in place in England, so Grenville argued that it was only natural to extend them to the American colonies. In England, the Stamp Act worked well and was widely accepted there. Therefore, the British government was greatly surprised to see how vehemently the colonist objected...... middle of paper...... floods could have been avoided. However, one must ask whether without the violent uprisings and disputes, real and lasting change could have occurred? Works Cited Hoffman, Elizabeth and Jon Gjerde. Major Issues in American History: Volume 1 to 1877. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. Morgan, Edmund. The birth of the Republic 1763-89. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1992. Nash, Gary et al. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2011. Oats, Lynne and Pauline Sadler. “ACCOUNTING THE STAMP ACT CRISIS.” » Accounting Historians Journal 35, no. 2 (December 2008): 101-143. Business SourceComplete, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2012). Simmons, RC The American colonies: from colonization to independence. New York, NY: WW Norton and Company, 1976.