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How Did The Iron Act Cause The Revolutionary War

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The Iron Act may have been started for a number of reasonings But the main one was the colonists making their own iron. The iron act made it so that colonists couldn’t make iron they had to buy it from England. They had to send natural resources to England and buy iron back. Which made the colonists very mad, and didn't end well for England and the colonists. The Iron Act started something that would end very badly.

Way before the Iron Act the colonists were buying iron bars from England to make things. They would send England natural resources then England would make things for them. But then, the colonists realized that they could just make there own iron. So, the colonists started getting the natural resources than making iron products …show more content…

Then, England would manufacture goods for the colonists. But then the colonists realized they could just make manufactured goods themselves. So, the colonists started making their own manufactured goods, and eventually had a place for manufacturing in every town. But then, the parliament realized that people were going out of work because England was manufacturing the goods anymore. So, the Parliament decided to pass the iron act. This act inforced that the colonists couldn’t make pig iron in the Americas, they to send the materials to England. Which Cause a huge outrage. This act might have even caused the American Revolutionary war, because 5 years later the war started, ending the iron …show more content…

The reason for that is because it took away a lot of saved money and jobs. While England got more money and jobs. The act made it so that the colors couldn't manufacture iron. Which caused them to have to send all the materials to England and get manufactured tools from them. Which wasted a lot of money, jobs, and iron mills.

This was important to the colonists because they affected the way they lived. This act made it so that the colonists couldn’t make iron themselves. They had to send the materials back to England to manufacture. This act made it so they wasted a lot of money they could save. Which caused major outrage in the colonies. Which eventually lead to the American Revolutionary War.

This was very important for England for one, main thing money. England was losing money when the colonists made their own iron. England wouldn’t get as much taxes from the imports/exports. Also, England was losing jobs because they didn’t need people to make iron for them. So England decided to pass the iron act so they could get more money and jobs. This act was great for England but terrible for the

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