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Taxation without representation was the cause of the revolution.

But what the revolution involved would become clear in the course of events.

For example, there was no desire to set up an independent country or a constitutional republic in 1775.

The fight was for the rights of Englishmen, not for independence or a different form of government.

In a similar way, many Americans understood their revolution to involve an end to slavery as well as an end to taxation without representation, foreign rule, and monarchy.

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Taxation without representation was the cause of the revolution.

The fight was against British Mercantilism.