关于北美独立运动的起因，人们通常认为英国对殖民地的政策构成“殖民压迫”，殖民地居民不能享有平等的权利，受到母国的“掠夺”；甚至将独立战争视为“民族解放”，暗指英国对北美的统治构成“民族压迫”。自２０世纪中期以来，美国学者大多不再从这个角度解释美国革命的起? As for the cause of the North American independence movement, people generally think that the British colonization policy constitutes “colonial oppression”. The colonial residents can not enjoy equal rights and are “looted” by their home countries. They even regard the War of Independence as “national liberation,” implying that Britain North American rule constitutes “national oppression.” Since the mid-20th century, most American scholars have no longer explained the American revolution from this perspective.