It was caused by colonial resentment at the contemporary attitude that commercial or industrial interests of any colony should be subordinate to those of the mother country, and the unwillingness of the colonists to pay for a permanent army.

• 战争的原因是基于对当时殖民者认为一切殖民地的商业和工业利益需服从于英国的态度的反对，也由于殖民地人民拒绝为长期的军队支付军饷。