When asked for the cause of the American Revolution against England the go to answer for most people is “no taxation without representation.” This is a simplistic answer which has the connotation that unfair taxes became the default reason for the war. However, by using primary sources only found in the personal letters of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lambeth Palace in London (the personal residence of the Archbishop), a source which has not been used for over a century, other reasons demonstrate that before any mention of unfair taxes ever came to light, Americans mobilized against England because England was going to take away religious freedom.