Double Standard For Freedom Dbq

The relationship between Britain and its American colonies was civil at first but began to strain in the mid-1700’s. In the beginning, Britain ruled colonies with little involvement because they were busy dealing with the French and Indian War among other things. As a result of this, the colonies were typically left in charge of themselves with little interference from British authorities. After years of being left alone, the colonists had developed a feeling of freedom and independence. When the war ended there was a significant change in the relations between England and the colonies. Britain had built up a great debt and the colonies were a financial burden to run, to try and resolve their problems the British instituted various measures

The colonists had a tyrant for a king, had their freedoms restricted, and had to deal with uncalled for violence, for these reasons the colonists were justified in breaking away from Great Britain. The British were unfair and treated the colonists as lesser beings, but still demanded loyalty which made the revolution inevitable. To conclude, if they colonists had not fought for their ideals the United States would still be smothered under British

At first because the American people felt that they were part of Britain that they would be free of taxes with the goals of making revenue.The first of these taxes was the Stamp act causing direct tax on the colonies. Due to colonists not being represented and taxes becoming higher, the population began to try to reconcile with Britain peacefully however this led to a divide between those loyal to Britain called the loyalists and those who felt oppressed to the point of immediate action called the Patriots. In churches, ministers such as the Quaker leader tried to settle down their congregation by addressing the attitude that people were feeling and discussing in a candid tone how harmony would eventually be restored.(Doc 4) Patriots did not believe this publishing documents peacefully participated in boycotts against british goods in a silent revolving against the British government. However due to the taxes following the stamp act such as the tea acht and the cohesive acts tension grew to the point of revolts.The teapot for example symbolizes a quiet yet powerful way of how Patriots felt that British merchants were unjustly capitalizing on them showing how important trade was(Doc 1). Due to the importance of trade these higher tariffs limited the amount of goods that colonists could afford.American citizens were not content with being trampled on leading to future events

All people were looking for freedoms, ones not ever having a chance of happening in Great Britain. Men, women, and African Americans were all seeking new and different types of freedoms than those provided in the land they had left or been forced to leave. The colonists had the goals of gaining their rights and freedoms in waging the Revolutionary War they were aiming for a republican political system and leaving behind monarchy systems as they had planned when first coming to the United States. England had called themselves a republic, but the king had so much control it did not fall under the category of a republic. England was a monarchy just as well as France and Spain were and this is exactly what they wanted to avoid in the United States (Document 1). Thomas Jefferson was

The colonists now felt that they wanted to get away of British law and turn to an independent country. The British were very angry at the colonists and wanted to punish them.

The colonists during the Revolutionary War wanted to be free from Britain rule and create a new government that would not only protect their citizen’s rights, but one that would not abuse its power. Colonists at this point in time were feeling that the British government had violated their rights since they were passing taxes without the colonists’ consent and not listening at all to the concerns of the colonists. Just like in Document 1 when it states “Sir William Meredith calls it a republic; but in its present state it is unworthy of the name, because the corrupt influence If the crown”. This displays the harsh governing that Britain applied to all of its colonists since they demanded that they stay influenced to the crown. Britain ended up

As explained in document B, The colonists pushed for freedom and separation from Britain due to their natural rights being restrained. The belief of natural rights developed during the American Enlightenment period. The beliefs were that everybody is born equally and the motto for colonists was “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” In his pamphlet, “Common Sense”, Thomas Paine explains to his fellow colonists that King George III is to blame for restrictions of their rights and he advocated for Independence from Great Britain. Immediately following the eradication of the Stamp Act, Parliament enforced the Declatory Act which forced Patriots to feel the need to loosen Britain’s reign even

From the first day that they landed in America, the colonists from Britain knew the meaning of struggle. Many years later, after the first settlements in America, the colonists were still British citizens and thought of themselves as such. However, tensions began to mount between colonists and their government across the ocean as complications arose from the chaos of war and its aftermath. Amidst the changes occurring in the colonies and the rules that governed them, some colonists began to question the authority of the king and Parliament. Although the British protected them, the American colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because the British oppressed them with taxes and tyranny.

Patriots were pro-Revolution, meaning they supported American independence and were prepared to separate from England in order to achieve their goal. In Document 3, Samuel Adams voices his support for the Patriot cause when he says, “All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society they belong to… [men] have a right to demand and insist upon the performance of such conditions.” By stating this, Adams is promoting the idea of self government by insisting that men have the right to leave a government or society in which they feel oppressed or feel as though their natural human rights are being violated. This idea clearly supports the colonists who were fighting to gain independence from England. Moreover, in Document 6, Charles Inglis provides an economic perspective to motivate other colonists to want to separate from Britain. He states that, “Certain I am that our commerce and agriculture, the two principal sources of our wealth, will not support [the expense of a Revolution]... [Britain has] left us still in debt! What then must our situation be, or what the state of our trade, when oppressed with such a burden of annual expense!” Here, Inglis is acknowledging that there perhaps is not enough money to support a Revolution, but rebutting that the only reason for this is that Britain has so heavily taxed the colonies in order to make a profit that it has left the colonists in debt and with little money to provide the basic necessities of life. By stating this, Inglis incites colonists to think of their economic futures should they continue to be dependent on Britain. Lastly, in an inspiration excerpt from The American Crisis by Thomas Paine, Document 7 attempts to rile up the colonists by saying that, “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we

The tea act made it so that the colonists could only buy tea from the East India tea company; the East India tea company was given Monopoly over the sales of tea to the colonists. In theory, the British expected no backlash from the colonists because from the British viewpoint was that the colonists got cheap tea and did not have to pay for a British minister, in exchange for this, the British would take care of hiring governors to represent the colonists. However this “win-win situation” displeased the colonists. Another example of their discontent can be found in a statement made By George Washington “ The stamp act imposed on the colonies by, the parliament, of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure, Parliament has no right to put its hands in our pockets without our consent.”( George Washington 1765). This shows that all colonists shared the same view about the stamp acts. Unfortunately, this made the colonists upset, and they began to revolt. As a result, the British ministers repealed the Greenville act. The British did not repeal the act because they were fearful of the colonists but because they were dealing with internal problems in the British government. The British abolished the acts so that they can resolve internal

Oppressive actions such as the Boston Massacre heavily shook the general public’s view of their British rulers. Unfair policies such as the Stamp Act, in which colonists were forced to pay taxes on almost all paper goods, further agitated unrest in the colonies. If it wasn’t for a mix of oppressive actions and overbearing policies, the Revolution likely would not have gained enough traction to sway the views of the general public, and likely Thomas Jefferson would not have had enough support to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson not only used the Declaration of Independence to announce the United States secession from the British Empire, but he also used it to express all of the injustices he saw against colonist’s natural

In the early 1600’s Britain colonised America and imposed laws that Americans were forced to obey. These laws caused discontent among the colonial Americans and lead to the American Revolution. The American Revolution took place in a relatively short period when a mass of people rose up in revolt against the British authorities. The Revolution took place between 1765 to 1783 (Wikipedia, 2017). Discontent was caused by many factors, including Britain having a substantial influence over segments in North America and by asserting greater control over the colonies’ affairs (Wikipedia, 2017). The Revolution began when the American colonies force of arms, refused to submit to the authority of the King and Parliament of Great Britain (History is Fun,

The year was 1763. Great Britain owned the largest amount of land in North America. Her colonies were very prosperous and the citizens enjoyed governing themselves. After the French and Indian War, Britain began tightening its hold on the colonies, and tensions began rising between the colonists and England. Great Britain was in a huge debt because of the French and Indian War , so to raise money, Parliament began imposing new laws and placing taxes on the colonists. The colonists were very upset because they didn't have a voice in the government which violated their rights as English citizens. The Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Tea Act were huge events that led up to the Revolutionary War, and finally pushed the colonists to break

Ever since England colonized America, the colonists were governed by Great Britain. The French and Indian War was a drain on the resources of American colonies because Britain had a war debt that it wanted the colonies to help pay. Little by little, the colonists’ resentment towards King George built up because of the demands of higher and higher taxation on everyday goods. In addition, during this time, the colonists were forming their own thoughts about self government after learning about ideas from the Enlightenment movement. About ten years before the Revolutionary War, three pivotal events caused the American colonists to contemplate breaking away from England and establishing a new nation- the French and Indian War, Great Britain's

The Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances was written to show why the Americans had begun to oppose of their King. One of their grievances was that they were not being entitled to life, liberty, and property when they had done nothing to ceded to any sovereign power at all. Their ancestors, who came from Britain, had all the rights, liberties, and immunities that they were given when they were born. They are wondering why they are given less and less rights when they were also people of Britain, all that was different was that they didn't live on the mother country. The document also stated “That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and the other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.” (Document E) To say this to the British rule with no fear whatsoever was a brave thing to do. This lead to people becoming bolder and more empowered than they were. When the revolutions first started to happen they barely did anything out of fear, but once it started to become more common to go against the British they spoke their mind. This was one of the many dramatic changes that America was bringing on their road to freedom. Even though America did have to fight for their