Response To The Rise Of American Independence Movement In The 1770's

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In response to the rise of rebellion PowerPoint, I learned about the succession the northern and southern states were having. It seemed as if everything was how it was supposed to be; Until new laws were added to the colonists in order for Britain to succeed along with them. Some issues I believe that influenced the American independence moment in the 1770’s were the navigation acts, the wool, hat and iron acts. These acts disturbed the rate of succession for certain individual’s such as craftsmen, artisans and farmers which led to a world without freedom. Being told how to make your goods and where to sell them is being monopolized by the England. It is something that the colonists found out rather quickly to be injustice. Northern economies were thriving with wheat production, they were trading overseas. Cities started to rise such as Pennsylvania, Boston, and Connecticut. Craftsmen and artisans were part of this growth too. While the wheat production increased Tabaco and iron started to rise as well. Around the 1750’s the third leading export was iron. Then was wheat and timber it had passed the Tabaco and fur. Even though this had happened it still meant farmers, artisans and craftsmen were prospering. The southern economies weren’t …show more content…

After the navigation acts were put into place, parliament waited a couple years to add three acts; The wool act of 1699, the hat act of 1732 and the iron act of 1750. These acts prevented colonists from finishing any type of raw material. These acts served as an additional flame to what was already a fire of how angry the colonists were. I describe these issues like a father and a son visual. England being a father to the colonists expressing that they want what is best for them to succeed; Although the son, the colonists just wants their freedom and values to be

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