Summary Of Forced Founder's By Woody Holton

After the French and Indian War, the relationship between American colonists and the British quickly worsened. The deteriorating relationship eventually led to the American revolution, in which the colonists claimed their independence and formed a new nation. The Colonist’s desire to separate was not due to a single cause, but various factors such as geography, economics, public policy, and acts of violence. As a direct result of the French and Indian War, Britain gained a vast amount of territory. However due to perceived Indian threats and Britain’s desire to tighten its’ control over America, Parliament issued the Proclamation of 1763.

He hoped the accusations would provide an ideological justification against King George III that would gain support from colonists over anger issues such as the imposition of taxes without consent and suspension of trial by jury or the hiring of mercenaries. To colonists who feared the economic consequences of severing ties with britain, Paine argued that america could handle its own affairs and avoid the dangers of european wars if freed from british control.While its politics were influenced by enlightenment ideas about the importance of liberty, paine was among the first to articulate the need for america to distance itself from europe. This theme would grow increasingly more significant in american foreign

This war was definitely the beginning of the fight for independence for the colonists, thy showed the British that they could stand up for themselves and that they deserved better treatment. The colonists were mistreated from the start the British forced them to pay their war debts basically and controlled them harshly this caused the colonists to rise up and take back power. These events eventually led to the American Revolution and colonists

Most of the taxes that had been placed on the colonists up to this point were external taxes on trade like the Sugar Act. This was an internal tax that stated that every item made of paper bought had to have a royal stamp on the document. This would cause the price of all paper prices to go up. This made the colonists furious for they were already upset with the taxes before the stamp act, but this act was not a normal tax on trading it was on colonial merchandise. The British had just beaten France in the French and Indian war, but there economy was hurt by the war and they believed that the colonies were meant to support the mainland.

"Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." These are the words that Captain John Parker, an American colonial farmer, stated just before the Battles of Lexington and Concord broke out. Due to the long building feud between the colonists and the British, it was undeniable that the war would have erupted. The disagreements that led to the revolution had many causes, all of which tied in with the fact that the colonists felt abused by England. Even though the colonies began with the intention of aiding England, they had begun to feel independent.

The Seven Years’ War was a massive war involving every European superpower at the time. Lasting from 1754 to 1763 this war stemmed from continuing frontier tensions in North America as both French, British officials and colonists sought to extend each country’s sphere of influence in frontier regions. Although many individuals stood out in the long engagement there are some who indirectly influenced the American Revolution due to their perspective on the war influencing their actions in the future. After the defeat of Braddock at the Ohio Valley, the morale was low in the ranks of the British as a number of casualties were building up exponentially. The colonists have given up hope in Britain believing that they weren’t giving them the support that they need.

Franklin, Locke, and many others used Great Britain as a topic to connect and unite the colonies. Many used events such as Bacon’s Rebellion, which showed how Britain refuse to protect their people in their time of need, and shut them down when they tried to fight back for themselves, taxes set by the British to make the colonies pay for the Seven Year War, the Seven Year’s War, which was a war that the colonists had to fight, but was more between the French and the British, and the Proclamation of 1763, which restricted the colonists from moving westward. Events such as the ones listed above were the reason many used Great Britain as a way to influence the colonists to unite. Great Britain was a common enemy among the colonists because of all of the “injustice” they caused to the colonists, such as the stamp act, which was the first direct tax on the people. By showing the colonists that the only way to have control over what happens to them and to have a say in what taxes are imposed upon them, they must unite to achieve their goal of either becoming free from Britain, or gaining rights as to what happens to them, most colonists seemed to agree with the idea of

The American Colonies attempted many times to catch the attention of the King in order to prevent anymore disliking for the crown and his government. These dislikes would soon grow into tensions as the British government ignored the American Colonies solutions. When analyzing the primary documents it was clear that tensions were high in the colonies due to the unfairness they

During the submission of the Declaration there was a war already going on between England and the colonies from enormous taxes without the colonist approving of them, housing England soldiers without a choice. They also had the outbreak of war in 1775, England’s corrupt society, falsely accusing people of crimes and not getting a trail which they deserved. Did Thomas Jefferson think of the whole document on his own or were there other documents that contributed to the Declaration of

The Americans were inspired by George III and his famous quote that he said to the New England colonies in November 1774 “blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent.’ With both sides more willing to fight than to retreat, war became inevitable. The violence at the Boston forced the ministry to retaliate with its show of force. The Coercive Acts, like the decision to ship dutied tea to America, only drove the colonies closer together in their determination to resist the mother country. Edification to Americans on the subject of the Boston Tea party. It is anything but difficult to perceive how the first dissent from the Sons of Liberty was so essential.