The final reason the colonists were unjustified was that they were the only reason Britain had treated them so poorly. As a result of the French and Indian War - which was fought for the colonists - the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Act of 1767 were used to pay for war efforts. Also, the Proclamation of 1763, which forced colonists to live east of the Application Mountains, protected the colonists from the Indians and prevented future conflicts between them. The Intolerable Acts of 1774 would not have existed if not for the Boston Tea Party - in which the colonists dumped about 1 million dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor: it only existed to demonstrate Britain’s power over the colonists. Finally, the Boston Massacre would have …show more content…
However, the colonists had it coming: if it weren't for the riots and the rebellions, they wouldn’t have received such poor treatment. Cresswell agrees with this in his personal journal, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell (Document 4). It was written between 1774 and1 1777. On October 19, 1777 - on his visit to Alexandria, Virginia - he expressed his belief that the colonists were to blame for the growing antagonism between the British and the Americans because the colonists protested and, the more they protested, the worse their punishment was. Yet, the colonists did not feel the same way. They expressed this in the Declaration of Independence. The Continental Congress wrote it and made it official on July 4, 1776 (Document 7). It is divided into six parts: the preamble, their beliefs, their complaints, their attempts to address grievances, their official declaration of independence, and the …show more content…
Firstly, they didn’t want to help provide for Britain because they believed that it was unconstitutional; yet, the British only fought in the French and Indian War to protect the colonies. Thus, they had the responsibility to pay for the damages and expenses they inflicted on England. Secondly, they were very biased against everything British actions because critical revolutionary figures, such as Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere, created false images about the British and authors, such as Thomas Paine, influenced others that they needed to break away and they needed to do it now. However, none of these crucial figures considered how the British viewed these conflicts and how they felt about them and why they were justified in their choices of actions. Finally, they were the only reason for poor mistreatment because, if it had not been for their riots and abuse of soldiers, they wouldn’t have been given so many new taxes and new acts. Additionally, the British would not have had to send as many troops as they did. In brief, the American Revolution changed both America and England - and for different reasons. Currently, despite these historical conflicts, England and the United States of America have a good
The British Treatment and the Colonial Resistance both played big roles leading up to the American Revolution. The British wanted to colonists under their control and the colonists wanted fairer treatment than they were getting. The British treatment was really unfair to the colonist’s due to the laws that the British enforced on the colonist’s. One of the unfair laws was the Stamp Act. It was unfair because it taxed colonist without their consent.
If England had prevented the American Revolution the US might have been more like Canada. If England had defeated the American Revolution, the American Civil War might never have happened, but the treaties with the several Native American Nations might have come more close to being honoured than they ended up being. In any event, it looks likely that the British Empire and Commonwealth would have been strengthened, and much less likely that the resources of America would have been available to combat the German/Austrian alliance MUCH sooner than 1917.
The Revolution War was a war that Americans are never going to forget. It’s also the war that formed and shaped America. Great Britain is another country that will never forget The Revolution War. In the beginning of the war, Great Britain went in believing that this was going to be a fast and easy win. They believe that a great powerful country like them couldn’t possibly lose to a small group of colonies.
England failed to meet the necessities of the colonists and dismissed their plans and ideas; leaving the colonists to fend for themselves. Instead of doing what was best for both countries England was working to find the best option for England and doing so with getting little blood on their hands. Case in point, the Proclamation of 1763, when Colonists’ were banned from moving west so protect Indian lands, when the real reason was England didn’t want the Indians coming after them, and wanted the colonists closer. Realizing this the colonists knew that it was time to break the ties with
During the late 18th century, the United States and Great Britain had an on and off relationship full of feuds and battles due to neither of them being able to agree on anything. These disagreements led to an extensive increase in tensions that only continued to grow greater and greater as time passed bringing along a major revolution in American history. The American Revolution was the final rough battle the United States took on in order to gain their independence from Britain and put an end their main problem, which was having to deal with a controlling monarch breathing down their shoulders. The main sources that accompanied the occurrence of the American Revolution are vast. So vast, in fact, that historians can’t seem to find an exact cause that led to this major turning point in American history.
The colonists mostly considered and described the English Parliament as cruel and unfair. “It is reasonable to assume that at the start of the war more than one-half of all Americans were willing to accommodate their differences with Great Britain in a peaceful manner (course packet 58)”. The Revolution also got the ball rolling for larger changes in American life. This particular war encouraged Americans to attempt to rebuild their society that related to republican ideas. The Revolution brought question to many Americans about slavery.
They decided it was time to become an independent nation. The Second Continental congress met to create the “Declaration of Independence”. In the Declaration, the colonists are promised that their natural
Another reason why the colonists were enraged with the British was due to the fact they made treaties with the Native Americans. This treaty was named The 1763 Royal Proclamation and it opposed the colonists’ expansion at the expense of the Native Americans. Basically the British government tried to limit how far the colonists could expand and the colonists did not have sympathy for the idea of the Crown’s responsibilities for agreements with the Native Americans. The colonists thought they were entitled to the land and the government over seas did not understand their need and desire for expansion. In fact the colonists did not respect this proclamation and flat out refused to follow it.
Without the Revolutionary War, we wouldn’t have our freedom. The taxes on tea and the Stamp Act was just ridiculous. Personally, I don’t think Britain meant to make us lead a revolt. They believed the Stamp Act was fair. I knew that once when the Stamp Act was abolished in 1766, there would be more taxes to come.
If you add up all the manpower Great Britain had over America in the Revolutionary War, it amounts to a 4.5:1 advantage in numbers. By comparison in the American Civil War, the Union had an advantage of 2.5:1 over the Confederacy. Though this sounds like a great advantage, it was not so great in reality. The British had to maintain many troops overseas in America to hold territory, and the American populous had a much higher rate of citizens willing to fight for their Country. The debate over whether the Americans really had any chance to win the War, or whether it was just by pure luck and mistakes by the British has gone on for centuries.
The American Revolution was, to date, the best event to happen on American soil, providing freedom and representation in government to the individuals who fought so hard for it. France and Spain aided our cause, helping this group of brave colonists to defeat the strongest army in the world. But, there is a question still not answered; were the colonists justified in breaking away from Britain? The American colonists were justified in breaking away from the British because there was taxation without representation, they had no freedom, and the British government violated their individual British rights. I believe the American colonists were justified for breaking away from Britain because there was taxation without representation.
The British government was not looking for the best of the people. They were only thinking about what they wanted; the government was not interested in what the people wanted so they decided to make decisions on their own, which resulted in changes that form the United States today. Because of this, they were justified in rebelling and declaring independence. One reason why the colonists decided to rebel and declare independence was because of taxation.
During the Colonial Era (1492-1763), colonists were justified in waging war against Great Britain; due to the inequitable Stamp Act, the insufferable British oppression, and the perceived tyranny of King George III, the king of Great Britain, however, the colonists were unjustified in some of their actions. In Colonial America, colonists were justified in waging war against Great Britain, because the Stamp Act was unfair and viewed as punishment. Because of the war, Britain had no other choice but to tax the colonists to pay for the debt. For example, according to document 2, the author states that the act was not only for trade but for “the single purpose of levying money.”
Soon after the Seven Years’ War, the British and the colonists learned that victory came with a rather expensive price (Kennedy, Cohen, & Bailey, 2010). Great Britain tightened its grip on the colonies in North America, expecting colonists to pay for their financial struggles. In order to make colonists pay for the war, Great Britain reminded the North American colonies who had authority by controlling the colonists to submit to various ordinances ratified by British Parliament. This action only showed that arrogance leads to rebellion socially, economically, and politically. Socially, a lack of communication between Great Britain and the North American colonies was to blame for the Revolutionary War.
Political, economic, military, and social factors were taken into account during the revolution. These aspects of the war all played a significant role in the outcome of the American Revolution. Since Great Britain was in a tremendous amount of debt, it started social and economic issues with the colonies. The French and Indian War (Seven Years War), fought between the British and the French over the Ohio River Valley was a huge contributing factor to said debt.