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Were The Colonists Justified

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Has anyone heard about how the colonist fought against the British? Most definitely you sure did, but have you come to think why the colonist fought them? Well, because of the fact that the Colonist was being under the control of Britain and no longer wanted to be, under anyone's control. So, the Colonist were justified to revolt against the British. I believe they were justified to revolt because, British violated the Colonist rights, the British impacted the Colonists' economic opportunity, and the Colonists' life and liberty was impacted. To get start off why the Colonist had to do something or they would be under control for a long period of time, is the Colonists' rights were being violated and ignored. "Grenville knew that American …show more content…

The Colonist did not get any say on anything political, only Parliament decided, after the Colonist were taxed on the Stamp act, Parliament went for another tax, "The Stamp Act taught the British that the colonists would resisted internal taxes---those paid inside the colonies. As a result, in 1767 Parliament passed the Townshend Acts to tax imported goods, such as glass , tea, and paper. The tax was paid when the goods arrived--before they were brought inside the colonies."( Discovering Our Past A history of the United States -PG-115) Basically stating that because of this Stamp Act that taxed practically everything that was made out of paper, they could easily get them to still pay that paper tax, and a couple of others, and not just from importing but from things already inside that were paid were now taxed as well, and guess what? The Red Coats gave the Colonist no say against this, it just was added. The British tried to control them by creating, oh great, another act. "In 1774 Parliament responded by passing a series of laws called Coercive Acts... Forced to let British soldiers live among the Colonists... One of the Coercive Acts banned town meeting in Massachusetts. Another closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea. This stopped most shipments of food and other supplies to the colony... Parliament also passed the Quebec Act. This law created a government for Canada and extended its territory south all the way to the Ohio River.... The Colonists believed all of these new laws violated their rights as English citizens." (Discovering our Past A History of the United States PG-119) This new act was very painful for the Colonist, making basically Massachusetts to get cut off from the other colonies so the British could have complete control of one of those colonies, and the Colonists were also English like the

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1. What arguments did the colonist use to oppose the Stamp Act? The colonist were completely enraged when Britain enforced the harsher tax, the Stamp Act. The colonist felt that taxation without consent was a violation of their rights so they started to protest. The way the colonist opposed the Act was by filling the colonial newspapers, pamphlets defending colonial rights, colonial assemblies and even attacking tax collectors and officials.

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The British treated the colonists aggressively. Document #1 is about the stamp act. “An act for granting and applying stamp duties...towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting and securing.” I know that during 1765, the British made the colonists pay taxes on all printed goods like newspapers and playing cards to pay back the cost of the French and Indian War. It was called the stamp act because they would stamp the good after the colonist payed the tax.

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From 1763 to 1783 American colonist shifted the governing of the colonies from the British monarchy into the hands of the individuals elected by the colonies. Prior to 1763 the British Parliament imposed Navigation Acts following the ideas of Mercantilism, but due to salutary neglect these acts were never truly enforced by the British on the colonies. After the 7 Years War, which ended in 1763, the British finally turned their attention back to the colonies and worked to enforce their taxes and laws upon the colonies which lead to the changes seen in America in the following decades. The American colonist response to the British Parliament’s taxation of the colonies without a representative in Parliament can be seen in documents 1,

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The purpose of these acts were, to punish the Americans after the events from the Boston Tea Party. The reason why they punished the Americans was to teach them a lesson after dumping the tea into the water. The Americans called the laws The Intolerable Acts. The so called Acts were, the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act, and finally the Quebec Act.

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How the colonists responded when faced with difficulty has greatly altered the path of their country. In 1760 a new king , King George III, came into power and brought destruction with jim when he began passing act after outrageous act which sparked a need for rebellion among the colonies. Did the colonists have valid reason to break away from great Britain? The colonists were justified in their actions because the king was a tyrant, they were being forced into silence, and they encountered unprovoked violence. King George III was constantly abusing his power over the colonists and acting irrationally.

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I believe that the nature of the colonists’ opposition to British rule in the year 1763 to 1776 was all the above being political social and economic issues. First and foremost, I would like to begin with the economical aspect of the problem which began with the Stamp Act of 1765, which required all colonist to purchase watermarked, taxed paper which at the time was used in newspapers and all legal documents. The stamp Act of 1764 was the first tax imposed on the colonist by the parliament which lead to great disagreement. Three years later, in 1767 after the repealed of the Stamp Act prior that year parliament passed revenue act better known as the “The Townshend duties “which taxed the most frequent used items in the colonist such as lead, glass, paper and tea, tea being a popular drink at the time, enraged the colonist even more which than lead to the

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This is critical because Britain had been taxing the colonists without their consent, then assumed the role of judge and jury. The colonists right to a fair trial and jury, and should not have had to pay taxes they did not consent to. Samuel Adams describes the way that the colonists felt after the Intolerable Acts were passed in Document 15: “The people receive this cruel edict with abhorrence and indignation.” The Intolerable Acts shut down the Boston harbor and the Declaratory Acts gave Britain total power of the colonies. The

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Imagine of your friend used you to copy off of your homework, and you feel like you are not getting anything in return. How would you feel? That is exactly how the colonists felt with Britain. The angry colonists wanted to start a revolution against Britain because their unalienable rights were being intruded in their own country. They were used to salutary neglect, but the tight control the British had over them angered the colonists.

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Lots of the acts that were passed upset many of the colonists. The Stamp Act was passed in March of 1765. It made people pay for stamps or anything that seals documents and papers. It increased revenue by taxing supplies as in newspapers and much more. Although many people were upset about this passed act, parliament thought it was a fair tax.

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The colonist started thinking they had no repression in parliament. The commits of correspondence improved commutation among their colonies. In this disagreement with their mother country England, this lead to taxation without repreasation. The British didn’t think that the sugar act wasn’t bringing in enough money for them. Their solution to that problem is creating another act that the colonist has to pay tax on.

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The colonists wanted representation when it came down to being taxed, but the British government would not allow it. The government wanted full control over the people, so they made sets of acts and laws that were placed on taxation. For example, the Stamp Acts of 1765. These acts taxed all papers, pamphlets, newspapers, and cards. The Townshend Acts of 1767 were also a large part of taxation.

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This act was made as a way to get payback on the colonists. It also closed the harbor until the tea in the water was paid for in pound sterlings, and it made sure to ban town meetings without asking the governor

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On the other hand the British deprived the colonists of even the most basic of rights. The American Revolution was more about Civil Liberties because there are three main arguments that support it: Taxation without Representation, the Quartering Act, and the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts. These actions that the British did justified the colonists’ revolution. First of all, one civil liberty that was exempt from the colonists reaches was taxation without representation.

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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.

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When the British ships arrived in the Boston Harbor The colonist wanted the tea shipped back to England with out payment of tax. Then the royal governor of England insisted on payment of tax. On December 16 a group of men know as the Sons of Liberty disguised there self as Indians and boarded the British ships and dumped all of the tea into the Boston harbor. After that happened parliament passed Coercive Acts. Theses act were put in to place to punish the colonist for dumping the British tea into the Boston harbor.

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