Why Did the Colonist Protest and How Did They Protest? In this document we will be going over why the colonist protest against the British and how they protested against them. Right now I have two reasons on why the colonist protested and two methods on how they protested. The two reasons on why they protested was, one, The Quartering Act, which allowed soldiers to live in people’s house if needed, and two, The Stamp Act, which it taxed every piece of used printed paper. And now the two ways of how they protested, one of them was Tarring and sometimes Feathering Loyalist (especially British government employees), and method number two was the Boston Non-Importation Agreement, which was a boycott. Later throughout the essay these topics will …show more content…
Lets go over the Boston Non-Importation Agreement because the other is technically terrorism so we go over that later. So in Document Six, the Boston Non-Importation Agreement basically agreed by many people to not buy British so they could not pay the taxes for Britain. The reason why they stopping buying all good from Britain is because the British are forcing a monopoly on the colonist. The cool thing about this was it was a more peaceful protest a.k.a. a boycott. But I do not know how the colonist lived off of without buying any British goods? So now with the more violent method which was the complete polar opposite of the last method. In Document Four, the Tar and Feather method was used on Loyalist (especially British government employees), and also it was not usually fatal (and yes I said it was not fatal), but it was extremely unpleasant to the victim. So here is the method they apply burning hot tar to the skin and left painful blisters and trying to remove makes it worse, and also adding salt to the wound, they sometimes put feathers on you to humiliate you in public and while in pain. By the way did I tell you it was illegal but it was commonly done to British government employees that collect stamp commissions when the act was enacted, there was no stamp commission collectors left. Hm… I wonder what happen to them? But to be honest if I was in there shoes I will probably be scared and just hide in my house and board up the windows, put barbed wire around my house (that was probably not invented during that time but I am just saying), and have a musket attached with bayonet with me at all times, but I probably be already be tarred and be in the hospital already. So do not be a loyalist government employee during that time and place and you be fine. But to be serious this illegal method was
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.
Colonist fight for independence while the British passed many laws against them. The colonist took action because of their belief of the laws. The colonist resisted the British treatment towards them. The British treated colonist very poorly by passing the stamp act,also the coercive/intolerable act.
Who was justified committing mass murder? The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord. On April 19, 1775, british soldiers marched into a rebel armory demanding that they turn over their weapons. Back in the 1700’s guerrilla warfare was not yet used in military combat. British combat usually consisted of line combat, which is where you line up and fire upon a still target.
In 1765, the Stamp Act was placed on colonists, which placed a tax on many types of printed materials. As a result of the sudden tax placement, almost all of the free colonists were furious and began to riot. Groups such as the Loyal Nine opposed the Stamp Act and expressed their anger through violence. English colonists were determined to have freedom since they believed that the Stamp Act imposed by Great Britain “violated their liberty” (Foner, 179). The determination to achieve colonial liberty established a huge divide between the colonists and Great Britain.
The author’s purpose in writing The Marketplace of Revolution is to explain how Colonial America performed popular mobilization, revolutionize the way that people think of the American Revolution, and the causes of it also from an entirely new light that is incredibly different from any other historian that has ever told the story of the uprising of the American colonies against the all-powerful rule of the British monarchy. The author also sets out to show that the popular mobilization was not just a fluke or something that just come out of nowhere. This tells the story of why so many people came to the same conclusion of, “Give me liberty or give me death!” and fought back against seemingly insurmountable forces. The colonists had to overcome all the things that separated them and become united as a singular force. (pg.
During the “Intolerable Acts”, the British blocked off any imports/exports from the Boston Harbor which started to starve the Bostonians, along with depriving them of other resources like tea. Next, the “Quartering Act” was also used against the colonists. Ten thousand British soldiers were sent to the colonies to enforce the acts already in place. Along with that, the colonists mandated to provide bedding, food, and drink to the soldiers. That was simply unfair because the colonists did not request the soldiers to come to their homelands.
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.
Document 3: The Continental Congress Explains the Need to Fight, the colonist emphasize there logic that if they do not fight they will lose their land and their freedom and become slaves. They believed this was unjust because their ancestors had earned and there sons and daughters who will come after them should have it too. Even though there were some risk to being a loyalist there a risk to every decision that is made. However in in Document 2: A loyalist is Tarred and Feathered, the man who was attacked was old and weak. Some tax collectors who were ambushed may have been able to ward of their attackers or have escaped them.
Under the control of the British Parliament in 1775, the American colonies consider going to war in order to gain independence from Britain. In “Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention,” Henry addresses the need for American colonists to work together to stop the British from controlling them. Thus, Henry’s periodic sentence, rhetorical questions, antithesis, and anaphora successfully convince the American colonists to unite against the British and to bring awareness to their wrongdoings. Firstly, Henry applies periodic sentences and rhetorical questions to convey the idea that the American Colonists must fight back against the British by working together if they want to gain freedom. Henry believes that “if [they] wish to
During the first years of the English settlements of North America the people who immigrated from England they formed colonies that with the support of the British government. The colonist didn 't pay a lot of taxes on their trading benefits to the government. Through the years, the King and the parliament started raising taxes on almost everything that the colonist was producing in the colonies. The colonists weren 't happy with the new taxation that the king was charging to the colonies, and it led the colonist to protest at British empire. There are several reasons why the colonists revolted against the British government.
Imports of lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea were taxed; the British government wanted the colonists to pay so they created punishments for colonists who
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.”
American colonists had no thoughts about unifying the colonies. However, they had already developed a sense of identity. Colonists had many attempts to unify the colonies, but most failed. Before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, English colonists developed their sense of identity, such as being an American, loyalist and patriot, and unity between the colonies. In the middle of the 18th century, colonists already developed a strong sense of identity.
The Quartering Act disrespected the privacy of Americans (Document 5). Moreover, this act allowed British soldiers to barge in on the colonists’ home life, forcing them to provide food, utensils, bedding, firewood, and other objects for the soldiers. In addition to this, the Quartering Act showed that the British were disinterested in how Americans lived their lives in their homes and purposefully sabotaged the colonists’ leadership in their homes, showing that the British controlled the colonists’ homes. The Stamp Act also demonstrated that the British were apathetic towards the colonists’ opinions (Document 6). The Stamp Act taxed newspapers and pamphlets, which outraged the colonists.
In the years leading up to the American Revolution, there was a tense relationship between the colonists and their British rulers. Large gatherings in the colonies to discuss the grievances caused by the actions of the British were common. Patrick Henry applies the rhetorical strategies of allusions and repetition in his “Speech in the Virginia Convention” to assert that the colonists should believe fighting for their freedom and rights is necessary and that they must fight as soon as possible. Although Henry has rather radical beliefs in comparison to the other members of the Convention, he connects with them through religious and literary allusions that are able to convince them of his assertions. In his speech, Henry alludes to