in defense of the revolution

The American Colonists declared their independence on July 4th, 1776.

Colonists sought independence from British government for many reasons.

apprehensions quickly rose between England and the thirteen colonies because of

taxation without representation in Parliament, the colonist’s rights to assemble were taken

by the British, and there were many unreasonable Acts and laws put into place in

attempt to have complete control over the colonists as well as intimidate them. For these

reasons and the suffering that the colonists experienced at the hands of the British

government, I feel that the colonists had plenty just causes to separate themselves from

England.

The first opposition the Americans had with the British was The Stamp Act in 1765, which was

a way to tax the colonists to raise revenues for the British Army in America. The

colonists were upset because the British were going against “no taxation without

representation” some colonists were so upset about the taxes that they attacked.

After months of protest parliament finally got rid of the Stamp Act in March 1766.
Next was the Tea Act in 1773. The different thing about the tea act was that it didnt

impose any new taxes. the Tea Act was actually made to save the faltering British

East India Company. They greatly decreased its tea tax and granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade.

Massachusetts militant colonists organized the Boston Tea Party, which valued

18,000 in tea that got dumped in Boston Harbor. Which caused the Coercive Acts

, it was called the intolerable acts by colonists. Boston could no longer do shipping do to the coercive acts. The colonists called the first Continental Congress to resist the british. Massachusetts led the resistance to the British.