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To What Extent Was America Justified In The Revolutionary War
Ah, America. One of the most stubborn nations in the whole world. Sadly, America was always like this and, even back to when it was first starting out, the people were like mules. The colonists that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Native Americans (oops!) were complaining about their ex girlfriend Britain all the time. They thought they were the victim in every scenario, when in reality, they were just being ignorant and only cared about themselves! Now, there has been a debate (not really) if the colonies were justified in going to several wars with Britain or not, and my answer is no. The three main reasons I think that the American colonies weren’t justified in engaging in wars with Britain include the Boston Massacre, the Tea Act, and the Martial Law. …show more content…
Which wasn’t much of a massacre than just a couple fatalities in a fight. The so-called ‘massacre’ started when a group of colonists crowded around stationed British soldiers and started taunting them, calling them ‘lobster backs’ (because of their red coats) and throwing snowballs at them. The soldiers were angered at this, of course, and shot into the crowd. The colonists were egging the soldiers on, and they were armed! What did they think, that the soldiers wouldn’t shoot or get angry? After all this, a man named Paul Revere decided to use his welding skills and make out the scene for the people that weren’t there to witness it. In that process, he decided to make it look like the Boston people were innocent while the armed soldiers looked terrifying. The man spread misinformation just so he could get the other colonists in other places enraged about the horrible deed the British soldiers had done. To further his point, he dubbed it to be called the ‘Boston Massacre’ to intrigue people while reading their papers. Now what? What was the next thing for the colonists to complain about? Tea, of

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