Were The Colonists Justified In Declaring Their Independence

The colonists declaring their independence was undoubtedly one of the most famous events to occur in the history of the United States of America. When America was associated with Great Britain, it was made up of colonies, which all pledged allegiance to Great Britain and the King. However, that wasn’t a relationship that lasted, due to the colonists facing many problems. At the time, there was no other solution to them, than to declare independence. The colonists were wise in making this move, as they were not treated well, had no representation in parliament, and had to face more taxes. The colonists were British themselves, but they were not considered equal to the citizens of Great Britain, just because they were not living in Britain.
It did not allow the colonists to be a part of it. As Britain just came out of the French and Indian War, it had $140,000,000 of debt at its side. Britain felt as if making the colonists pay the debt, through many new acts that had been passed. The colonists would have paid up if they had a say in the decision. The colonists “wanted the right to vote on their own taxes, like the people living in Britain,” (Voice of America). But then again, the colonists were not allowed to be a part of the parliament. The colonial government literally had no say in the things the official British government carried out. As said, before they did try to work it out with the king by petitions, but that was not successful. This may not have mattered in the simple issues, but issues concerning taxes on the colonists did matter. It was unfair to them, as Britain did not give them a voice. which led to them having many acts carried out on them, without taking their opinion into
These acts may not have affected the people living in Britain, but they did heavily impact the colonists. The Stamp Act was one of these, which required taxes on each printed piece of paper that is used. As the British parliament passed this, it would be logical for it to affect the people of Britain, but “the new tax was imposed on all American colonists”(Wolf). The British did not have to pay this tax, but they were the ones who passed it in the parliament. There were many other acts alongside with the Stamp Act, such as the time, “the English Parliament passed the Sugar Act (1764) taxing molasses for revenue,” (Samuel Adams). All the British parliament considered when passing all these acts was the money they would take in. They did not take into account what the colonists thought, as they had no representation in the parliament. From this comes the famous saying of, ‘No taxation without representation!’ The colonists were right to move to their last resort, declaring independence, as they had no other