Why The Colonists Won The Revolutionary War?
When England sent over colonists to Massachusetts bay in the late-to-mid 1600’s
They started to have problems with the Native Americans. The colonists started to notice the French were befriending the Natives, and had strong trading lines with them.
England, however, was raiding and stealing from the Natives. The colonists wanted to fight the French and Indians, so they didn’t have control over the Ohio river Valley. The valley would provide a safer route west so that the colonists could have more farms, houses, and land. The town of Massachusetts decided to have a meeting with a larger, more powerful tribe, to make sure that they wouldn’t side with the French. This was the first time the colonists had an official meeting with the Indians. After …show more content…
that the English went on to fight the French in southern Canada and Northeast part of soon-to-be the United States of America. This war was also known as the Seven year war.
The war actually lasted nine years. In the end, France lost all of their land to the english, and Spain gave up florida. The Quebec act was issued to allow French law to be used in court, this was issued to be polite to the french. This war cost a lot of money, and that led to taxes! The colonists didn’t like all of the taxes they had to pay. There was a tax on; Sugar, Molasses, and Tea. There was even a law for making sure stamps were on shipments! The colonists hated this, and they retaliated by throwing about 4 million dollars worth of taxed tea into the Massachusetts bay, this was called the Boston Tea Party. Also, after the war, there were a lot of British soldiers looking for a place to stay, the Quartering Act made people house British soldiers and they needed to feed them food. There was a group of people that called themselves, “The Sons Of Liberty” They mostly caused trouble for the British soldiers, by throwing snowballs or other objects at them. This caused the Boston Massacre, which led to 3 people dying and 2 more injured. The city of Massachusetts now had a militia, called the Minutemen, they were called that because they could act at a moment’s notice. Most of the colonists were not
paying the taxes, which led to The Intolerable acts. The Intolerable acts closed all of massachusetts ports, closed all trading routes and banned the town of having any type of colonial military. Around that time, a writer made a book called “Common sense”
In that book he explained how it would be common sense to make them independent from England. The people started to separate from english ways and started the Revolutionary War. After many letters sent to the King of England, they finally decided to break off. To stop this from happening, the English needed to control Bunker Hill.
The battle of Bunker Hill was long and grueling. The minutemen were told not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes. Halfway through the battle, the minutemen were out of ammo. George Washington, a younger general from the French and Indian war, led his men across the Delaware river to attack the British soldiers. Thomas Jefferson, a writer, wrote the draft for the Declaration Of Independence, which was later signed by John Hancock. Which was the end to the Revolutionary war.
They started to have problems with the Native Americans. The colonists started to notice the French were befriending the Natives, and had strong trading lines with them.
England, however, was raiding and stealing from the Natives. The colonists wanted to fight the French and Indians, so they didn’t have control over the Ohio river Valley. The valley would provide a safer route west so that the colonists could have more farms, houses, and land. The town of Massachusetts decided to have a meeting with a larger, more powerful tribe, to make sure that they wouldn’t side with the French. This was the first time the colonists had an official meeting with the Indians. After …show more content…
that the English went on to fight the French in southern Canada and Northeast part of soon-to-be the United States of America. This war was also known as the Seven year war.
The war actually lasted nine years. In the end, France lost all of their land to the english, and Spain gave up florida. The Quebec act was issued to allow French law to be used in court, this was issued to be polite to the french. This war cost a lot of money, and that led to taxes! The colonists didn’t like all of the taxes they had to pay. There was a tax on; Sugar, Molasses, and Tea. There was even a law for making sure stamps were on shipments! The colonists hated this, and they retaliated by throwing about 4 million dollars worth of taxed tea into the Massachusetts bay, this was called the Boston Tea Party. Also, after the war, there were a lot of British soldiers looking for a place to stay, the Quartering Act made people house British soldiers and they needed to feed them food. There was a group of people that called themselves, “The Sons Of Liberty” They mostly caused trouble for the British soldiers, by throwing snowballs or other objects at them. This caused the Boston Massacre, which led to 3 people dying and 2 more injured. The city of Massachusetts now had a militia, called the Minutemen, they were called that because they could act at a moment’s notice. Most of the colonists were not
paying the taxes, which led to The Intolerable acts. The Intolerable acts closed all of massachusetts ports, closed all trading routes and banned the town of having any type of colonial military. Around that time, a writer made a book called “Common sense”
In that book he explained how it would be common sense to make them independent from England. The people started to separate from english ways and started the Revolutionary War. After many letters sent to the King of England, they finally decided to break off. To stop this from happening, the English needed to control Bunker Hill.
The battle of Bunker Hill was long and grueling. The minutemen were told not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes. Halfway through the battle, the minutemen were out of ammo. George Washington, a younger general from the French and Indian war, led his men across the Delaware river to attack the British soldiers. Thomas Jefferson, a writer, wrote the draft for the Declaration Of Independence, which was later signed by John Hancock. Which was the end to the Revolutionary war.