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    American Revolution: What Were they Really Fighting For? I: Introduction A superficial understanding of the Revolutionary War may lead to believe that it was struggle in which the purpose of the colonists was to rid themselves of the cruelty and tyranny associated with the British colonial regime. This is simply not true‚ or at the very least‚ it is not the whole truth. For the most part‚ the inhabitants of the colonies took pride in calling themselves Englishmen‚ and under the so-called tyrannical

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    conflict the colonists had with the british made an impact that would change the lives of millions. There are those who say the colonists were not justified for breaking away from the British because of the war they fought for the colonists. However the colonists were justified because the king violated the colonists rights‚ put the colonists in economic parallel and punished them instead of listening to their needs. Through The Enlightenment and the Great awakening the colonists realized that

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    During the American Revolution‚ the British forced 13 It’s American Colonies to move to new lands with the Indians. Long after‚ the 13 colonies had settled in the new lands‚ the British King‚ forced the colonists to pay taxes without passing a law. Later‚ it resulted the American colonists to put their foot down and take control of the situation. It resulted in many events and many things ended up happening. Long after the French and Indian war‚ Britain became very poor‚ and they needed money. Britain

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    WHY THE COLONISTS WERE RIGHT: The American Revolution was the major conflict that will forever change millions of people all around the world. The American Revolution was the major conflict because the Colonists were angry‚ they had no self government which made the taxes go up and the British made their own laws that the Colonists had to follow‚ and thought they were paying the government with no representation at all because they did not have a government to control all of the bad things. The Colonists

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    * ------------------------------------------------- From your readings and class notes answer the following questions: * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- 1. “The Americans have made a discovery‚ or think they have made a discovery‚ that we mean to oppress them; we have a made a discovery‚ or think we have made a discovery‚ that they intend to rise up in rebellion against us. We know not how to advance; they know not

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    about if our founding fathers whether really were selfish then how is this country still standing. The colonist was mad that the British were taxing them without a say. They were also mad that the British for setting boundaries on what they could do. Even though the British helped them with wars and only taxed them to pay off debt‚ they were still in the wrong. The colonist were angry at the British and not giving them reprecipitation in parament. The colonist thought that they should choose what happens

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    The colonists felt that the british government was being unfair‚ and rightfully so. The british was pressing unfair taxes onto the colonists in order to gain money to fix their own problems. This was a smart move for the british considering that the colonists didn’t have much firepower.... Or at least that’s what the British thought. Picture in your head if you were being taxed for a lot of money by someone who had absolute power‚ and you had no say in the matter. How would you feel? The American

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    is whether the colonists of the American Revolutions were actually patriots‚ or terrorists. If one was to go by this definition then yes‚ I believe that the colonists could be considered terrorists. However‚ while I agree with everything the definition gives‚ I believe that terrorism is more than this. From what I see with the terrorism that goes on today‚ the main goal of a terrorist is fear. They strive to instill fear in their enemies‚ and to kill them. The goal of the colonists was not to make

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    Were American colonists justified in fighting a war to break away from Britain? What should the Americans do? Stay with the British or break away from them? Personally‚ I think that the Americans should break away from the British. The British did too much unfair stuff toward the Americans. The three main reason why I think the Americans should break away from the British is that Americans have the rights to give and granting their own money‚ the history of the British is full of injuries

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    The American Revolution was fueled by misunderstanding‚ the Crown looked down on the Colonist believing that they were just another business to generate funds of the Monarchy. The Colonist on the other hand saw themselves on equal footing with Britain. The ideology that England was exploiting the Colony’s for money‚ in the mercantilist belief that the rich will get richer‚ the Colonist get fed up with being stripped of rights. Being fueled by belief in England’s old traditions of republicanism‚ the

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