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    The American Colonist wanted to free themselves from Great Britain because Britain was applying to much control over the colonies. The colonist believed that it was their right to over throw a government that didn’t protect their rights. The colonies were used to very little involvement from Britain. When Britain started to control everything they did‚ they didn’t want to put up with it anymore. After the 7 year war Britain was really high in debt. They started to make them pay new taxes and help

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    | | | | American colonists changed their perspective on liberty‚ through the coming of the Great Awakening. American colonists endured several obstacles in this period. Some were banished from colonies‚ and others were even killed because of their beliefs. At the end of the Great Awakening‚ the American colonists prospered‚ and were awarded the freedom of religion and beliefs. The Great Awakening was a Christian revitalization that swept Europe‚ and ultimately merged to the Americas

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    gain. Colonists wanted a place to start new where they can practice religion freely based on their beliefs. From what I have read and researched I believe there was unanimity of what the English Colonists wanted. They wanted to begin new lives with their families. Colonists wanted‚ prosper from trading all goods the Americas had to offer. They were able to establish their freedom of religion‚ and crops to grow. The Colonists got what they wanted‚ even if it did destroy the Native Americans.

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    directly affected the colonists. The colonists were not happy about this so they started to rebel‚ and while England did make changes to this law the colonists still did not support this. The colonists were getting angrier with the British‚ and when the first shot rang during the Boston massacre‚ everything started to go downhill. The colonists started to become even more separated from the British‚ they refused to work with the colonies and the calls for independence from the colonists were getting stronger

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    protested angrily against the act. They suffered a trade deficit with Great Britain and this was a contributing factor in the coming of the American revolution. The Stamp Act 1765 directs tax on the British colonies in America and requires that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London

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    year 1756 and the British had just won The French and Indian War. All colonists were now under British rule. The French and Indian War was a long fought war that lasted seven years meaning the war was expensive. The British Parliament then decided to impose a tax on paper to make up for the expenses of the war and to repay the British Soldiers. The Tax was fairly cheap (ten cents)‚ at the time‚ however‚ many of the colonists had just felt as if they had been threatened to pay such a foolish tax

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    British attempts to force colonists to pay part of the debt was one they starved them. Two they made sure that the planning was bad when the colonists left. Three Captain John Smith elected president of the governing council-first example of popular democracy in the New World. The colonists realized that they needed money for trade so they could prosper so they sold tobacco. The colonists also known as the settlers had it hard in the beginning. The British starved the colonists when they were ready to

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    war the British and Americans became a unifying force standing side by side‚ but short while later they were the ones in conflict with one another. England was left with an even larger debt‚ from the French and Indian War‚ than what they had started with. To compensate Britain started to heavily tax the colonies which lead to many events such as the Boston Massacre and boycott of British goods. But in this time period it was always England changing older policies and colonists complying with them

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    olonist conflict. The British levied taxes against American colonists to‚ “pay for their own defense. Moreover‚ the funds received from American colonists barely covered one-third of the cost of maintaining British troops in the 13 colonies.” But many colonists believed they didn’t need and didn’t want the British troops to continue protecting the 13 colonies. They did not want to pay for troops to be around just to watch them. Major conflict arose when the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act

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    Advantages and reasons why the American colonists won over the British in The American Revolution During the American Revolution‚ The British and the American colonists had many difficulties and challenges to overcome. Both sides had great disadvantages and advantages‚ but the in the end the colonists had the most advantages and won their independence from the British. Some of the most important reasons the colonists won was that they were fighting on their own continent and knew the land better

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