The colonists were completely justified in waging war against the British. It was their time to break away and to work for their own individual independence. They only really had one choice that would have worked and that choice was to fight a war against the British. Some of the justifications in wanting to fight this war can be found in documents such as Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and The Declaration of Independence and taxes such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
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am going to explain why the colonist were justified in fighting and breaking away from Great Britain. The French and Indian war happened in 1750. After the war‚ British were in debt and placed taxes on colonist. The colonist were shocked and angry that they were being taxed. Waging war and breaking away Britain was justified for the colonist. The colonist were justified in fighting and breaking away from Great Britain because British were making unfair taxes‚ the colonist weren’t represented in parliament
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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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arriving they found the land inhabited by thousands of Native Americans. The colonists’ lack of knowledge about the land and people led to a series of disputes to ensure the colonists’ safety. Unfortunately‚ this eventually led to genocide‚ an act of hatred directed towards the natives‚ but undeniable because overtime the colonists began to kill for sport rather then defense against the Indians’ attacks. By 1607‚ when the European colonists arrived at Jamestown‚ the Pequots numbered 14‚000‚ but in the
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I think the colonial grievances were justified because the colonies were forced to change‚ England lacked power of the colonies‚ and British Law was unjust. The colonist way of life evolved around trade. England had told them to trade only with them and they would‚ in return give them recourses back. This did not do the colonies any good because they were not left with money and went into debt. The colonies decided that they would hold back some resources and would trade with the West Indies to
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The Founding Fathers were justified in their actions of starting the American Revolutionary War against Britain. The Founding Fathers started the American Revolutionary War because of the excessive taxation‚ lack of parliamentary representation‚ and forced participation in the French and Indian War by Britain. The colonists attempted to work with Britain by boycotting and lobbying for representation but their attempts were dismissed by Britain. Britain simply continued to treat the colonies as
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10/1/2014 U.S. history and Government Mr. Smith Question: Were the colonist justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain during the Revolutionary War? The colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain during the revolutionary war. The war for American independence began with in 1775 and lasted at least until 1783 when the peace treaty with the British was signed. The colonies of England wanted to be independent and no longer serve the mother country. After
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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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to Britain Many; colonies remain faithful to Britain but‚ I am against the Britain. Colonist’ are faithful to Britain because they do not have enough weapons and don’t have an army to go against Britain. Although some of the colonist didn’t want to be in war because they would risk their lives and they have family members. Colonist didn’t have money to buy supplies‚ food‚ clothes so far British were a strong army. Although they are under British rule they have the right to vote but if they
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the debt of the British had doubled in a short time. The Cider Tax had proved highly unpopular and many people were getting eager to removed it. Britain was also running short of credit with banks. In order to curb spending the British government believed that further attempts to tax the homeland would fail. They decided to seize Opportunities for income such as taxing the American colonists in order to pay for the army protecting them. Before the war started most of the colonies had directly contributed
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