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    America was or was not justified in breaking away from Great Britain? America had every right‚ mind and aspect‚ to throw off the almost inexorable chains of Great Britain. Not only declaring war against the British was justified‚ but it was the only choice America had. From the very beginning‚ (when the colonists first migrated to America) the colonists were displeased with Great Britain’s law-makings and government. When diplomatic options and agreements with Great Britain failed‚ America realized

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    Should the U.S. have independence from Great Britain The Declaration of Independence was adopted in July 4‚1776 was the writing that gave the Untied States freedom from Great Britain. If we never left the British rule we would not have freedom and our own laws in the U.S. And the ruler King George the third is was a bad ruler he was unfair and was bad to his people. The U.S. wanted to have

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    In 1763 the colonists faced a series of conflicts with Great Britain. These conflicts resulted in the break between the two. Although Great Britain caused many problems by imposing several restrictive acts on the colonists’ during their fight for independence‚ it more importantly caused the colonists’ to come together and grow as they started an independence movement. Great Britain imposed many taxes on the colonists‚ one being the Sugar Act. The reason the Sugar made the colonists so mad was because

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    November 19th‚ 2012 Mr. Penza A-Block After the Fact: Declaring Independence               The Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress expresses the thirteen American colonies desire to disjoin from Great Britain. Chapter 4 of “After the Fact‚” entitled Declaring Independence‚ presents factual viewpoints of historians as well as thorough examinations aroused from the possible confusions of the renowned document.             In May

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    I am terribly sorry for my late response. I was away from my home to deal with business matters down in Birmingham. I had heard of the uproar that the colonies were causing‚ but I had not expected it to be such a serious matter. When I had heard you would be traveling across the pond to broaden your horizons I never thought anything such as this could happen. Perhaps you should come back to Newcastle with the next available ship? As to insure your safety of course. As for your comments of whether

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    "Were the American colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain" The colonists were in every right‚ aspect and mind‚ not only justified but also it was about time that they stood of and actually take action against the British. The choice of going to war with them‚ was the only choice that they had. All diplimatical options that they had ceased to stand a chance against the tyrant Britain. From the very beginning when the colonists felt upset against their mother country and

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    time the American temperance was formed in Boston. The colonists justified their independence by writing the Declaration of Independence‚ going to war against Great Britain‚ and starting their own country for the greater good of colonists. Also Britain was enforcing unfair taxes and americans did not want to pay them.All these reasons is why the colonists broke away from britain. The colonists wanted independence from Britain because Britain was enforcing unfair taxes. Because the British fought

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    Justified Independence Kimberly White 12/18/2014 The American colonistswere justified in declaring their independence and breaking away from Great Britain. There were many reasons the colonists wanted their freedom. Among these reasons‚ the most important were unreasonable taxes‚ control of trade‚ and the violent nature of Britain. The first justified reason the colonists had for declaring their independence from Britain was the unreasonable and unfair taxes that the British

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    and the low supplies makes us hungry. It is a constant cycle. But with all that is happening I will stay just to fight on another day. The cause has a tight grip on me and whenever i try to leave I just want to stay more just to gain Independence from Britain. From document A it showed that only 10% of people in this forsaken land are dying. And I have the 90% on my side to keep pressing on. Plus most of the people that are sick and dying have already gone home. I am healthy‚ my odds have gotten

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    unfair and you were justified in fighting for? The American colonist did just that.The american revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The american revolution led to the revolt from the colonist‚ and it caused america to break away from britain. Where the american colonist justified in waging war and breaking away from britain? The american colonist were justified in declaring independence from britain because‚ The british put soldiers into colonist’s houses‚ and made the colonist provide for

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