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    key concepts and reasons that the original colonies had declared independence‚ and ultimately devised a new form of government. To be able to examine the causes for separation from the nation’s European background‚ one must first look at to the beginning of the new word. Looking back at the first successful colonies founded in the new world‚ Jamestown in particular‚ one can see that most of the new colonists who inhabited Jamestown were extreme separatists. They made the voyage on the Mayflower‚ seeking

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    “fed” because he got money and resources from the colonies with very little work‚ he got “slaughtered” through the revolution because he started asking for too much. The colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. Britain treated the colonists unfairly‚ and used their limitless power to harm the colonists. Britain had complete control over the colonies and enforced their power through their armies. Document 5 states‚ “What is to defend us against so enormous‚ so unlimited

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    This caused colonists to feel looked down upon‚ as if they were not seen as equal‚ which they were not. Another cause for the British to begin taxing was in order to pay and provide supplies for the British officials that were positioned in America protecting the colonists. The British had to tax in order to help provide the mother country and protect America. British government had deployed military officers across the thirteen colonies with the purpose of protecting the American colonists. Therefore

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    was well until Britain started putting strict rules on the colonists. As time led on‚ colonists got angry and frustrated with Britain’s chaotic rules. They decided they wanted to break away from Britain. In the future‚ the Americans won‚ but a curious question popped into the midst of the country. Were the Americans justified in breaking away from Britain? Did they even have the right to challenge Parliament’s laws. Colonists were justified in breaking away from the monstrous reign of Britain because

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    AZ/American History 2.04 Declaring Independence 1. What are some of the key ideas of the letters between John and Abigail Adams? The thing that impressed me most about their correspondence‚ was that their passion for Liberty was nearly matched by their passion for one another. 2. What does Abigail Adams threaten to do if women are not given representation in the new laws of the land? If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies‚ we are determined to foment a rebellion‚ and will

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    02.04 Declaring Independence Remember the Ladies Graphic OrganizerPlease use this graphic organizer as an aid to complete the assignment.Directions: 1. Here is a work file of a lesson plan that you may use. Copy and paste this page in a word processing document of your choice. You may have to set your document to landscape in order in ensure that all information is included. Remember to save your file in rich text format (.rtf). Of course‚ if you prefer to use some creativity‚ you may do so

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    tyrannical rule‚ the colonists tried to change and influence the English policy through repeated petitioning and boycotts. After failing to influence England through peaceful measures‚ war was the colonists’ only option. The 13 colonies were therefore justified in starting a revolt against England. According to England however the colonists were not justified in waging war. England was the mother country and the colonists paid the lowest taxes in the world. Being that the colonists benefited from the

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    Even though the colonists were breaking British law‚ the colonists had a right to rebel for they were unfairly taxed without representation and subjected to a king over 3000 miles away. Some people still on both the colonials and the British crown were attempting to avoid a full scale war even after they had begun fighting‚ like in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most of the colonists did not want war because these were the people that they had been living with‚ and protected by the British for over 150

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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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    Colonists were mad at Britain because they had much more acts in place caused taxes to raise‚ this took place in the colonies with King George III‚ the colonists got mad and they decided to taunt British soldiers and they also decided to dump tea in a harbor. These two events caused the Revolution to start. What evidence shows why America started the American Revolution? Americans were justified in waging war with Britain because taxes and acts were being put in place one by one rapidly‚ the colonists

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