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    The unjust rules and regulations imposed on the American colonists through the 1760s and 70s inevitably caused the Revolution to occur‚ and Britain to lose one of their most profitable settlements. The question is not if the colonists had a lack of liberties‚ but the fact that the government‚ over 3000 miles away‚ were controlling some of the most important freedoms they came to cherish. When the colonies emerged at first‚ the colonists obeyed the control of Great Britain as they had the mentality

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    colonies declared independence from Great Britain due to an underlying tyrannical theme. The colonists were upset about many things‚ but taxation without representation was the biggest. King George III taking over also worried the colonists. Colonists had a proclamation line that stopped them from expanding west which was not a major reason for leaving Great Britain but still helped the cause of the colonists. The proclamation line was a reason for the colonists to declare independence by proving

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    Ways in which economics helped gain independence from colonial rule are colonists. Therefore economics helped them gain independence when colonists joined together and fought Britain to get independence‚ some examples why colonists wanted independence are taxes‚ slavery‚ another example because Britain prohibited trading with the non-British world. The next way economics helped colonists gain independence often seemed motivated by economic factors. Furthermore‚ economic factors that helped them get

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    “True to our King‚ our Country and Our Laws‚” is how the colonists once felt about the parliament. They did not mean harm; however‚ when constantly being pushed around one does get tired and fight back. As the colonists were mainly in poverty and had zero representation‚ one would expect them to rage. If the colonists hadn’t noticed all the Acts and no representation‚ then we wouldn’t have had our independence. During 1754-63‚ the colonists went through a war‚ the French and Indian War or the Seven

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    U.S HIST. 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

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    There are many factors that led the colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain. The colonists didn’t believe in any form of taxation. The Navigation Act‚ an act that required goods from non-English colonies to pass to America before being transported to America. The French and Indian War‚ a war between the French and their Indians allies and the British and their Indian allies. This war left Great Britain in a tremendous amount of war debt‚ in effect they made more taxes. The Stamp

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    1812: THE AMERICANS WERE JUSTIFIED Over the years The United States of America has forged itself a reputation of declaring wars. Ironically‚ declaration of war was most justified in one of its least acknowledged conflicts‚ the War of 1812. The United States was justified in its attack on British North America‚ which was a colony of Great Britain at the time. The reasons for this justification were Great Britain’s breach of Maritime rights‚ their support for the Natives‚ who were waging war against

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    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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    The colonists of the thirteen colonies all struggled to survive and to thrive without the governing of England. They established their own governments ‚ formed their own cultures and religious practices and created entire thriving settlements all without the crowns influence. Then all of colonies feel back under royal control but that taste of independence was there ‚ all it would take would be the right sequence of events for the colonists to realize their desire for independence apart from their

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    We the colonists seek independence. We feel that it’s our natural right to have freedoms. The right to do as we want‚ but with restrictions that are reasonable. The rules that Britain has given us are against our rights and freedoms. We demand change! The colonists have governed themselves for 150 years‚ and now the king wants to control us? There is no way under god’s hot sun that we will allow this kind of foolishness. We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that

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