American Wars for Independence Paper 2 The relationship between the American colonists and the British began to spiral downhill‚ which led to the colonists to push for their independence. The colonists declared two wars on the British‚ one in 1775 and the other in 1812. Both wars turned out to be a victory for the colonist to gain their independence. The American colonists declared two wars against Great Britain‚ first because they were frustrated and protested the new laws imposed by the British
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The decision of the British colonies to declare their Independence from Britain was long in the making and began to escalate directly after the end of the French and Indian War. After signing the Treaty of Paris‚ Britain was still facing the costly debt of the war and parliament made the decision that the colonists should help pay in the form of a number of taxes. This left the colonists feeling cheated as they failed to hold a single representative seat in Parliament and had no outlet to voice their
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became the Colonists of England’s reality. The Revolution was the start of American Independence. It was caused by several events between England and the colonists. These consisted of many disturbances such as the release of the Declaration of Independence and a few boycotts. Seven battles occurred in relation to the Revolution spanning from (1775-1781). The colonists finally realized they deserved independence which caused the revolution to officially start in 1776. Were the American Colonists reasonably
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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 next
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Britain was the abusive father in the “family” with the colonists being the sons. Due to the French and Indian war‚ Britain began to take advantage of the colonists‚ which caused America to revolt after unfair taxes and laws. So‚ were the Americans justified in declaring independence from Britain? I believe America was justified in declaring independence from Britain because of unfair taxes and laws‚ knowing they were able to be independent‚ and knowing that a few men died fighting for the right
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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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American Revolutionary War‚ they were fighting for independence and freedom from Great Britain. “It took the War for Independence to create American citizens." The former colonists wanted to govern themselves apart from their former mother country‚ and upon their victory‚ they accomplished just that. They learned the real meaning and background of what being an American citizen was and learned many things amongst themselves as well as their sense of nationhood. They were then on their way to forming
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declaration of independence was adopted‚ this letter called for separation between Great Britain and the colonies. Britain began to abuse their power over the colonies by establishing extreme amounts of taxes and acts. They established the Stamp Act‚ Sugar Act and Townshend Act. The Stamp Act consisted of taxing civilians for paper‚ documents and game cards. The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and any imports other than from Great Britain. The townshend act was tax on tea‚ glass‚ paper etc. Colonists felt major
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When colonists rebelled against Great Britain and destroyed British goods during the Boston Tea Party‚ Parliament became highly upset. This lead to the ratification of several laws that were enacted to control the colonies. The Intolerable Acts‚ basically punished all thirteen colonies. This also made the colonists hate Britain even more. In September of 1774‚ men selected from twelve colonies‚ came together to focus ways to combat Britain’s new legislation. This meeting was called the First Continental
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conductors of the Salem witch trials‚ in which many people were killed‚ were right in their actions. The Puritans were settlers in early American history that settled near Salem‚ Massachusetts. They were looking for religious freedom in America‚ because they weren’t Catholic. They had a very strict interpretation of the Bible and lived according to that. They were also responsible for the Salem witch trials‚ an event in which many people were killed for supposedly being witches. However‚ although the
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