Great Britain was a powerful empire that took rights away from their citizens. They, also, shunned their people because they did not practice the same religion as them. They favored other colonies or territories if they had the same religious views and rewarded them. Even though this is how the throne treated its subjects, colonists in America were still loyal to them. Even though it could have made wars less perilous if they stayed with Great Britain, the colonists were right to rebel against the king. The King senselessly abused his power while running over his land. In " 4 Reasons Colonists Rebelled Against Britain" it has written, "The policy was both senseless and an abuse of power, a dangerous omen for an imperial power attempting to govern a fiercely independent people." Because of this action made by the King, colonists trust and faith in the Crown dwindled rather quickly. The article, also, said" I had always understood from our charters that our laws were to be made by our Assemblies, to be presented indeed to the king for his royal assent, but that being once given the king could not repeal or alter them... He assured me I was totally mistaken." Suspicion and paranoia arose as this …show more content…
Great Britain's empire was religiously divided with Protestant colonies in North America and Catholics everywhere else in the Empire. The caused tension between the empire and the colonies. Jon Miltimore has wrote, "The legislation, which put Canada on a path toward self-government, was designed to keep the British subjects to the North loyal to the Crown, Johnson notes. In this it succeeded—but it also created a sort of paranoia in the colonies." Paranoia spreads throughout the colonies because they thought that Great Britain would take away their rights and they could never self-govern themselves like Canada. This is another reason the colonists disobeyed the
As generations grew up in America, nationalism within the colonies grew towards their new country. These settlers slowly lost their patriotic tie to Great Britain and it’s ruler, King George III. So when the French and Indian War ended in America, and the indebted England needed some compensation from American settlers in the form of taxes, the colonists questioned the authority of England and their ability to rule them. British imperial policies such as the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Townshend Tea Tax caused uproar within the colonies against British rule without
The American colonists were not justified in rebelling against the taxes levied upon them by the British Parliament during the 1760s-1770s. They weren't justified in doing this because there were still under British rule and they weren't being taxed as much as the British citizens anyways. The American colonists weren't Justified in rebelling against British taxes because they were still under British rule. Britain was trying to protect and gain them land.(Doc.
The colonies had to pick being under britain's rule and not doing anything about it or Fighting them and having the freedom the colonies were supposed to have. Due to the heavy taxes and being under their law the American colonies were justified in leaving Britain. The british were being tyrants to the colonies which led the colonies to think that they will not accept Britain to treat them like this. The colonist then decided to fight britain for their land back,for the britains to leave the colonies and not be under King George's rule.
The king was creating a cruel form of government over the colonists. The colonists couldn't even vote to have a role in their own government. The Stamp Act, “Whately explained why the british were justified in levying taxes on the American colonies” (Document H). Though some people, such as Whately, were loyal to the british, the colonists did not want Britain's “protection.” whately insisted that the government (parliament), was helping them, but most Americans disagreed.
Parliament taxed the Colonists too much and without the representation of the colonies. According to the document, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of taking up Arms, “…For depriving us of the accustomed and inestimable privilege of trial by jury, in cases affecting both life and property; for suspending the legislature of one of the colonies; for interdicting all commerce, to the capital of another; and for altering fundamentally the form of government established by charter…” The colonists were angry at the fact that their basic rights as Englishmen were being taken away. Everyone should have the right to trial by jury. They were angry that Great Britain didn’t allow them to rule their colony as they see fit. In Franklins article it is pointed out that parliament was supposed to reimburse the colonies, but they only reimbursed them by how much the thought was expected of them.
Many different factors led to the colonists revolt against the British. The most prominent reason being taxes and what rights the Crown had to over the colonies. The first taxes put into effect were the Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp Acts. The Stamp Act angered to colonists the most because it was the first direct tax against the colonies. The colonists protested these new taxes and argued that it was “taxation without representation.”
For a better part of the eighteenth century, the American colonists expressed vexation and disapproval of the "coercive " acts, which the British Government perpetrated on the colony through series of legislative acts by the British Parliament. Prior to the acts that the colonists in America termed as atrocious and oppressive, they were willing to cooperate and reaffirm loyalty to the King of England. Some of the legislations and declarations that colonists participated in was the sustenance of British soldiers in the colony, payment of import tariffs and other forms of taxes to support the British central government. These are but a few, the reasons as to why colonists objected to the mode of British rule in America. Another concern was the "Rights violations" by the English government regarding economic progress and representation. Because of these grievances, British colonists in America stepped up agitation through violation of the "tyrannical" Acts and petitions through the Continental Congress. The essay explores the grievances that Colonists in America held against the British government, in riposte to "My Dear America Cousin" letter.
The first reason the Colonies were justified is that they were being treated unfairly by England. The first reason the Colonies were treated unfairly by Britain was during the Boston massacre. This event was initiated by an unarmed colonist, who was speaking against the crown. The Redcoats present unnecessarily tried to calm the now group of protestors, one of these soldier’s opened fire on a colonist creating a chaotic scene which wound up killing five colonists. But this shot only sparked more resentment towards the English crown. We can see in document 4, the Boston massacre was completely unnecessary, and altogether avoidable. The tyrannical actions of the Redcoats inspired many forms of propaganda against the British government. Secondly, the British government passed the intolerable acts, closing the Boston harbor. Because the colonist protested against the British government punished them by passing the intolerable acts. As seen in document 6, parliament was abusing its power by passing the tyrannical laws which closed the Boston Harbor as a punishment for the destruction of tea during the Boston tea party. Bostons harbor was a trading hub and many
Were the colonists’ rights really violated enough to justify a revolt against Britain? Colonists came to America for a new beginning and more freedoms. When they revolted they stopped receiving British imports protection, and we had created the Magna Carta to give them government rights. There was absolutely no reason for the colonists to revolt against Britain.
Before America was America people fought a war where theoretically they should not have won. After the war ended, they came out victors, but at the price of losing thousands of men. “We are fallen into the most unhappy times, when even innocence itself is nowhere safe!” (Boston Gazette, February 1770). This excerpt shows that the people in the colonies were angry and wanted change. There was sufficient cause for the American colonists to take up arms and rebel against the British government because people have the right to privacy, and Britain was not giving it to them.
The wars which happened between 1754 and 1763 had a high impact on the colonies that were initially proud to be part and parcel of Great Britain. However, as it was noted later after the war, most colonists got increasingly bothered by various Acts passed by the Britain
Since the colonists had a different structure of government, they did not think of themselves as living under a monarchical government. Even so, they still had a personal duty to respect the king and the English Constitution, because they were entitled to the same rights, liberties and privileges as the people living in England. The king stripped these rights away from the colonists by forcing them to pay his high taxes, which caused the colonists to rebel and come up with the slogan, “no taxation without representation.”
It was easy for the colonists to work around the law, but England did nothing to stop it because trade deals were still happening, and everyone was still making money. This caused Americans to think of their government as equally as powerful as the British bureaucracy. England lost major control over the colonies during the Tradition of Neglect, but they didn’t do anything to stop it. Even though the colonies still considered themselves a part of the British Empire, people understood that they could lead themselves.
The history leading up to the American Revolution is very interesting. The aftermath of the French and Indian war played a big role in what began the colonists dissent against Great Britain. At the start of the war the colonist were glad that the redcoats were there to protect them but after the fall of Washington at Fort Necessity they started to feel disappointed towards them. After the war, Great Britain, although they won, was left with huge amounts of debt. Because of the cost to train troops and the debt the British wanted the colonist to pay their fair share. The colonists were not happy with this, although the Great Britain paid most of the debt itself. Another factor was the Quartering Act(1765). It said that the colonists were responsible for finding or
I believe the colonists were justified in rebelling against the British, because of the abusive king and British parliament, the taxes without representation, the laws without consent of colonists (such as the Quartering Act), and deaths of the colonists in brutal events, such as the Boston Massacre. All these events combined caused outrage throughout the colonies (such as the Boston Tea Party, and tarring and feathering of British officials), and sparked a rebellion that would change the history of the colonies forever.