Is Our Actions Against The British Government Justified

The American Colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because the Britain had unfair laws against the colonists. Throughout the time the Colonists were under British rule, the Colonists were treated horribly and in a cruel manner. One of the laws the British created that was unfair to the Colonists was the Tea Act. The Tea Act was created to force Colonists to pay taxes when they bought tea. A piece of evidence that proves that Britain had unfair laws against the colonists is in document 2. In document 2, John Dickinson talks about how the British parliament had no intentions what so ever of forcing the colonists to work until the

The American Revolution was a battle that began in 1776 and ended in 1781. The main cause for the war was because the American colonists wanted to separate from Britain. There were many reasons as to why they thought this including the belief that Britain needed the colonists consent to tax them. The question is however, were the Patriots actions justified? Did they have the right to oppose their kings rulings such as taxation and expansion west in sacrificially violent manners?

According to the Declaration Of Independence, abuse of the representative powers and their natural rights gave the people the right to eliminate their current government and create a new one. Thomas Jefferson outlines the mistakes of the British government, and asserts that citizens were restricted of natural rights. In such case, during the American Revolution, colonies had the right to get rid of their government because the king was not rightly protecting the citizens rights. Not only that, but direct taxes were enforced upon the citizens leading to acts being passed in opposition to the rebellion. All things considered, I would say that the American Revolution was justified under the Declaration of Independence.

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 the way that they went about the law making, up until the beginning of the war, they tried all diplimatical options that they had, by sending letters, you name it. When they didn’t work then they had no other means but to declare war.

Huge debts were owed to Great Britain for supplying the colonists with military support and supplies. To pay the dues, there was the establishment of the Stamp Act, the taxation on domestic goods and services. A tax on domestic merchandise brought even more anger to the colonists. The Sugar Act, the Townshed Duties and the Tea Act were also all introduced with the same fundamentals: applying tax on goods whether it be directly or indirectly, domestic or international. “British commercial regulations imposed a paltry economic burden on Americans, who enjoyed a rapid economic growth and a standard of living higher than their European counterparts” (McGaughy). Each act resulted in irritated colonists. Some even retaliated by tarring and feathering certain English tax enforcers living in the colonies.

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.

The American Revolutionary War in 1755 spouted from a conflict between the British government and British people living in the then 13 American colonies. The crown and his legislature passed tax measures, which the people of the thirteen American colonies fiercely opposed. American leaders took action against taxes because the government that created the laws offered no representation for those being taxed which is where taxation without any representation stems from. The crown only allowed upper-class men vote in England and most elections within American colonies, although the American voting class weren’t able to express on the ballots their views of the parliament.

Shots were fired in Lexington and Concord, thus starting the American Revolution. Were the colonist justified in going into war with Britain? The American colonist were justified in waging war with Britain because of the unfair acts and taxes, tyrannical acts of King George III, and the bloody massacre of the British. One reason the Revolutionary War was justified was because they wanted to break free of the unnecessary taxes and acts. Document 2 revealed that the colonist (specifically John Dickinson) thought the the acts we “unconstitutional and destructive”.

Back in the 1700’s the British Parliament had to start taxing the colonies to pay for war debt from the treaty of paris, this made the colonists furious, for they did not know why they had to pay, they thought this was underhanded, this caused breakout wars between Britain and America.

The American Revolution was the first of its kind. Colonist rebelling against a supreme power, and successfully overthrowing Great Britain was at the time, something unheard of. In 1776, the colonist wrote the Declaration of Independence to declare independence from England. Over 200 years have passed since the American Revolution, and the question remains. Were the American colonist justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain? The answer to this question is yes, the American colonist were justified by taxes imposed by Britain, the Proclamation of 1763, and their unalienable rights being violated.

(Make intro stronger) Before 1760 England and Americas’ relationship was on good terms. The imperial system provided the America’s with many benefits such as political stability, opportunities for trade and commerce, and also military protection. During this time Great Britain was known as a world power and desired to remain that way. In response to wanting to remain a world power, Britain, during 1763- 1775 passed a series of laws that would allow them to gain more control over the colonies which would ultimately increase colonial taxes, control trade in the colonies and pass strict laws. These regulations caused the Colonies and Britain to have a tumultuous relationship, and the colonies warnings that these regulations were strenuous were

After the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 the American people had taxes placed on them by the British. The British Parliament claimed that by placing the taxes they were defending the colonies for the Americans. During the twelve years following the war, the British enacted a numerous amount of taxes that allowed them to raise revenue from the American economy. This taxing of the American people hurt the American economy and started to push the American colonists toward an independence movement so they could have a free economy. Over the course of the twelve-year period there were six acts enacted to take money from the American economy.

In the year 1765, the British Parliament passed an act on the American colonists for taxing the use of legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and more. This was decided after the French and Indian War to help pay for the debt. The colonists were outraged at the acts standard. It seemed ridiculous to tax such minor things, however, what they did not understand is that the British Parliament almost had no choice. Of course anyone would be upset at such a tax like this, so the colonists had a right to be upset. According to George Grenville

Another reason tension developed as the British government placed tax after tax on the colonies was because of the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre caused colonial resentment toward Great Britain. Tension erupted due

Have you ever felt like your parents made unfair rules that you had to obey? Or, say, maybe your younger siblings did something to you or caused trouble and you wanted to get revenge, but you were afraid you would get in trouble? Well, travel back in time to around the late 1760s and the early 1770s in the American Colonies. The sun is shining outside, but not inside the colonists. They are angry and their stomachs are growling. For revenge. Back up a couple years. The French and Indian War just ended. Britain won, but it was costly. They're short on food, have lost lots of troops, and have lost some money. After this, King George’s mindset is, Hey, let’s tax the colonists extra so that they're paying for the war cost and the British don't