Reasons For The Colonists Revolt Against 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 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.

The American Revolution was justified because the colonists were not being treaty fairy and equally by the British. And according to Jefferson, “people being oppressed have a moral obligation to rebel against their oppressors”. From the beginning, the colonists were not given the full rights as British men, just because they were not living in that country. The Navigation Acts passed by the Parliament to restrict colonial trade, and all of colonial trade with Europe had to go through England, overall they wanted to keep colonies in a position of economic dependency on Britain. And that was a serious damage in the colonial economies and people’s aspirations, it makes many colonists unhappy and smuggle goods to other country. And British

The British were cruel, forceful, and just plain mean. Colonists asked the British for their rights, but no, the British would not give them their rights. Britain was a horrible country, and they didn’t listen to the Colonists, although they were usually right.

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.

Many people have the misconception that the American Revolution occurred because British colonists did not want to be British citizens any longer. This may have been the case for a select few, but many British colonists desired to maintain their status as British colonists and citizens. The foremost reason that the colonists began protests, boycotts, and petitions against the British was because they believed their innate rights as British citizens were being violated. The American Revolution occurred due to a chain of events and a complex set of intertwined reasons.

There are many reasons why the American colonist decided to rebel. One cause is the British Parliament. They started The Stamp Act and The Sugar Act. They made and raised taxes on sugar and on every printed piece of paper such as stamps, licenses, newspapers and even playing cards. Another reason they rebelled is the French and Indian war. This war lasted from 1754 to 1763. Colonists were taxed to help pay for the troops fighting in the war.The taxes were often raised and colonists were angry because of this. The last reason of why the colonist rebelled is the Boston Massacre. The British were angered by the taxes from the government so they decided to protest and a battle broke out and several people were shot and killed.

“Give me liberty or give me death!” Patrick Henry. I believe that the Colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain and the King. King George was making the Colonists pay very unfair taxes, he was trying to rule over them from all the way over in England, and he wouldn’t take the colonies legislators opinions into consideration. While some people may say that the Colonists were just unappreciative, that is not correct. They continued to stay with the King until the King turned on them and made them do things they didn’t want to do and shouldn’t have to do.

The British King and Parliament were depriving colonists of their natural rights, therefore justifying the colonists' actions of rebellion and independence.

While the British did impose many taxes upon the colonists, the British government did protect the colonies during the French-Indian attacks that occurred during the French-Indian war. In a document called the American Revolutionary History it states that after the French-Indian war, the colonists sided more with their English identities after the British had helped them fight off the French. The taxes that the colonists had to pay the British were justified because they could be used for compensation of the protection Britain provided. Furthermore, the colonies cannot be justified in their rebellion against the English crown since their actions can be considered terrorist-like. According to document 14, “It was now evening, and I immediately dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet...We then ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard…” (Document 14). One can analyze the colonists, within their actions, as terrorists for their actions in the Boston Tea Party infuriated and irritated the English government. The last reason why the colonies weren't justified in their actions to rebel against the crown was because they maimed and abuses the agents within the colonies. In Documents 5,

I do think that the colonists were justified in demanding their rights. Colonists originally came to America to escape the tyranny of the British government upon them. With the imposition of the multiple decrees, such as the Revenue/Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and Coercive Acts, from the British government, the colonists believed that their English rights had been violated. Ultimately, the colonial government wanted the sole right to govern and tax its own people. 1 The colonists felt like they were not well represented in Parliament. They wanted to be physically represented, while British subjects argued that the colonists were already virtually represented, which represented all British subjects, wherever they were.2

It is safe to say that the colonists had every right to rebel. The rebellion of these American colonists was based on the simple fact that they had been denied their “ rights as Englishmen.” The British Empire had instituted ridiculous laws upon the colonists, forcing them to pay absurd taxes. At that point America had reached their tipping point, they were going to revolt against the British. This heavy taxation without proper representation was one of many reasons that the American colonists were justified in breaking away from Great Britain.

The colonists waging war on Britain was completely unjustified. The seven years war was fought to protect not only the British subjects in England, but also the colonists in America.

The justification of the American colonists was closely observed as humane solely based on the unfair treatment of laws the British implemented in American colonies. A betrayal all started among the colonists by the British, resulting this betrayal with unfair taxation due to the pricey French and Indian War. Furthermore, the taxation on certain essentials alone displayed furious responses by all the colonists, seeing as they had little to no money to support themselves. Within those incensed responses, the British abstain from listening to what the American colonists had to say. Therefore, their lack of any possible negotiation lead the colonists to start a rebellion to get the British to pay closer attention to how they perceived their laws.

The infringement upon their liberties to which Richard Henry Lee was referring was largely an economic concern for the colonists. Taxes and duties implemented solely by the British government and the Navigation Acts limited trading rights. The colonists believed that they held the right to tax themselves, especially since there were no Americans in Parliament. After this claim England replied that colonists were represented by “virtual representation” as a result of the Magna Carta. The inferred inferiority of the Americans to Britons by this fallacy insulted colonists and further pushed them into unrest, causing a movement that resulted in the Non-Importation Agreements being enforced The Non-Importation Agreements demonstrated the power of the American colonists over the depressed English economy. Once the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts were repealed, there was no turning back for the seditious Americans; they had discovered who truly was dependent on whom.

1) How did the American colonies organize to create a revolution? How did their institutions relate to their goals?