Relationship Between Britain And The Colonies

“Despite the view of some historians that the conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies was economic in origin, in fact the American Revolution had its roots in politics and other areas of American life.” Great Britain and the American colonies had a relationship impacted with many hardships. I believe that there was a political struggle between the two groups, but that Great Britain and the American colonies used economics as a chance to show how much control they had. Multiple Acts written by Parliament, the colonies' Committees of Correspondence and Continental Congress created political friction between Great Britain and the American colonies.

During the time period of 1600 to 1776, the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed massively. The relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed greatly because of three main reasons: the relationships that the colonies and Great Britain were built on, the struggles that the colonists faced because of their relationships with Great Britain, and the anger that the colonists expressed because of the ridiculous taxes that they had to pay. Once the colonists realized that they were suffering under British rule, most of the colonists became eager to be independent from Great Britain. The colonists’ Second Continental Congress believed that the acts and taxes created by the British Parliament were unconstitutional, unjust, and unfair towards the colonists and because of that belief, the Declaration signers forever changed our country.

Throughout the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the relationship between the British and the American colonies underwent many radical changes. This war drew the British into America to fight the French alongside of the American colonists. Once the fighting began, the vast economic, political, and ideological differences between the colonists and their mother country of Great Britain surfaced. The French and Indian War impacted the political correlation between Britain and the American colonies because the colonies desired a new democratic government in place of the former English monarchy. Additionally, the war altered the economic relations between the two because of the establishment of numerous British taxations to pay for the war

I am writing to you today because I want to discuss the relationship between the Colonies and Great Britain. Do you agree that we would be better off under the command of Great Britain, a command that is in fact a sea’s length away? Or would we flourish more under our own command? The Colonies would do greatly with independence from Great Britain. We have our own resources, we don’t have any existing quarrels or wars with any other countries, and we haven’t had the chance to make our own laws and government. When will we be truly free and on our own?

    The United States would still be part of Britain if the revolutionary war did not happen, so what caused this war that made us split.  The colonies and the British used to be best friends, but then the colonist rebelled.  What caused the relationship between the British and the colonies to deteriorate. The relationship between the British and the colonies deteriorated because of the colonies restrictions, the colonists reactions, and the British reactions to the colonies reactions.

Relationships between the colonists and the British Empire dwindled more after the seven years war in ended in 1763. The taxes of certain cargo and acts developed more occurrent with both the British citizens in England and the colonists in America. The colonists grew towards the idea of independence during the time period of 1763 to 1783, due to the British taxes and tariffs placed upon the colonists and the political influence from both legislatures on the people.

In the early 1700s, the American colonists were content with the rule of Great Britain and the British King. The practice of salutary neglect kept the relationship between the colonists and Great Britain in balance. Most people were satisfied with this arrangement. However, certain events caused these feelings to change. During the 1750s and 1760s, Great Britain and the colonists joined forces against the French during the French and Indian War. Although the British won, the war left them with huge debts and new lands to protect in North America. To solve the problems, the British government passed a number of laws. Some of these laws ordered the colonists to pay new taxes. These new taxes angered colonists because they had no representatives

Before the French and Indian War, the British ruled over the colonies in America very lightly. The colonists created their own taxes and practically ruled themselves. Britain prospered from all of the trade flowing between itself and its colonies. This system worked out very well until a war started in the American colonies of Britain against the colonies of France. After the French and Indian War, the British had debts that they needed to pay off, and since it was fought partially in the American colonies, the colonies needed to help pay for some of the war debts. Parliament established taxes on the colonies, which infuriated the rich land owners in the colonies. Some of the elite landowners formed a group called the Sons of Liberty, who wrote letters to Parliament and the King of Britain, asking them to rethink the taxation laws that they had placed upon the colonies. Surprisingly, Parliament decided to repeal that tax but then applied a new tax. This happened one more time before King George

Following its war with France, Britain decided that to generate income to pay off its war debt, it would levy taxes on the American Colonies. To raise revenue for the crown many taxes were imposed on the American colonies. The Sugar, Stamp, and the Townshend Acts, were imposed on the colonies in 1763. These taxes or Tariffs would contribute greatly to the American Revolution.

The French and Indian War caused England to force tax rates higher, exclaimed in Document 3; The Stamp Act. The Stamp Act stated in part LIV that “monies shall arise by the several rates and duties hereby granted (…raising, collecting, recovering, answering, and paying)… shall be paid into the receipt of his Majesty’s exchequer”. This therefore angered the colonists in America and

For starters, American colonists did not agree with Great Britain because by the time the 1700’s came around, Great Britain had multiple colonies that were established in North America. All of the American colonists saw themselves as citizens of Great Britain. Because of trade and they way of being governed, American colonists and Great Britain were bound together. Due to trade being so restricted,

During the time of crisis, if you lived in England, you paid more in taxes than any American colonist. The proceeds from the colonies’ taxation were used to supplement England’s defense, which would have been a good reason, but at that point, the French

The British needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War. Prime Minister George Grenville decided to tax the Americans because they were the most lightly taxed people throughout all of the territories and colonies the British controlled. In his opinion, the French and Indian War benefited the colonists because the French would no longer attack them. Therefore, the English

After all, wars are expensive. The amount of food and supplies needed for the soldiers, along with their salary, costs millions, if not more. To regain money, Britain began charging the colonists more; however, their reasoning extended past the war’s cost. The British leaders, like George Grenville and Charles Townshend, claimed that the laws needed to be enforced because the colonists were British subjects and needed to be protected and watched over. However, this mentality of imposing taxes overstepped the line of control, especially after the extended period of salutary neglect. The British started to tax the colonists in a way to show their dominance, not their support or love. After all, who did the Americans need protection from? In the Seven Years War, Americans proved their strength against the French by winning battles without Britain’s help, and the colonist had been dealing with the Indians since the beginning. The only explanation is control. Similarly, during the Qin dynasty in China, the emperor enforced heavy taxes to gain control over the merchants and landowners; however, the plan eventually fell through. With the same approach, Americans began to feel annoyed and uneasy with the

The relationship between Britain and the United States can be seen as that of a parent and their child. As Britain began to become more controlling of the United States the resentment of the citizens in the United States grew, which led to the declaration of independence on the fourth of July in 1776. While the independence was declared then it took them several years of struggle to become an independent country for the law, and then it took them again several years before they were a functioning country. After officially becoming a free country there was resentment towards anything from Britain. However, the United States was not free of the influences of Britain and the rest of the European continent for that matter.