The 13 Colonies Fight For Independence

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland were the thirteen colonies all had a different reason to be a colony.

As the war began, it seemed that the British possessed a greater advantage over the unprepared American rebels. The population odds alone were about three British to every one American rebel with around 7.5 million British soldiers against around 2.5 million American colonists. When it came to wealth and military power, the British were in favor. In addition to having a much greater amount of soldiers, the British soldiers were professional trained when compared to the minute amount of poorly trained American militia. While numerous and highly trained, the British also had the necessary money to equip their soldiers with the necessary ammunition, clothes, training, etc. The American soldiers, on the other hand, suffered from lack of supplies, lack of money, no leadership, and the difficult weather conditions. Recruiting, supplying, training, equipping, and paying soldiers were monumental challenges, especially for a nation that was barely forming its first governments. Due to the lack of money, there was a lack of supplies for the soldiers who rarely received their pay

When the first thirteen colonies were formed in America, the inhabitants did not live an easy life. They were pushed around by Britain and it’s troops, because they had less power. After being ruled by Great Britain for too long, most of the colonists decided that it was time to fight back. They would soon start a war with Britain that some thought was impossible for the colonists. This series of battles would be known as the Revolutionary war.

Where there is disagreement, there will be conflict. America has experienced many of these problems since colonial times, and the fundamental issues disputed caused sectionalism. Sectional crisis began when the North and the South first recognized their differences and their ideas of different interests. Since arriving in the New World, Americans have struggled to find identity and unity. Just how did the journey to discovering oneself lead to the bitter sectionalism that divided the country? Some may disagree, but sectionalism was closer than you think.

Colonists had to provide fuel, candles, and transportation for the troops. The british treasury was drained from the war and the soldiers had nowhere to go. The british soldiers believed that it was expected since they protected the colonists. However, the colonist we not happy.

A recruiting hand-bill by George Washington himself even stated that those who enlisted in the Continental Army would receive “a bounty of Twelve dollars…and sixty dollars a year in GOLD, as well as handsome clothing and a large ration of provisions.” With every advertisement similar to this one, in which enlistment is claimed to be accompanied with incentives (usually money or land), empty promises were soon to follow. This was a strong driving force that led men to desert their posts because most soldiers were not getting paid what they had been promised. James Kirby Martin even alludes, in his book Ordinary Courage, to the fact that 100-acre was promised to veterans, but that land never materialized for most of them. He addresses this in context stating, “The truth was, none cared for them; the country was served, and faithfully served, and that was that was deemed necessary. It was, soldiers, look to yourselves; we want no more of you. I hope I shall one day find land enough to lay my bones in. If I chance to die in a civilized country, none will deny me that. A dead body never begs a grave; thanks for that.” Especially with monetary inflation being high during the time of the war, many soldiers deserted the army in order to provide for their families back home. The buying power of the new Continental dollar falls 90% and a number of food riots breakout due to the extreme prices. The lack of financial stability for

Unfortunately, one major problem Washington and his army faced early on in the war, was the absence of money. With low revenue coming in for the soldiers, food, clothes, training, and living conditions faced a sad decline. To keep soldiers performing at their best, food was a necessity, and maintaining the food supply was starting to decline. This soon led to starvation leading to the death of men who were without food for too long. Since money was attributed to necessities only, wants such as uniforms were denied and looked at as unneeded. Without uniforms, “field officers were all but indistinguishable from the troops they led”, which contributed to unprofessionalism and confusion causing Washington to distribute certain color ribbons to officials in order to distinguish between the ranks (32). Sadly, there were even men who had to live without shoes, because there wasn’t any money to spare. With money being an issue, it also affected the amount of soldiers the army had. Men didn’t feel a strong need to return since they weren’t being paid. Washington wanted to pay men in advance so they would have another reason, other than for the love of their country, to stay and fight, but there was not enough money to give out (63). Sadly, only 2,540 of Washington’s army had reenlisted, out of a total around 10,000 (63-64). With more money, like the British contained, the Continental Army could have been healthier, fuller, and even better trained. I believe this could have helped the army by providing an easier way to reach freedom for America. With this not being the case, I have a higher respect for Washington and his army for continuing to persevere and move forward when they had little hope at times. Although there was many negatives about being in the Continental Army at this time, McCullough kept stating how Washington

There were many events which led to the colonists rebelling against the British government, such as a dislike for the new king, unfair taxes, and an increased presence of British troops in the colonies. When King George came into power, people already disliked him, and the colonists liked him even less when he said they could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains. Colonists were also upset about several unfair taxes, like the stamp act, the Townshend Acts, and the intolerable acts. Finally, colonists resented the fact that the king sent so many British soldiers to colonies to enforce the laws because the soldiers had to let the colonists live in their houses, and eat their food. In my opinion, having so many soldiers in the colonies

The authors felt that the colonies were obligated to become free and independent from the tyrannical King George III because of the many atrocities that were being committed by his government at the time. Jefferson et al believed that the British government had fallen away from their ideal of what a just government should be like. The authors believed that there were certain rights that could never be taken away and that everyone has “the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” According to Jefferson et al, whenever a government fails to uphold those rights, the people should replace it with a new one. The Founders felt that the thirteen colonies were not only obligated to break away from the tyranny of British rule, but also

The colonists were required to to fulfill all the needs of British soldiers. They were expected to give up all of their resources to the British soldiers including their beds. Therefore, many small riots and fights broke out between the British and colonists which eventually led to the

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They were required to enlist in the army as well as provide shelter and necessities to British troops. However the colonists resisted these orders, were unsupportive of the cause and at times threatened to bring the war effort to a stand still. Pitt eventually extracted some of his policies and reimbursed colonists for the materials they gave soldiers but it did not change the roots of resentment beginning to grow on both sides of the imperial relationship. British government and war officials saw the colonists under a new light. An illumination of the defiant way in which the colonies refused to work with its motherland. They realized that to maintain control they were going to need a tighter grip on their colonies and a stricter method of enforcing laws. To increase authority over them they decided to reorganize the system on which the colonies were built so they could be in closer contact. Colonists, contrasting to the British, wanted to further themselves from British authority. The war increased Britain’s debt and to minimize their costs they decided tax the colonists who as a result responded angrily, saying that the British had no right to impose taxes when they were not fairly represented in their government. Also, colonists in the army did not feel unified with the troops sent from England; in fact, with a lack of connection, they felt

The thirteen colonies had always been loyal to the British Crown. Since Great Britain had always kept its distance from the colonies affairs and had allowed the thirteen colonies freedom to manage their own affairs. The thirteen colonies had hardly experience any injustice from the British, but eventually their relationship would change. The colonies would eventually seek its independence form British since they develop disputes between money and respect. The thirteen colonies were very loyal to great British before The Seven Years War. The war let British in debt and to raise revenues they decided to unfairly tax the thirteen colonies. They created the sugar and the stamp Act. The Americans started

The American Colonies’ transition from British territory to their independent nation was full of hardships. Legislation and British troops attempted to push the colonists into submission with resilience the colonists fought back and won their independance. In order to do so they had to change their ideals and beliefs on their rights. They went from fighting for their rights because they were the same as the British citizens, to fighting for their rights on the basis that they were different than the British citizens.

When the thirteen colonies were first established in British America, Great Britain’s Parliament had control over the colonist. Therefore, colonist had to do what the Parliament and the king demanded. Items such as tea and stamps had taxes place onto them for the colonist to pay. Unfortunately, after the French and Indian War, the Parliament believed the thirteen colonies had to help pay for the war and began to tax the colonist more. Even though tension had built between the colonist and the Parliament, raising and adding taxes on items for the colonist to pay after the war caused more upset within the colonies. The colonist had become more tired of the concept of Britain still ruling over them and wanted to become their own country ruled by their own representative government.