The Influence Of Parliament On The People Of England

Parliament was the elected representative of the people in the British government whose main function was to create taxes. Under the British constitution “the new country” (Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 2) in this

The British may have been able to capture Bunker Hill, but the continental army was able to kill more men then the suppressive “strongest army in the world”. But, the British army does not have General George Washington, who has and will, successfully avoid any British attempt to capture him. Parliament cannot even agree on what to do in this war! Large groups of Loyalists have already been flocking to rebel behind the Patriot cause! The British army will fall in on itself before they can stomp out the roaring fire that is

Person 2: ”It was mostly economic. They wanted economic independence.” “They didn’t want to pay taxes or house the king’s troops”

They wanted freedom of religion. They didn't want a monarchy. They wanted a different system of government that did not involve a king and queen structure. By drafting their own laws they would be able to select delegates for each state, to establish power to conduct foreign affairs, to declare war if necessary, to maintain an Army and a Navy and to coin money. A strong central government is what they wanted to have so that Great Britain couldn’t infiltrate. Establishing their own government would also get rid of the Stamp Act, one of the many acts that required them to pay taxes forced on them by the British to help them with their indebtness. If there were a serious crime committed in the colonies; the person being prosecuted would have to be shipped off to England for trial. This was not fair in the colonists’ eyes because they felt as though there would not be a fair trial because of the lack of their own peers in the jury. Since the British didn’t want to give them a voice, parting ways seems like the best

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

revolutionaries demanded reforms such as fairer taxes and freedom of the press. They wanted the

In conclusion, the Colonists were very justified in waging war as they were being over taxed, being ruled from across the sea, and weren’t being taken seriously. The main reason was that the King was no longer for his people and was for the money instead. They were rightly justified because a leader of a country should always be for his people. These reasons helped the Colonists because it gave them a reason to keep going when things got tough. They could see the future of this country and they continued to fight until they could live their vision and

War between britain and the american colonies couldn't have been avoided if the colonists had representation in parliament. We start with the French and Indian war, an inevitable war between French and British colonists. The war was inevitable because when a country colonizes a free open world ( except for the Native Americans ) there will be nations ready to colonize as well, this leads to land grabs and fighting. Ending in 1763 after a seven year contention, the British colonists end up losing the land they fought for, the appalachian mountains due to the "Treaty of Paris" which gave the natives their land back. The colonists were furious, what made things worse is when Great Britain raised taxes on the colonizes because the French and Indian

This was a against Britain and France that the colonies originally fought, and Britain decided to send troops to help the colonies. After the war Britain was deep in debt. Instead of taxing the residents of Britain, he taxed the colonies heavily. They felt like the King was being unfair, and that they shouldn’t have to pay for the war because they did most of the fighting. This started more rebellions around the colonies. This argument was going throughout Britain citizens and the colonies. Both sides felt like the other should pay for the war and they should not spend any money on the war. To sum it all up, the King taxing them even more because of the war led them even closer to another

Parliament is the government of England and is made up of people who help King George III write the laws. Charles Townshend was a member of Parliament and created the Townshend Act in order to raise money for England. Also, there were other acts including the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act. King George then sent more British soldiers to America to help enforce Parliament’s Acts.

Over ten thousand Tories fled the country after the war, leaving behind the question: Why did some choose to fight for the king? The king has done so much for us already. Going against him is like going against God himself. Britain tried to make the American colonies pay for most of the debt from the French and Indian War. Through the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and other taxes. The American people were strongly independent. They wanted to do things for themselves. Great Britain was a long way away. The Americans didn't want them ruling the Americans across an ocean.The Americans also thought they should be able to send a representative to Britain's Parliament or at least be able to vote for Britain's lawmakers.This combination of taxes and the

The colonists claimed that “[they] have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over [them]... They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.” and in the end the British sided with the monarchy. The colonists felt betrayed by this and decided that there was no point in trying to comply with the monarchy no

The monarchy continued to try and establish their own legislative rule in order to show they still had power within the government. The king created a cabinent full of constitutional monarchists, which continued to widen the gap between royalists and the common people. Lafayette again took a more conservative side from the viewpoint of the radical revolutionaries, and recommended that the political clubs and "anarchists" needed to be suppressed.

The authors Tindall and Shi express how the new king was to be quite a challenge for the people of england, "Charles I, who succeeded his father, James, in 1625, proved to be an even more stubborn defender of absolute royal power. Like the French and Spanish monarchs, King Charles I preferred a highly centralized kingdom specializing in oppression and hierarchy." (Page 34) Further on in the chapter King Charles disbands parliment and raises taxes for defense. "In 1642...a prolonged civil war erupted." (Page 34) With a militant ruler taking over after Charles, England was dealing with some heavy issues concerning their monarchy. After the madness, England was brought some peace "Under the Bill of Rights, drafted in 1689, William and

Towards the end of the fourteenth century, the right of Parliament to choose its ministers and to criticize the crown developed more strongly. This can be seen in 1376 with Good Parliament criticizing England’s military failures, corruption at court and the calling for close scrutiny of royal courts. The Good Parliament also witnessed the first impeachment where the Commons, representing the realm, brought an offender to trial before the House of Lords. Lastly around 1399, Parliament became a ket tool in the struggle among Edward III’s descendants, when Henry Bolingbroke usurped the English throne as Henry IV. Parliament was able to secure concessions for Henry IV because Henry did not have the knowledge of which his kingship rested.