The Pros And Cons Of Bias In The American Revolutionary War Summary

“‘No taxation without representation!’”(Hart,67). This explains the anger in the colonist on how britain was taxing for the lost items without their consent.

The 18th century can be marked as a period of internal and external struggle for the American colonists. From improper representation, to unfair taxes, such as the Stamp Act, to being overall abused by Britain, the colonists were justifiably angry. From this anger, the slogan “No taxation without representation” was born and quickly began to emerge from the lips of almost every colonist all across America. The demand from colonists everywhere for no taxation without representation weighed heavily as a symbol for democracy, as it revealed the mindset of many – Britain was using the hardworking colonists and took their money without even giving them a say – and laid the foundation for the American revolutionary war, allowing more arguments and

Through the newly established revolutionary’s communication networks, the story of the “Boston Massacre” had spread through the colonies quickly. The news of the massacre was aided by Paul Revere’s engraving of the British soldiers shooting the citizens. He put into detail bloodthirsty British soldiers with grins on their faces firing into a peaceful crowd. The story and engraving were circulated and reprinted in many newspapers throughout the colonies, thus creating sympathy for Boston and filling the colonies with anger and contempt towards Britain. This allowed for the people of Boston to bring the soldiers to court. The soldiers were tried in Boston and won their innocence as part of self-defense, thanks to their defense attorney, John Adams. Though they had won their trial, the citizens of the colonies still felt anger to the soldiers for killing the people by firing their weapons into the crowd that was fighting unfair acts that were attacking their freedoms and increasing the taxes on their

The biggest reason that colonists were becoming disgruntled with their mother country, Britain, was Britain’s heavy debts that Britain had accumulated while fighting wars with France which needed to be alleviated. As with all governments, Britain had to tax its people to procure the funds needed to pay these debts. Britain saw their colonies as thousands of British citizens that they had not taxed satisfactorily. After realizing this, Britain imposed several new taxes on goods imported and exported to and from the colonies. The colonists were livid over the new taxes. After all, Britain had practiced salutary neglect for almost 100 years. Salutary neglect is the practice of leaving one’s foreign acquisitions to their own devices with little to no interference of their government, social, or economic aspects. The colonists immediately began to petition these new taxes. Their logic: “No taxation without representation.”

Today, many American’s are proud to identify that the Declaration of Independence marks the beginning of freedom for North America. However, as students in history classes across American schools and colleges dig deeper into the realities of the country’s battles for freedom of rights it represents that from the beginning the Revolution was in the hearts and minds of the American people. The signing of the Declaration of Independence on the face of it depicts it as liberty and democracy, but the realism is that the American colonists had little choice or no choice at all, in how the American British governed its people. It is clear, the American colonies never gave up their fight for freedom and human rights, but the British Revolution still

Beginning on March 5th of 1770, several men grouped around a sort of British redcoats and began to curse at them while throwing snowballs at their frames. This angered the soldiers, and even scared them a little bit as well. In reaction they fired their weapons and watched the patriots fall to the ground. In the description of Paul Revere’s engraving, The Bloody Massacre in King Street states, “When the shooting ended, several people were dead and more were wounded.” This engraving had been sent throughout the colonies, therefore raising awareness of the tragedy that had happened just weeks before. In particular, it made the redcoats look guilty and the colonists to be innocent. This was probably because in the engraving, the patriots were on the ground, injured and defenseless while the soldiers held their guns high, in perfect bodily conditions. Thus giving it its name, the “Boston Massacre.” This gave the colonists the idea that the British were cruel and unjust, which made them want to fight back even

The colonists believed they had a right to be represented in Parliament before being taxed or at least vote for the taxing officials. The phrase “no taxation without representation” began to become popular within the colonies.

The Boston Massacre was a reaction to the British action. This started off with the British sending troops to Boston to watch over the city. Some of the colonists thought that what the British was doing was unnecessary and that they didn’t need any “babysitters” to watch over them. They also thought that this was an invasion of their privacy. Tensions started to rise between the colonists and the British troops. This caused many fights between the colonists and the British. One night, March 5th, 1770, the colonists started to throw rocks and attack the soldiers with clubs. From that point on, no one knew exactly what happened, but we know that the British soldiers started to fire at the colonists. At the end of the night, 5 colonists were killed. The next day, Paul Revere made an engraving of the event and he labeled it “The Boston Massacre” (Document 2). The engraving turned out to be very inaccurate, as Paul Revere drew the colonists as innocent victims. The engraving was then printed many times and hung up throughout the city and the colony. Almost all the colonists saw or had heard of the engraving within a week. Because of this false engraving, many colonists changed their view of the British. This made the engraving that Paul made one of the most famous and useful “propaganda”. The Boston Massacre was, and still is, known as the first shots

The colonists were unfairly taxed with the argument from the British which essentially said that they had to pay for their own protections. n Not only were the British in a high amount of debt for the money that they spent during the French and Indian War, The British also agreed to compensate the Colonists for their services and participation during the War. After the war, when they realized how much debt they were in, the British started taxing the colonists with a claim that they were “ not yet recovered from a war undertaken solely for the Americans’ protection…..a war undertaken for their defense only” (document 1) The thing about this argument is the Colonists were never actually in trouble. In reality, The British were just trying to take land and colonize territories that were within French region. This War was caused by Greed and Britain being power-hungry. The colonists’ only role in this society was to fight and be paid for their services. They were then taxed for things that they were originally produced by them. For Example, the colonists were taxed on tea so they retaliated by dumping tea in to the Boston Harbor. The Colonists thought that the stamp act and the township acts, which both placed taxes on the colonists, was “unconstitutional” and “destructive” (document 2). In addition, the Navigation Acts restricted where the Colonists traded with. The Colonists could only

No taxation without representation. The group that started that phrase was the American colonists when arguing with Britain. There were many problems between the colonists and the British during the time period of 1740-1766. The French and Indian war was a major event that changed the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and the American colonies because it made Britain more active in colonial affairs. Some examples of how the French and Indian war changed the political relations between the two groups were that it caused the colonies to rebel and to disapprove of the British ideas of controlling them and the land. The French and Indian war changed the economic relations because the British were taxing the colonists

After 100 years of British colonization in the new world, a new sense of loyalty was developing. With merchants making riches in thirteen English colonies, wealth increased in the new world. Without taxation, salutary neglect fostered independence and self-sufficiency. However, these colonies were supposed to make the British Crown wealthy. Suddenly, the British entered a war with the French and money was drastically needed. In order to pay off the debts, the British Crown turned towards their colonies for financial support. With increased and forced taxation, these colonists refused to pay taxes. As the British continued to demand taxes, these colonists continued to refuse to pay. Suddenly, the colonists had to determine or not to remain

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

Consequently, the British Parliament imposed taxation on the colonists in the 1760’s. The colonists resented this intrusion, for they felt they were not truly represented in the British government. Taxation without representation became the rallying cry of the colonists.

While not much can be said from looking at Paul Revere’s engraving about how the riot began, one can compare the actual riot to the eye witness testimonies. When comparing the witness testimonies of the Boston Massacre themselves a few differences are noted. Add to the mix Paul Revere’s engraving and even more differences are seen. However, there are things both witnesses agree on that are not depicted in Revere’s engraving. One such similarity is the crowd throwing snow balls at the troops and being armed with clubs (Preston, Page 2 and Boston Gazette, Page 1). In Revere’s engraving the crowd appears to be unarmed, and many of those who don’t appear to be dead look to be running away from the troops. It would seem that Revere’s depiction of

The Boston Massacre is considered by many historians to be the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The fatal incident happened on March 5 of 1770. The massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead they provoked outrage. The British soldiers and citizens brawled in streets and fought in bars. “The citizens viewed the British soldiers as potential oppressors, competitors for jobs, and a treat to social mores”. A defiant anti-British fever was lingering among the townspeople.