Nic Phelps
Mrs. Blomme
Honors I
3 October 2014
Revolutionary War A long time ago but not so far away, a rebellion broke out in the U.S. that changed history forever. The war between England and the colonies has started. Why did they rebel? Who is to blame for the war? British Parliament or the colonist? British Parliament and the colonist both did wrong. But when did it all start? It all started around 1763, when France’s army backed off the colonies, Britain gotten the idea that the colonist need to pay for the protection that Britain gave to them. Parliament started to put taxes on the colonist that of course the colonist hated (American Revolution). There were numerous taxes put on the colonist because Britain was in such great debt. They started on the sugar and molasses. They already had a tax on both of these items but now they were bringing in twice the profit and didn 't care about the colonist (MILESTONES: 1750–1775). Even after people from New York and Massachusetts sent letters to parliament they still wouldn 't listen because they didn 't care about the colonies they cared about their country and thats it (American Revolution). Now of course it seems that is unfair to the colonist but you have to look at the other side. England was in a lot of debt after the war and they needed to do something so they can get out of that debt and back to normal. So the most simple thing to do to get out of that debt is to tax something, well they really could care
War never truly has one person or side at fault; each front brings something to the table. Nevertheless, the American Revolution is a conflict that raises major debate over who to blame. The American colonies were at a standstill. How could a new nation grow with such a controlling mother country always on its back? As a result of the French Indian War, the British had to pay for their colonies war debts. For England to pay for these debts, Parliament imposed multiple harsh taxes and acts on colonists. Millions of British pounds used to fund the war were expected to be returned to Great Britain. Why does a British colony have to pay England for a war that the British were fighting in the first place? After some consideration, the
The topic of revolution is extremely subjective. What may appear as an insurrection to some might not be as extreme to others. When talking about the American Revolutionary War, however, the answer is clear. While the War certainly brought about change within the United States, it wasn’t necessarily very revolutionary. The most important aspects of the colonies, such as ideas about government, various types of societal equality, slavery and freed blacks, and the rights of women remained for the most part, unaffected.
On April 5, 1764, the Sugar Act was the first of many taxes to be placed upon the American colonies to help pay off Britain’s debt from the American Revolution. In the Sugar Act, products imported into the colonies were being taxed, such as coffee, textiles, and, of course, sugar. The colonists did not take too kindly to this, as the number of places that they could sell to was lowered, which led to the amount of money for them to buy things was decreasing, so their economy became weaker. And as they had less money to support themselves, the taxes were affecting them more than ever. In this way, the colonists became much more aware about how the British were treating them.
When Great Britain controlled the colonies, the Colonists could not live the life they wanted to. They had low paying jobs, were not treated well by the king and his soldiers, and on top of that Britain posted extra taxes on goods. The colonists were already poor from low pay jobs, so taxes just added
The American Revolutionary War was a long hard fought war that lasted about 8 years. Many Countries were involved in the war, such as The United States, France, Great Britain, Spain, and The Dutch Republic. Not all countries actually fought but they provided either side with weapons and supplies to help them have a greater chance of winning the war. More than 70,000 people were killed during the great American Revolutionary War. The Americans were tired of the loyalist British taking advantage of them. They were tired of the new taxes that kept being created by the British. The Americans were tired of being pushed around, so they decided to do something about it. High Tensions eventually got between the two countries and they began to start a war, which was known as The American Revolutionary War. Before the war began, a great man implied, “One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedoms of one’s house, a man’s house is his castle”, informing everyone that the colonies should be freed from British control (Otis). The American Revolutionary war was a war started, so the 13 colonies of America could gain there independence from Great Britain. Thousands of soldiers were killed while many others were severely wounded. The American Revolutionary war was one of the greatest wars in American history, because it had many great battles, was led by some of the greatest leaders, and got the 13 colonies independence from Great Britain.
During the years previous to the American Revolution, Great Britain increasingly asserted its dominance over the colonies. This assertive behavior caused tension between the colonies and Great Britain. Therefore, colonies debated the pros and cons of going to war with Great Britain in order to declare their independence. Increased British control led to revolution by the acts Great Britain forced upon colonists, colonists lack of representation, and Great Britain’s reaction to protests held by the colonists. Great Britain’s increased control led to the Revolution by the acts they forced upon colonists.
Great Britain was taking an excessive amount of money from the colonists. They were in debt from the Seven Years War and they needed money. So their solution was to tax the colonists because they thought that they owned them at least that (Document 1). They were taxing them on ridiculous things, like the Stamp Act, Currency Act, and the Sugar Act. They were also taxing them on trade, so they had to pay a fee when imported and exporting goods. This trade tax was used to raise revenue for Great Britain (Document 2). They were imposing ridiculous taxes on the colonists and they were tired of it.
As one of the British excuses to get taxes from the American Colonists, Thomas Whately Claims “The British justified taxes on the Americans because the British has not yet recover from the war” (Thomas Whatley DBQ1). The British was protecting the American Colonist so they expected taxes from the Colonist. The British was taking advantage of the Americans by some systems like the sugar and stamp act. The stamp act was when the British tax the colonies for newspapers and legal commercial documents, John Dickson explains how “ever since the Americans Settle into the New World there was no intention to raise the revue of taxes” (John Dickson DBQ2). Finally, the sugar act was intended to tax the American Colonists on molasses which was a huge impact cause the American Colonist Purchase Molasses quite a bit.
The sugar act and the molasses act of 1764, was when the merchants had to pay tax of sixpence per gallon on importation of foreign molasses and sugar. Since a lot of molasses crossed over the sea they had to pay lots of taxes. And the british forced the colonists to buy their goods so they had to pay the tax. Then the colonist started boycotting some british goods and other people just did not pay taxes. Then the colonists smuggled the goods into the colonies. So the british didn't want them smuggling and boycotting the goods. So then they lowered the taxes to threepence so the colonists would pay the taxes. Then they made more goods to be taxed sense they lowered the taxes.
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.
There has been a long history between the British Crown and the American colonists that gradually led to the fragmentation between them. Originally, the British Crown is known for the cruel and unfair treatment imposed upon the American colonists. All of the acts imposed by the British were designed to greatly improve revenue and support the British, not so much the English. The British Crown and American Colonists gradually had several cruel and conflicting events that led to the American Revolution and Independence due to the unconstitutional and unfair acts imposed by the British on the colonists; such as the Navigation acts, Quartering Acts, and Intolerable Acts.
It all started with The Sugar Act. The British put taxes on sugar, malasses and indigo. The American felt, that they did not have to pay theses taxes since they are not part of the British. The Sugar Act eventually fell apart, the British not getting what they wanted. England came up with a new Act it was called, The stamp Act. This was a new beginning.
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.
1. The disagreement between England and the colonies is the colonies believed that since they were a part of England they should be respected too and should not pay taxes. The colonists opposed the taxes being added. The colonists felt England was not doing good to their colonies.
During the colonial period conflict between colonists and Great Britain rise. Politically, the colonists created independent governments which led to conflict. Socially, the colonists developed an American culture. Economically, Britain's tried to regain control of the colonies. Political, social, and economic conflicts led to the American Revolution.