“I believe American independence was inevitable, not necessarily in 1776 but within decades. The continental colonies were growing too fast and as Paine pointed out there was something ridiculous about an island ruling a continent,” said Gordon S. Wood, American Revolution expert and historian. (allthingsliberty.com) The Stamp Act, Navigation Act, and Quartering Act, instituted by the British, caused the colonists to feel oppressed, creating their desire to be independent. The American Revolution was avoidable in 1776, but it was inevitable for all of history. The British started to feel less in control of the colonies, so they started to make acts that were unfair towards the colonists. They forced them to house military members (Gale Quartering …show more content…
They felt like the government was just using them for their resources, such as money, food, and shelter for soldiers overseas. This started to confirm their suspicions of not being seen as equals by the British. At this time the colonists believed themselves to just as British as the people on the mainland, but the British believed the opposite. When the colonists received this act they were devastated because they now knew they weren’t seen as equal. This caused the colonists to revolt (Gale Quartering …show more content…
Because it was inevitable, the American Revolution is a fixed point in history that could never be changed. England made unjust decisions that were based on the good of England at the time, but not for the entire English empire. If these acts were changed even the slightest America might be completely different. Some of America might still be considered British, we may not have a democracy, and freedom may not be our favorite word in “The Free Country.” Although all of these are true, America would still have broken off from the empire at some
The colonists were being heavily taxed, and treated very unfairly. With acts such as the
America gaining independence from Britain was something fought for in the 1700’s. It is something we can nowadays take pride in. The American Revolution was a group of event that changed our lives drastically. There were significant hardships that Britain bestowed upon the colonies. The tyrannical ways King George III controlled the American colonies and unfair acts such as the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Act and the Boston Massacre.
The American Revolution was inevitable. Colonists were infuriated by the stamp act and the fact that they had no direct representation in the parliament that levied the tax. The colonists tared and feathered tax collectors from Britian who would attempt to enforce the british laws. Colonists reacted in multiple revolts and boycotts, such as the Boston tea party. if the American Revolution did not occur, the british government would continue enforcing unjust laws and win more battles against the Americans. The American colonists would continue to rebell like petulant children.
The population of the colonies was doubling every two decades, this was why legislations such as the Proclamation of 1763 was passed down to show that the British people were still in control of the colonies but these issues of laws were mainly ignored by the colonists as they knew there wasn’t much the Brits can do about it. British Government would had to have known a war against their colonies would be hopeless and compared to how much people there is already, and would have had to resolve a crisis by giving concessions of yielding, but the American Revolution took place before anything could
Another straw on the camels back was that throughout the 1700's multiple events added to the ticking time bomb of the colonists declaring their independence. In 1774 Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which were called the intolerable acts by the colonists. When one looks at these acts its obvious to see why they gained the name “intolerable”. These acts closed their ports, Shut down governments bringing them under parliaments control, helped red coats escape justice, and forced the colonists to give up there homes to house the British troops that they were fighting. Just this was the end of the rope for many colonists. Later, in 1775 was the Second Virginia convention was held in Richmond. Patrick Henry gave a beautiful speech that stated “Give me liberty, or give me death!”. These words struck home with many colonists who were now ready to fight for the freedom that they deserved.
The American Revolution should never have happened. The British were not tyrannical, oppressive rulers although the American colonies perceived them to be so. The American colonists misperceptions led to revolution and independence.
When you research about weather or not the American Revolution was inevitable it seems there is many different answers and opinions. The most common opinion is that yes the American Revolution was in fact inevitable. With the distance between the British and the colonies it was hard for the British to keep a close eye on the colonies. One of the main reasons the British was not needed any more by the colonies was because there was no other military power on the continent of North America so there was not a possible threat that the colonies would be over taken. If the British government would have been willing to cut some sort of a deal or lessen the taxes most americans would have most likely been accepting to this rather than go through the trouble of a war. The war was not completely what the American people wanted but it was in some ways what they where forced to do because the taxes and rules had gotten so strict.
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
People have a need to be heard, and so they naturally speak louder when their needs are overwhelming until their voice is distinguished from the crowd. On the contrary, the individual who does not speak their opinions boldly already imprisons themselves beneath the comforts of silence. For years, the British Crown unknowingly encouraged the frail beginnings of what would become a great empire. Although, the British did not intend to establish a sovereign sister nation, but rather, expand its realm of commerce and capital through merchant settlers and religious pioneers. From my point of view, a nation has never been so provoked by its oppressors to question sovereignty as the final solution like the United States of America did.
The American Revolution was justified because the colonists were not being treaty fairy and equally by the British. And according to Jefferson, “people being oppressed have a moral obligation to rebel against their oppressors”. From the beginning, the colonists were not given the full rights as British men, just because they were not living in that country. The Navigation Acts passed by the Parliament to restrict colonial trade, and all of colonial trade with Europe had to go through England, overall they wanted to keep colonies in a position of economic dependency on Britain. And that was a serious damage in the colonial economies and people’s aspirations, it makes many colonists unhappy and smuggle goods to other country. And British
The history leading up to the American Revolution is very interesting. The aftermath of the French and Indian war played a big role in what began the colonists dissent against Great Britain. At the start of the war the colonist were glad that the redcoats were there to protect them but after the fall of Washington at Fort Necessity they started to feel disappointed towards them. After the war, Great Britain, although they won, was left with huge amounts of debt. Because of the cost to train troops and the debt the British wanted the colonist to pay their fair share. The colonists were not happy with this, although the Great Britain paid most of the debt itself. Another factor was the Quartering Act(1765). It said that the colonists were responsible for finding or
The narrative suggests that the war for American independence was not inevitable, that the British Empire could have been saved. Do you agree? At what point during the imperial crisis was peaceful compromise possible?
It is generally agreed upon that the Revolution was guaranteed- even foretold- since the idea of settling on it was even suggested- no one can give a large group of people the idea to run themselves and still keep control from thousands of miles away. England had it, but lost that control of their child nation in 1766 when they revoked the Stamp Act and gave the colonists the notion that they had the power and authority to independently run the budding country. After being allowed this minute freedom, the colonists were not pleased with Parliament 's taxes and attempts of an iron fist hold on the Americas- and along with their opposing views on nearly everything, decided that they were no longer pleased with being considered British. Salutary neglect also contributed to the colonists ' inflated sense of pride- aptly named because at this time England 'neglected ' the colonies, giving them room for individual theories, politics, beliefs, and the abilities to run their own lives for a while. The freedom was too much for them to go back to how things were before when England decided to tighten their grip. At this time, the colonists started a war to free themselves.
The irregular and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the previous years led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Most Americans did not originally want to separate from mother England. They wanted to stay loyal to the crown. England’s unwillingness to compromise, mismanagement of the colonies, heavy taxation of the colonists that violated their rights, the distractions of foreign affairs and politics in England and the strict trading policies that England tried to enforce together made the revolution inevitable. The British were definitely expected to win the dispute because they significantly over powered the Colonists in most areas. They had more money, weapons, people, etc. However the American’s prevailed with
The british were very unfair and very unattractive to the american colonies mostly because of power and money the american colonies just wanted independence and self ruling for their own colony that's why we had the american revolution. In the 1760s, shortly after the conclusion of the french and indian war, the british parliament passed a series of laws and taxes on the american colonies.They created unfair laws and taxes on the british.The colonist disagreed with great britain on the fairness of these laws and taxes which led to conflict between the two sides.Eventually, this erupted into the American Revolution.(doc 1) The american colonies wanted to make there own decisions and have their independence.But the british wanted to rule and make laws and taxes for the american colonies also to punish the americans for their wrong doings.The american colonies do organized protest in spite of these laws and actions.Patrick henry responds to the stamp act patrick says in one of his speeches king George is a tyrant he breaks rules he is a threat to his own people.When Patrick Henry puts that in his speech it really lets you know that what they were doing was wrong and for king George to be leading it makes it even worst because he knows what he is doing and did not really care alongs as the british colonies were getting money for the debt they were in after the French and Indian war.