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    Revolutionary war including, first of all Cornwallis surrenders, ‘taxation without representation’, and the world changing after the revolution. Cornwallis, the British general, surrenders to the American force. This happened in both the movie and in history. This matters because, if the British didn’t surrender the revolution would still go on, so it should stay the same. Adding on, another similarity was the slogan, ‘Taxation without Representation.’ It was shown in the movie and in history. This slogan

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    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

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    For a long time after the original 13 colonies where establish they were ruled by England and it’s crown. Since who started settling the colonies were in fact people that came from England, that came with implications like taxation without representation. They could not vote on any parts of legislation, but they owe taxes on the crown made in the colonies. Citizens from the 13 colonies knew that they needed freedom from England to be able to have their own government and have a better economical

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    The French and Indian War was a major turning point in the relationship between Britain and it’s colonies. As a result of the war, England increased taxation of the colonies to pay off it’s war debt. The aftermath of the war also caused political tensions when the colonists were excluded from British government decisions that involved colonial governance. Ideologically, after being held under the strict laws and forced to fight for the British there was a lot of mistrust and a lack of respect from

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    is known as Boston Tea Party. Though the patriot side started the Revolution, the American Revolution was caused by increased British taxes without representation, British intervention in colonist’s daily life, and economic control. Taxation without representation was a monumental cause of the revolution. As James Otis said “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” According to the document written by the first continental congress, the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, “it is inseparably

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    colonists responded to England's attempts at governing the colonies after the French and Indian War (1763) by protesting and participating in English government. The colonists were pushed to this due to England’s treatment of them and the lack of representation they were given in government. To begin with, the colonists used protests and riots to show their disapproval of the Stamp Act. This Act was exclusive to colonists, affected vocal groups, and undermined traditionalist authority. The protests

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    James Otis said “No Taxation without Representation”, the thirteen colonies followed. His idea led to one of the most significant revolutions of all time. The taxation started with the Navigation Acts that eventually led to Stamp Act, then the Intolerable Acts. British Parliament taxed the colonies without a personal embodiment and as the Parliament continued taxing the colonies, they resisted and this resistance led to the American Revolutionary War. The continuous taxation of the colonies affected

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    conflict between America and its mother country which consequently bringing the Revolutionary War and at the end of the day the formation of the United States. This strong sense of individual freedom, conjoined with the English policy of no taxation without representation. The restriction of colonial civil liberties, and British military actions, guided to what is now known as the American

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    Some of the main causes of the American Revolution are British import taxes, tea act, Boston massacre, and no taxation without representation. The American colonist thought it was unfair for them to be taxed by the British if they did not have a role in parliament. Through many acts and taxed the colonist got more and more angry with the tyrant of a king. A tyrant is similar to a dictator which is unfair and cruel to their people. This all led up to the American Revolution and the colonists freedom

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    British colonists in America felt deprived of the rights they enjoyed as British subjects such as the right to representation. Per the unwritten British Constitution, “only representatives for whom British subjects voted could tax them”. Although the British Parliament imposed taxes and was the representative body of the colonists, the colonists did not have “actual” or “direct” representation in it. Proponents of the Stamp Act in the British Parliament argue that

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