American Colonies Dbq

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In colonial times various American colonists started to realize some serious problems with their home country, England. Conflicts arose whenever the King would restrict multitudes of the colonists’ liberties, and also surfaced when the colonies began to see problems with English enemies that were not their own (Dudley 57). Colonists seeing those issues had started to aspire for their own independence and began developing ideas to leaving England all together. The American colonies would flourish without their association with England and for the future generations of the colonists to prosper, breaking away from England was key. Thomas Paine was the author of Common Sense, a pamphlet written in the 1700’s that stated several reasons why the …show more content…

Even though the colonies were dependent on England before, since they were now exporting their own goods from their own lands, they no longer had to be reliant on selling products to England and could be financially stable on their own. Another quote from Thomas Paine said that, “...whenever a war breaks out between England and any foreign power, the trade of America goes to ruin, because of her connection with England” (Dudley 59). This quote further supports the idea that America had to seek independence from England since their trade would not have to go to waste or suffer if they did not have any ties to England. If the American colonies would break away, their trade profits would most likely increase and they would not have to worry about their markets constantly crashing from the result of a quarrel between the motherland and another country. Thomas Paine also acknowledged that, “The powers of governing still remain in the hands of the King, he will have a negative effect over the whole legislation of this Continent: and as he hath shewn himself...an inveterate enemy to liberty…” (Dudley 60). The King of England wanted to have complete power over the majority of the colonists’ rights and many other entitlements that they had. The colonists should separate from England, for England will never want to give enough rights to the

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