* P-art one: - By the 1700’s the British had established colonies in North America. The British always saw the colonists as another branch of their country. They always saw them as THEIR people whose king was George III. The colonists relied on the British to provide food and supplies. It was a working system until the British started to poke the bear which resulted in the American revolution. Three of the main reasons are listed below. The British wanted to find a way to pay of their war debts and resulted to Reason 1: TAXES! The stamp act, passed in 1764, required the colonist to pay tax for the import of molasses which massively damaged the rum industry. This act hurt the merchants the most due to it being more expensive to make their …show more content…
dear rum. Later on, an act called the stamp act, passed in 1765, required every colonist to pay tax on every printed product including newspaper, letters, legal documents and newspaper. To conclude, the British added a stab to the wound by announcing the tea act, passed in 1773, which taxed tea, the most popular drink during that time. This was enough to anger the colonist. They decided to fight back and protest in Boston and they taunted the British soldiers.This eventually led to the Boston massacre which killed 5 colonist and resulted in the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea in the Boston harbor. REASON 2: QUARENTEEN ACT AND TOWNSED ACT!
In 1765, the quarantine act was passed which required the colonist to house the soldiers or pay for their housing .This was seen as unnecessary by the colonist because the French Indian war has just ended. It also meant that the quackers and many were forcibly kicked out of their …show more content…
houses. Reason 3: Rational ideas and logic The likes of Benjman Franklin, John Locke and Thomas Jefferson, influenced an age of enlightenment in the Americas. This caused people to decide to question god, the British rule, and everything with logic. Thomas Paine, an enlightenment activist, wrote a 50 page long document named common sense in which he questioned king George and how he ruled. Benjman franklin went out in a rainy night with a kite and found out that lightning is a form of electricity. John Locke believed that every human had the right of liberty and the right of owning property. Thomas Jefferson wrote the “Declaration of independence” in July 1776, motivating freedom and liberty. He even included a passage stating that slave labor is wrong and was forced to remove it due to it being too offensive. Part 2: The whole world were shocked when the British lost against the americans.
However, several factors did contribute to the American victory; so it wasn’t complete luck. Some of these factors are that the Americans were in their home land their soil, the british were far away from ther country so they had to bring supplies and soilders all the way from the atalantic. The French also backed up the americans in the war. Finnaly, the most important Spirit and courage! First reason: Home land! The americans were in their own backyard during this war, they knew every hiding spot and they were familiar with its terrain which was vital to one of their tactics the gurella tactic which proved to be vital to the US during the war. The Americas usually went to lines of sight and camping spots that were hard to find resulting in the british retreating and surrendering this was most effect in the war of sorettoga. Second reason: Across The Atlantic! The british already were trying to pay of its debts. The british had to send over supplies and soilders across the atlantic and then cross American land to fight the americans. This costed the British a lot of time and money. This was crucial to the American win leading to surrender of the
british. Third reason: The French Support! The support of the French and the famous general of Lafuyeete added both excperieince, density and strength to the American forces. The French navy proved to be vital in the last and final war of York town in which the French navy helped surrouned the british from all 3 sides guarrenting a definite win for the American forces.
From 1754-1763, Britain fought the French and Indian war. Although Britain had won the war, they still had a lot of war debts to pay off. Britain turned to the colonies to pay off their debts by taxing them. The taxes angered the colonists because they believed it violated their rights. Benjamin Franklin had initially proposed the Albany plan of Union to unite the colonies, however this law was rejected by all of the colonial governments. It wasn't until after all of the British laws and taxes that the colonies would unite and write the Declaration of Independence.
After the French and Indian War, Great Britain was in tremendous debt and had additional land to rule. By cause of their debt and their obligation to their new land, they began to put taxes on the colonists living in that land. The colonists were enraged because they were getting taxed without representation in British Parliament. Two acts that caused some of these reactions are the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. Overall, British actions after 1763 caused numerous reactions from the colonists, which led to the American Revolution.
The British were the culprits that started this war. The fact that Britain and France were at war highly affected the start of the battle. “…the British were impressing American seaman to help fight the war against Napoleon”. They had been helping the Indians by giving them weapons and helping them “attack the frontier”, they hadn’t left our property and fort...
Historians may argue that the British lost the war more than the Colonists won it. Simply looking at the statistics of the British three to one ratio over the colonists, and their overwhelming wealth and naval power, it is virtually impossible to believe that the Americans came out victorious. During this war, the newly emerging colonists proved to the rest of the world that they were becoming an upcoming world power. Although unknown at the time, Washington would prove to be a military genius. This would benefit the colonists in many ways. The colonists, although only one-third of them were pro-war, were patriots who were willing to die for their country. The colonists had more to gain from the war then the British had to lose, thus creating more of an incentive to win. The colonists also had aid from other countries such as France and created allies that would eventually be useful in other wars. The Colonists won the war more than the British lost it because of Washington's great military skills, their patriotism and motives to triumph, and aid of foreign countries.
The American Revolution was caused by a series of attempts from the British to tax American colonists. After a war against France, Britain ruled an enormous overseas empire. Britain however faced war debt and was in need of money to administer the overseas empire. The crown decided that since the colonists were the primary beneficiaries of this empire, it was time to have them contribute to the empire’s revenue by paying taxes.
Nevertheless, the Americans lost this battle, but were able to realize that they are capable to take on and defeat the British Empire if given the right leadership and equipment; this gave the American forces an enormous morale boost, which because useful during the duration of the American
After the French Indian War ended, the Britain was in debt, and they also wanted to have more control of the colonies, and the colonists. They passed different acts and procedures in order to collect money, and hold the control of the colonists, and the colonies. Yet the colonists were not given any representation, and they were losing their freedoms one by one; these caused a serious tension between Britain and the colonies, which eventually lead to the American revolution, followed by the Declaration of Independence. The colonies were justified for declaring independence from England, because the king of England caused “repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over the states”("The
...ers in local inns, livery stables and any other establishments that could hold them. If there were still soldiers without accommodation after all public houses were filled, the colonies were then required to accommodate them in houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings as shall be necessary. The “Murder Act” was what the colonist called the part of the Intolerable act that allowed British officials to be tried for capital crimes elsewhere then the colonies.
From a basic standpoint you see that the british have defeated many different armies, giving them an appearance of being invincible. They were organized and fought well, fought as an army not an every man for themselves kind of army. So how did the unorganized army of america defeat the invincible forces of the British? Both sides had strengths, but with every strength there’s a weakness. For example a weakness to the powerful British was, they were not at home supplies took months to reach them so they had to be careful of what they used6. But the strength of the Americans were they were at home so supplies were a bit more swift in arrival, and they were fighting for a great cause, and that cause was their independence, their ability to be free and not have to take commands from the
The origin of England's dependence on the colonies began during the French and Indian war, in the 1750s-1760s. In this war, the British were quite inexperienced; their European style of fighting did not work against the guerilla-warfare fighting style of the French. The British wore bright red coats, marched in long lines, often lugging cannons around with them, while the French hid behind trees and picked them off one by one. General Braddock relied on his force of ill-disciplined American militiamen, who used behind-the-tree methods of fighting in order to fight the Indians. After many years of fighting, the British finally came out victorious. Although England emerged from this war as one of the biggest empires in the world, it also possessed the biggest debt. They had poured much money and resources into these colonies in order to keep them as their own, and it was time for the colonies to give something back to the British for protecting them from the Indians. They finally realized what a precious gift the colonies were, and how useful they would be. In this war, the British realized that the colonies were their pawns in a global game of chess. At any time, the British felt that they had the right to impose taxes on the colonies, in order to make up for money that was lost in the French and Indian War to defend them. They had the view that because they had done so much to help the colonies, that the colonies had to repay them.
The War of 1812, sometimes referred to as “The Second War of Independence,” was one of the bloodiest, yet most pointless wars in American history. After 32 months of Americans fighting for a change in the relationship between Britain and the U.S., the war ended with a treaty that left many of the original conflicts unresolved. Although the war had no obvious victor, it boosted American nationalism and patriotism, something much needed after only 39 years of independence. However, British interferences with American trade, and the cost of war materials had a negative impact on the United State's economy. America’s geographic location, in relation to Canada and New York, played a key role in defense against British attacks. Whoever gained control of the Niagara peninsula that connected these two territories would have an advantage over the other nation.
The relationship between Britain and her Americans colonies slowly deteriorated between the 1750s and the beginning of the American Revolution. When the first British immigrants settled in America, the relationship of the colonies and their mother country was somewhat peaceful. In the following generations, however, their relationship became tenser as Britain imposed policies and taxes on unrepresented American colonists. The British believed they were right in doing so because they had large debts to pay from ongoing wars with France. These taxes caused uprisings among colonists which contributed to British occupation in America, leading to more rebellions. Eventually, the rift in the relationship between the colonists and the British led to the Revolutionary War and the formation of a new country.
Great Britain has established a number of colonies in America by 1770s, under the influence of the colonists being citizens of Great Britain and subjects of King George III (Why were the American colonies unhappy with the British government?) Great Britain had bound the colonies by restricting trade so the colonies had to depend on the British for imported goods and supplies. (Why were the American colonies unhappy with the British government?) As the French and Indian War came to an end, Great Britain passed the Quartering Act in which American colonists was required to pay for lodging of British soldiers. (Why were the American colonies unhappy with the British government?) Colonists was apoplectic with anger seeing no reason for British
The Americans began the conflict with land offensives, attacking English territories in Canada and in the center of the continent of what is now the United States. It was a fiasco. The American militiamen, despite their greater numbers, were not organized to face even small English and Indian garrisons. The English retaliated smartly. Without troops for a land attack they opted for the defensive and the partnership with the indigenous tribes for them to thicken the resistance. At sea, however, they were more energetic. They have decreed a complete embargo of the United States maritime trade, ruining the American economy in a short time. Calculated and very well planned, the English sent a small garrison to land near the city of Washington and
During that time period, Britain had gone into debt, because they had to pay Prussia for fighting for them in Europe and reimburse the American colonies for the military expenses. In result, Britain needed to find a way to get out of the severe debt. Taxing the American colonies was how Britain decided to do so.