Revolutionary Era Of America Analysis

The Revolutionary Era of America

Tamara Williams

HIST 1301.WXC

Miyamoto Walters

Thursday, October 20, 2016

England was a country that colonized many other countries and kept them under their rule. The government of England made sure that the citizens of the colonies did not have the same rights as the citizens of England. There was a conflict between the American colonies and the England government which was, as a result, the tension between the British need for income to finance the war that took place in the early 1700s and the Americans on the other hand had a desire for independence . The British government, therefore, imposed taxes on the colonists and strived to have them under their grip. This essay seeks to analyze the

nature of conflicts between England and its colonies and the reaction from the colonies after the British imposed various policies on them .
The American Revolution was a consequence of long-term political, social and cultural change.

The Americans were enslaved and ruled over by the British, and the Americans did not like to live in bondage, therefore, leading to the rise of the American Revolution. In the early 1700s, the North American colonies began to show signs of twist against the British government. England viewed its colonies as a source of raw material and saw a market for their goods in the colonies states. What the conflict between that arose was the inequality in the balance of trade where the colonies accumulated debt whereas Great Britain benefited from the mercantile profits. The conflicts also caused irreconcilable conflicts between the countries. The conflict between the British government and the North American colonies was brutal. It led to a war where there were many deaths and massacres such as the Boston massacre . England imposed certain policies to its colonies such as the Navigation Acts and the Molasses act with hindered the colonies to trade . The people of North America did not like the authority that the British government was imposing on them, and therefore they decided to defend

themselves.
The British government returned from the seven years’ war, and they were weighed down with serious debts. This forced George Greenville who was the British prime minister at the time to impose policies on the colonies and to make sure that that they were strictly followed. Policies that were imposed on North American colonies included the plantation duty, the stamp act, the Townshend acts, the tea act, the sugar act as well as the plantation act. The purposes of these policies were to weaken the trade practice of the colonies as well as collect revenue from the colonies. The North American colonies reacted to these laws by forming rebellions and insurrections such as the Boston tea party, the American revolutionary war among other rebellions. The colonies protested against the laws, and some of them led to the historical events such as the Boston massacre which was the killing of five colonists by the British. The American colonies were protesting against the Townshend act which imposed a heavy tax burden on the colonists in Massachusetts. The colonies rejected the British laws, and they did not act as the laws required them to act.
The British government and the North American colonies reached a point of no return where a fight between the two nations was inevitable.

At this time in history, the relationship between the colonists and the British was so bad that there was no probability of a reconciliation ever taking place. The point of no return in the revolutionary war was the infamous Boston tea party which happened as a response to the tea act that the British government had imposed on the colonies. The colonies were not happy with the way the British government was treating them. England violated the colonies rights and liberties making the colonies reach a boiling point where they were frustrated and angry at the British government, therefore, they opted to get back at England through a revolution since reconciliation between the two states was no longer probable. The reason as to why the point of no return did not take place at an earlier period is because the American colonies did not agree among themselves. Some considered that the laws of the British governor . The other reason is that they needed to build up a strong rebellion team before planning to fight back for their rights. The stamp act is believed to be the point where the revolutionary war started, and this was because the North American colonies were fed up with the mistreatment that the British government was carrying out. They believed that if they fought against England, other colonies would be motivated to join in the fight for

their freedom, rights, and liberties. The point of no return was considered the road to the North American colonies freedom .
The American Revolution arose due to the need of the Americans to be independent, and this led the war nature of the conflict between England and the North American colonies whereby the Americans stood together to fight for their freedom . The laws that were imposed on the North American colonies favored the British and oppressed the colonists leading the colonies to form huge rebellions. The Americans made numerous attempts to fight for their rights and liberties, and the main attempt was when they reached a point of no return. They fought against the British eventually, their efforts bore fruits when they attained independence on the 4th of July in the year 1776 .

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