In the early 1600’s Britain colonised America and imposed laws that Americans were forced to obey. These laws caused discontent among the American’s and lead to the American revolution. Revolution is a fundamental change or a forcible overthrow of a political power and organisational structures. The American Revolution took place in a relatively short period when a mass of people rose up in revolt against British authorities. (Wikipedia, 2017). The American Revolution took place between 1765 to 1783 (Wikipedia, 2017). Discontent was caused by many factors, including Britain having a substantial influence and control over segments in North America and they tried to assert a greater control over the colonial’s affairs (Wikipedia, 2017). The
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There were many heated protests among the colonist, who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and demanded the same rights as other British subjects (american94565, 2017)., the resentment to obey the acts like the stamp act and the tea act led to a discontent in widespread to the American society this can be proven when the colonial realities resulted in violence in 1770, when the British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists, killing five men in what was known has the Boston Massacre (Ducksters, 2017), also in December 1773 a group of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded the British ships and dumped 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor (History is fun, 2017). The violent fights, protesting and rebellion went far too high for the king to respond favourably. This was the beginning of how the discontent became widespread that lead to a revolution. The colonist began to amass arms and prepare for what they felt was an inevitable battle with the oppressive British army (american94565, 2017). The continental congress gathered in May 1775 to attempt to make peace by sending the olive branch petition to King George declaring their loyalty (Pavao, 2010). When it reached to the king, he pushed it aside and didn’t even care to allow peace among the colonies (Pavao, 2010). This rebellion between the colonies and British-led a fight on the battleground in Yorktown. The French army joined forces with America, and the British army was greatly outnumbered (american94565, 2017). On October 19th, 1871 Britain surrender and finally American become one independent country (american94565,
There were many heated protests among the colonist, who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and demanded the same rights as other British subjects (american94565, 2017)., the resentment to obey the acts like the stamp act and the tea act led to a discontent in widespread to the American society this can be proven when the colonial realities resulted in violence in 1770, when the British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists, killing five men in what was known has the Boston Massacre (Ducksters, 2017), also in December 1773 a group of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded the British ships and dumped 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor (History is fun, 2017). The violent fights, protesting and rebellion went far too high for the king to respond favourably. This was the beginning of how the discontent became widespread that lead to a revolution. The colonist began to amass arms and prepare for what they felt was an inevitable battle with the oppressive British army (american94565, 2017). The continental congress gathered in May 1775 to attempt to make peace by sending the olive branch petition to King George declaring their loyalty (Pavao, 2010). When it reached to the king, he pushed it aside and didn’t even care to allow peace among the colonies (Pavao, 2010). This rebellion between the colonies and British-led a fight on the battleground in Yorktown. The French army joined forces with America, and the British army was greatly outnumbered (american94565, 2017). On October 19th, 1871 Britain surrender and finally American become one independent country (american94565,