To What Extent Were The Colonists Justified In The Revolutionary War

The colonists were justified in their fight for independence against the British. They were fighting for their rights, liberties, and their country. They believed that England had tried to take away rights that they believed they were born with and did not treat them fairly. The colonists also felt as if they were being denied things that were rightfully theirs. All in all, they felt it would be best to break away from a country that oppressed, tyrannized, and stripped them of their most basic rights as human beings. The French and Indian War was a part of a larger conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. This portion of the war was fought mainly in North America and was mostly between the countries of France and England over the control of the Ohio River Valley, an important area for trade and transport. The colonist militias did a majority of the fighting and considered themselves as equals instead of allies to the British. After the war though, the British started treating them as subordinates rather than equals again. To add to the insult, England refused to let the colonists expand into the Ohio River Valley after the war. In fact, they refused to let them expand into any land east of the Mississippi River and west …show more content…
This was mainly due to the fact that the English Parliament began imposing taxes on the colonies to help pay for the costs of the war. The colonists weren’t very happy about this either because they believed that they weren’t adequately represented in Parliament. They rallied behind the motto “No Taxation Without Representation”. They thought that since they weren’t represented in Parliament, they shouldn’t be taxed by Parliament. They instead looked to the colonial legislatures like the House of Burgesses for taxes. Only these forms of government had the right to impose taxes on them and not the heedless Parliament of England who held no regard for their