They are not heroes, but children! The American Revolution was like an argument among two siblings, though the British and their colonies had good reasons, it was still handled in an immature way. Sometime after Britain established its American colonies, they taxed them heavily. In most cases it was not a good reason. A revolution was bound to happen! Britain imposed the Navigation Acts of 1660; there was the French and Indian War – 1754-1763--, Pontiac’s Rebellion, accompanied by the Proclamation of 1763, then the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts. Colonists revolted against these things and Britain responded. All of the afore mentioned led to the Revolutionary War. The situation
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They forbade colonists to trade certain items, such as sugar, with any other country. They were also required to use English trading ships. The colonists protested, stating it was unjust, so Britain responded by saying it was good, because it had a great market for those items. Some didn’t agree and smuggled items instead. Later, other acts were passed, placing duties, or import taxes, on the goods. This aggravated all the colonists, yet they didn’t see each other as fellow countrymen, so there had to be something to unify them to consider rebelling... It was not worth it. The French and Indian War lasted from 1754 to 1763, and the participants were the French and Indians, and joining at the last second was Spain, against the British allied with the Colonists. Prior to the war, the British king saw the profitable trade between the French and Indians, which took place in the Ohio River Valley. This was known as the Fur Trade. King George II sent 18 year old George Washington to negociate the French and Indians off the land, but he didn’t succeed, in face his actions caused a 9-10 year conflict. After that bloody decade of fighting, the British and …show more content…
It meant that they should have a say in the matter of whether or not they should be taxed or not. Because of the war, colonists saw each other as “fellow countrymen”, so they are more united, yet there was still more that would make them consider uniting to rebel from Britain’s rule. One thing that helps that is a rebellion of a different sort. Conflict on the Frontier. In 1763, a Native American known as Chief Pontiac lead a rebellion called Pontiac’s Rebellion. It took place on the Frontier and land Great Britain had acquired from the French and Indian War. Britain was physically and financially broken from the war, so King George the third signed the Proclamation of 1763, which banned all settlement west of the Appalation Mts., which meant they lost all the land they gained from the French and Indian War. Colonists refused to move off the land, because there was profit to be made, causing anger from Great Britain. The British takes action with more taxes. We all like sugar, but how would you feel if it was heavily taxed? In 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which placed taxes on sugar, as the name suggests. It was imposed on the colonists for their defiance, and the money was used to pay off the war debt, too. Colonists are agitated by this course of action, because they believed that they had not started the war. They felt like they had no representation in Parliament,
They forbade colonists to trade certain items, such as sugar, with any other country. They were also required to use English trading ships. The colonists protested, stating it was unjust, so Britain responded by saying it was good, because it had a great market for those items. Some didn’t agree and smuggled items instead. Later, other acts were passed, placing duties, or import taxes, on the goods. This aggravated all the colonists, yet they didn’t see each other as fellow countrymen, so there had to be something to unify them to consider rebelling... It was not worth it. The French and Indian War lasted from 1754 to 1763, and the participants were the French and Indians, and joining at the last second was Spain, against the British allied with the Colonists. Prior to the war, the British king saw the profitable trade between the French and Indians, which took place in the Ohio River Valley. This was known as the Fur Trade. King George II sent 18 year old George Washington to negociate the French and Indians off the land, but he didn’t succeed, in face his actions caused a 9-10 year conflict. After that bloody decade of fighting, the British and …show more content…
It meant that they should have a say in the matter of whether or not they should be taxed or not. Because of the war, colonists saw each other as “fellow countrymen”, so they are more united, yet there was still more that would make them consider uniting to rebel from Britain’s rule. One thing that helps that is a rebellion of a different sort. Conflict on the Frontier. In 1763, a Native American known as Chief Pontiac lead a rebellion called Pontiac’s Rebellion. It took place on the Frontier and land Great Britain had acquired from the French and Indian War. Britain was physically and financially broken from the war, so King George the third signed the Proclamation of 1763, which banned all settlement west of the Appalation Mts., which meant they lost all the land they gained from the French and Indian War. Colonists refused to move off the land, because there was profit to be made, causing anger from Great Britain. The British takes action with more taxes. We all like sugar, but how would you feel if it was heavily taxed? In 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which placed taxes on sugar, as the name suggests. It was imposed on the colonists for their defiance, and the money was used to pay off the war debt, too. Colonists are agitated by this course of action, because they believed that they had not started the war. They felt like they had no representation in Parliament,