The Cause of America
The 13 colonies were created as a result of the discovering the New World; in this case the area of the land we now call North America. Great Britain created the 13 colonies in order to create financial gains from this new found land. The colonies role in this investment Great Britain made in the New World was to grow crops to sell back to Britain. Britain would be known as a mother or paternal country to the Colonies throughout their existence up until independence was declared. United States was formed when the 13 Colonies declared independence from their mother country at the time, Great Britain. The 13 Colonies declared independence because Great Britain had failed to respect them as a territory apart from Great …show more content…
The 13 Colonies were created as a means for Great Britain to extract and benefit from these resources. Great Britain became the paternal country controlling the 13 colonies, and many rules were put in place by Great Britain in order for the colonies to remain as ruley and profitable as possible. Trade between the colonies and Great britain was mainly based on goods that Great Britain manufactured using the resources they gathered from the colonies, or trade for slaves shipped from Africa by Great Britain to the new world (Source 6 - Diagram of a Slave). The Tea act was a response to the smuggling of tea from the netherlands that wasn't taxed by parliament. This act allowed The East India Trading Company to sell tea cheaper than the smuggled tea, but it resulted in Samuel Adams rebellion known as the Boston Tea Party (Sheidley). In response to The Boston Tea Party parliament put forth what was known as The Intolerable Acts. These were a set of laws that allowed Parliament to gain more control over the colonies such as closing down ports and trade routes in order to prevent future rebellions (Sheidley). Other acts put into effect by Great Britain include the Quartering and Stamp acts which allowed British troops to house inside colonists homes and tax stamps to be placed on british approved goods and these goods were to be the only goods available …show more content…
They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. (The Battles of Lexington and Concord).” The start of The American Revolutionary War was marked by The Battles of Lexington and Concord. The war was detrimental to the Colonies which had just declared independence from Great Britain by creation the declaration of independence. Even though America claimed to be independent they still relied greatly on Great Britain; “The embargo was extremely unpopular in New England, where the economy was heavily dependent on trade with Britain. Moreover, the British economy was not strongly affected by the embargo ("Napoleonic Wars and the United States)...” The failed embargo act lead to what would be known as Jay’s Treaty which was an attempt by George Washington to come to peace with Great Britain. American's knew of the many disadvantages of Jay's Treaty, Washington knew of their disapproval, but he passed it anyway causing conflict and strife (John Jay’s
The 13 colonies were created as a result of the discovering the New World; in this case the area of the land we now call North America. Great Britain created the 13 colonies in order to create financial gains from this new found land. The colonies role in this investment Great Britain made in the New World was to grow crops to sell back to Britain. Britain would be known as a mother or paternal country to the Colonies throughout their existence up until independence was declared. United States was formed when the 13 Colonies declared independence from their mother country at the time, Great Britain. The 13 Colonies declared independence because Great Britain had failed to respect them as a territory apart from Great …show more content…
The 13 Colonies were created as a means for Great Britain to extract and benefit from these resources. Great Britain became the paternal country controlling the 13 colonies, and many rules were put in place by Great Britain in order for the colonies to remain as ruley and profitable as possible. Trade between the colonies and Great britain was mainly based on goods that Great Britain manufactured using the resources they gathered from the colonies, or trade for slaves shipped from Africa by Great Britain to the new world (Source 6 - Diagram of a Slave). The Tea act was a response to the smuggling of tea from the netherlands that wasn't taxed by parliament. This act allowed The East India Trading Company to sell tea cheaper than the smuggled tea, but it resulted in Samuel Adams rebellion known as the Boston Tea Party (Sheidley). In response to The Boston Tea Party parliament put forth what was known as The Intolerable Acts. These were a set of laws that allowed Parliament to gain more control over the colonies such as closing down ports and trade routes in order to prevent future rebellions (Sheidley). Other acts put into effect by Great Britain include the Quartering and Stamp acts which allowed British troops to house inside colonists homes and tax stamps to be placed on british approved goods and these goods were to be the only goods available …show more content…
They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. (The Battles of Lexington and Concord).” The start of The American Revolutionary War was marked by The Battles of Lexington and Concord. The war was detrimental to the Colonies which had just declared independence from Great Britain by creation the declaration of independence. Even though America claimed to be independent they still relied greatly on Great Britain; “The embargo was extremely unpopular in New England, where the economy was heavily dependent on trade with Britain. Moreover, the British economy was not strongly affected by the embargo ("Napoleonic Wars and the United States)...” The failed embargo act lead to what would be known as Jay’s Treaty which was an attempt by George Washington to come to peace with Great Britain. American's knew of the many disadvantages of Jay's Treaty, Washington knew of their disapproval, but he passed it anyway causing conflict and strife (John Jay’s