Colonists: Loyalists or Americans The colonists who lived in the thirteen colonies known as America mainly originated from England and thought of themselves to be loyal to the British Empire. However the continental congress formed acts which in return questioned the British authority, after the French and Indian war the British parliament began to increase taxation policies. Consequently, between the time period of 1705 to 1776 colonists dramatically moved away from being a loyalist(those loyal to England) to develop a new identity; An American identity. One can not decide to part from their mother land to form their own independent county overnight. By the eve of the Revolution colonist began to believe that they were not just separate
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Document 6 shows the land reserved for the Indians with the proclamation of 1763 which allowed London to control the westward land expansion of the white population. The British won the war, however because of this victory Britain was in debt due to Prime Minister William Pitt writing a blank check. Because of England immense amount of debt owed they believed they could pay off their debt by taxing the colonists in America. Parliament then passed the Sugar act of 1764, Stamp act of 1765, Townsend acts of 1767, Tea act, and the Intolerable acts of 1774. Imports from Britain(document 2) show how much money is being taken from the colonists from the time period of 1764- 1776, when the townshed acts were formed Britain gained a substantial amount of money to go towards the debts owed. Immediately the colonists were angered at the fact that their everyday items such as tea, and documents and caused a lot of riots. In response to the stamp acts, the stamp act congress was an inter-colonial meeting formed by the colonies except four, to protest the new acts and determine methods that should be taken against these act. In response to the tea act members of the sons of liberty( group of men who …show more content…
The first continental congress drafted the "Declaration for the causes for taking up arms" a political document (document 5). Within this document the continental congress states that the united colonies of the north are taking up arms with one mind set to become unified and that they would rather die a freeman than live like slaves. However they also stated "we have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states." This shows that America was not fully developed and was not ready to declare independence. There were many reasons that led up to the final separation of the colonies and England, however the major reason of the colonial separation was colonial identity between the years 1750 and 1776. One might ask how does identity make a major difference in our economy? Well to answer that question, Identity not only reminded the colonists of their god born rights, however it also laid the basic foundation for the United States that we live in today. Mather Byles, was a loyalist, believed that not all colonists had developed an American identity and supported independence by 1776. Byles questions "which is better, to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or by three thousand tyrants not a mile away?", in The Most Famous Mather Byles: The Noted Boston
Document 6 shows the land reserved for the Indians with the proclamation of 1763 which allowed London to control the westward land expansion of the white population. The British won the war, however because of this victory Britain was in debt due to Prime Minister William Pitt writing a blank check. Because of England immense amount of debt owed they believed they could pay off their debt by taxing the colonists in America. Parliament then passed the Sugar act of 1764, Stamp act of 1765, Townsend acts of 1767, Tea act, and the Intolerable acts of 1774. Imports from Britain(document 2) show how much money is being taken from the colonists from the time period of 1764- 1776, when the townshed acts were formed Britain gained a substantial amount of money to go towards the debts owed. Immediately the colonists were angered at the fact that their everyday items such as tea, and documents and caused a lot of riots. In response to the stamp acts, the stamp act congress was an inter-colonial meeting formed by the colonies except four, to protest the new acts and determine methods that should be taken against these act. In response to the tea act members of the sons of liberty( group of men who …show more content…
The first continental congress drafted the "Declaration for the causes for taking up arms" a political document (document 5). Within this document the continental congress states that the united colonies of the north are taking up arms with one mind set to become unified and that they would rather die a freeman than live like slaves. However they also stated "we have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states." This shows that America was not fully developed and was not ready to declare independence. There were many reasons that led up to the final separation of the colonies and England, however the major reason of the colonial separation was colonial identity between the years 1750 and 1776. One might ask how does identity make a major difference in our economy? Well to answer that question, Identity not only reminded the colonists of their god born rights, however it also laid the basic foundation for the United States that we live in today. Mather Byles, was a loyalist, believed that not all colonists had developed an American identity and supported independence by 1776. Byles questions "which is better, to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or by three thousand tyrants not a mile away?", in The Most Famous Mather Byles: The Noted Boston