Would you risk your life for a small chance of freedom? In 1765, the colonists were fed up with the way King George III was treating them, and risked their lives to fight for their freedom from Britain. The three main things that caused the colonists to go to war were the French and Indian War, the Enlightenment and Great Awakening, and the British Demands. The French and Indian War happened in 1754 to 1763, and although the British won,it put them in debt. Tensions were high between the British and French, and so their dispute over the Ohio River Valley lead to a war. The British met with the Iroquois Confederacy to try to make an alliance with them, but the Confederacy refused, and instead, made an alliance with the French. The combination of the Native Americans and the French gave them the upper hand in the beginning because they used guerilla warfare, which is basically cowardly ambushing the British soldiers. Later, when the British were starting to overpower them, the Native Americans backed out of their alliance with the French, which led to the British winning the war. But because they did not have the upper
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The Enlightenment was a movement of ideas that changed the way the colonists viewed the world, not with religion, but science and reason. This was the start of modern thinking, and that the people held the power and could take it away. The Great Awakening was a similar movement of new ideas, but it was a religious rebirth. It started in New England, then spread through the other colonies, with a goal of making religion more emotional and passionate by giving fiery sermons. Jonathan Edwards is an example of a priest who could give great fiery sermons, such as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” These two movements had the same ideas, that changed the morale of the colonists, and it taught them to question authority, especially the authority of the English
The Enlightenment was a movement of ideas that changed the way the colonists viewed the world, not with religion, but science and reason. This was the start of modern thinking, and that the people held the power and could take it away. The Great Awakening was a similar movement of new ideas, but it was a religious rebirth. It started in New England, then spread through the other colonies, with a goal of making religion more emotional and passionate by giving fiery sermons. Jonathan Edwards is an example of a priest who could give great fiery sermons, such as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” These two movements had the same ideas, that changed the morale of the colonists, and it taught them to question authority, especially the authority of the English