The American Revolution formed a country with ideal ideals and just justices, but before all that we were just colonies under Great Britain. The original 13 colonies, including states like North Carolina and New York were just that; colonies, under the sometimes wicked hand of King George, who for the most part was absolutely insane. The colonists felt that under the rule of the tyrant and all his unfair taxes, they had to fight their way out of it. Thus, the American Revolution started, and the beginning of a great country has formed. The beginning of the colonists revolt was slow and took a lot of pushing for the actual fighting to happen. The British just kept taxing and taxing, and with no end in sight the colonists got tired of it and
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After every major taxing that England put on the colonists, the value of imports from Britain sank to record lows. Specific examples of such were after the Sugar Act in 1764, where taxing on sugar angered the colonists and hurt British imports. Another example was after the repeal of the Townshend Acts in 1770, whereafter the value of imports rose because the colonists got rid of an unfair law, and the final example was after the Intolerable Acts in 1774 where imports sank to the lowest they have ever been. It’s understandable why this would happen, but baffling how England never got the …show more content…
It was called the Boston Tea Party, and while it sounds lovely was actually quite costly to Britain and ruined a lot of their trade for a while. The Sons of Liberty arranged the event, and it apparently occurred while they were drunk. They dressed up as Native Americans and equipped themselves with small hatchets, painted their faces, and got on a boat and dumped loads of British tea into the ocean. All the tea was exposed to the water and completely ruined, which for a lack of better words really ticked Britain off. This cost them a ton of money in exports and trade deals, which would lead to more taxing and eventually the revolution. I don’t know if I completely agree with the actions of the Sons of Liberty in this occasion, but it was an impact to Britain which sparked the fuels which would burn into
After every major taxing that England put on the colonists, the value of imports from Britain sank to record lows. Specific examples of such were after the Sugar Act in 1764, where taxing on sugar angered the colonists and hurt British imports. Another example was after the repeal of the Townshend Acts in 1770, whereafter the value of imports rose because the colonists got rid of an unfair law, and the final example was after the Intolerable Acts in 1774 where imports sank to the lowest they have ever been. It’s understandable why this would happen, but baffling how England never got the …show more content…
It was called the Boston Tea Party, and while it sounds lovely was actually quite costly to Britain and ruined a lot of their trade for a while. The Sons of Liberty arranged the event, and it apparently occurred while they were drunk. They dressed up as Native Americans and equipped themselves with small hatchets, painted their faces, and got on a boat and dumped loads of British tea into the ocean. All the tea was exposed to the water and completely ruined, which for a lack of better words really ticked Britain off. This cost them a ton of money in exports and trade deals, which would lead to more taxing and eventually the revolution. I don’t know if I completely agree with the actions of the Sons of Liberty in this occasion, but it was an impact to Britain which sparked the fuels which would burn into