Position Paper
It is late 1775 and there is war being fought in America, a war that was fought for their independence from Britain(A&E Television Networks). In 1775 freedom was not what they were looking for, it was independence. The colonists did not mind being ruled by Britain, they just wanted the power to rule their local colonies. However, there were many things that lead up to this revolution. On both sides. Long before revolution broke out, there was another war going on in America. This time, the colonists were fighting alongside the British against the French and Indians. The French and Indian war was brutal, the enemies knew the land and knew tactics that would allow to use that knowledge, while the British were marching in the …show more content…
They were in much lower spirits as this war had thrown the nation into a debt that was much larger than it could just brush off, all because the Americans wanted more land. As the debt remained longer and longer, the British government knew it needed to do something about it. They decided the best thing to do would be to start taxing the colonies along with the British people, but much much less. Colonists were paying only about 1/20 of what the British people were paying(Lindley).
When the Stamp Act was passed in 1765, the colonists were upset. The Stamp Act started the colonists´ rebellion. However, as time went on their acts became more and more violent. Archibald Hinshelwood wrote A Report on Reaction to The Stamp Act in 1765, ¨They have even proceeded to some violence, and burnt him in Effigy &c. They threaten to pull down & burn the Stamp Office now building, and that they will hold every man as Infamous that shall presume to carry the Stamp Act into Execution; ¨ (Archibald Hinshelwood). The Boston rebels were the most violent and were also the most for …show more content…
In 1774 Britain passed the Coercive Acts, and the colonists saw it as the last straw(aliraz24). They could not take the taxes and the rules anymore, even though they paid 5 percent of what British people paid, and did not have many rules to follow, since the British government could not enforce them in America. However, they reacted violently and before they knew it, the war had begun.
Thomas Paine wrote ¨Common Sense¨, a pamphlet letting colonists know exactly how he felt about the British and what they were doing. In the pamphlet, Paine wrote ¨Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy, from different motives, and with various designs; but all have been ineffectual, and the period of debate is closed¨(Paine). Paine wrote of the time of debate being closed, because he knew that there was nothing anyone could do to stop the
It is late 1775 and there is war being fought in America, a war that was fought for their independence from Britain(A&E Television Networks). In 1775 freedom was not what they were looking for, it was independence. The colonists did not mind being ruled by Britain, they just wanted the power to rule their local colonies. However, there were many things that lead up to this revolution. On both sides. Long before revolution broke out, there was another war going on in America. This time, the colonists were fighting alongside the British against the French and Indians. The French and Indian war was brutal, the enemies knew the land and knew tactics that would allow to use that knowledge, while the British were marching in the …show more content…
They were in much lower spirits as this war had thrown the nation into a debt that was much larger than it could just brush off, all because the Americans wanted more land. As the debt remained longer and longer, the British government knew it needed to do something about it. They decided the best thing to do would be to start taxing the colonies along with the British people, but much much less. Colonists were paying only about 1/20 of what the British people were paying(Lindley).
When the Stamp Act was passed in 1765, the colonists were upset. The Stamp Act started the colonists´ rebellion. However, as time went on their acts became more and more violent. Archibald Hinshelwood wrote A Report on Reaction to The Stamp Act in 1765, ¨They have even proceeded to some violence, and burnt him in Effigy &c. They threaten to pull down & burn the Stamp Office now building, and that they will hold every man as Infamous that shall presume to carry the Stamp Act into Execution; ¨ (Archibald Hinshelwood). The Boston rebels were the most violent and were also the most for …show more content…
In 1774 Britain passed the Coercive Acts, and the colonists saw it as the last straw(aliraz24). They could not take the taxes and the rules anymore, even though they paid 5 percent of what British people paid, and did not have many rules to follow, since the British government could not enforce them in America. However, they reacted violently and before they knew it, the war had begun.
Thomas Paine wrote ¨Common Sense¨, a pamphlet letting colonists know exactly how he felt about the British and what they were doing. In the pamphlet, Paine wrote ¨Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy, from different motives, and with various designs; but all have been ineffectual, and the period of debate is closed¨(Paine). Paine wrote of the time of debate being closed, because he knew that there was nothing anyone could do to stop the