Introduction: Overview and Summary Statements
The American Revolution was a political revolution between the colonies in North America and Great Britain. Although most colonists favored independence, some were still loyal to Great Britain, and were called “Loyalists,” who fought for the British during the wars, unlike Patriots who fought against Great Britain. Advocates supported a new nation being created with unlimited opportunities with newfound freedom. Loyalists were true to Britain because they believed that Britain was inclined to win, so they wanted to fight on the British behalf because they were more dominant and would undoubtedly defeat the colonists. On the other hand, people became concerned when the country became divided between …show more content…
Great Britain continued to tax colonists and leave us out of decisions, creating a one way leadership. The Boston Tea Party was the leading source of the cause of the American Revolution. Patriots threw tea off of the British ships at the Boston Harbor in a revolt against British taxes. The British responded by closing the Boston Harbor and demanding repayment, and more acts followed, attempting to end our resistance, however failed by only making it worse. There was no way that we were going to be governed by a country across the ocean. The idea of the new independence in America was to put the importance on the voice of the people and not the government. More and more people began to agree that self governance would be best for the colonies, and soon we started to vote in favor for something to be done. These colonists supporting independence, called Patriots, believed they had certain rights, so they created a list of grievances and justifications to terminate all rulings from Great Britain which was called the Declaration of
The American Revolution was a political revolution between the colonies in North America and Great Britain. Although most colonists favored independence, some were still loyal to Great Britain, and were called “Loyalists,” who fought for the British during the wars, unlike Patriots who fought against Great Britain. Advocates supported a new nation being created with unlimited opportunities with newfound freedom. Loyalists were true to Britain because they believed that Britain was inclined to win, so they wanted to fight on the British behalf because they were more dominant and would undoubtedly defeat the colonists. On the other hand, people became concerned when the country became divided between …show more content…
Great Britain continued to tax colonists and leave us out of decisions, creating a one way leadership. The Boston Tea Party was the leading source of the cause of the American Revolution. Patriots threw tea off of the British ships at the Boston Harbor in a revolt against British taxes. The British responded by closing the Boston Harbor and demanding repayment, and more acts followed, attempting to end our resistance, however failed by only making it worse. There was no way that we were going to be governed by a country across the ocean. The idea of the new independence in America was to put the importance on the voice of the people and not the government. More and more people began to agree that self governance would be best for the colonies, and soon we started to vote in favor for something to be done. These colonists supporting independence, called Patriots, believed they had certain rights, so they created a list of grievances and justifications to terminate all rulings from Great Britain which was called the Declaration of