During the late 1800s, Britain began to augment its presence in its American colonies, but with pressing domestic issues, only minimal attention was initially paid to the colonies. Due to this, inhabitants of the colonies proceeded with their everyday lives, and developed separately from the intentions of the mother country, beginning anew their own way. They are British colonies, but because of their geographical location and foundation, they were free of the harsh rule. However, seeing the colonies as a source of additional income, Britain began to tax and use the abundance of vital resources and commodities located across the Atlantic. The set of taxation laws for example set against the colonists persuaded them to no longer continue with
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George Bancroft wrote the ten volumes of the History of the United States in 1876, which conveyed that the goal of the American Revolution was to fight for liberty and human rights. He felt that the colonies where an example and champion of natural human rights and freedom. Bancroft’s notions parallel with Thomas Paine’s argument in Common Sense published in 1776, in which he says that the colonies were fighting for human rights, not just British rights. Paine suggests that the fight for independence was for the ideal of freedom and liberty. People gain their rights by birth, not by service to a government. The Declaration of Independence epitomizes this argument in Thomas Jefferson’s words; every man has “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Sovereignty should not allow the King the power to take basic rights away. Not only should Parliament not have levied taxes on the colonists, they should not have done so with the colonies only having virtual representation in Parliament. The colonists should have had the right to govern themselves and express their consent or denial to any proposed tax. Not only does the Declaration use sovereignty and natural rights in a broad sense while arguing against the crown, but also Jefferson exaggerates for the ideal of liberty and extent of the King’s terror. The Declaration says, he has “ravaged our Coasts,” and “burnt our towns.” The King did not intentionally begin to destroy cities. The Declaration addresses taxation without consent by saying he imposed “Taxes on us without our Consent” and cut off the colonies “trade rights with the rest of the world.” These are the economic rights of the colonists that the King had taken. The Declaration argues that “all men are created equal,” by
George Bancroft wrote the ten volumes of the History of the United States in 1876, which conveyed that the goal of the American Revolution was to fight for liberty and human rights. He felt that the colonies where an example and champion of natural human rights and freedom. Bancroft’s notions parallel with Thomas Paine’s argument in Common Sense published in 1776, in which he says that the colonies were fighting for human rights, not just British rights. Paine suggests that the fight for independence was for the ideal of freedom and liberty. People gain their rights by birth, not by service to a government. The Declaration of Independence epitomizes this argument in Thomas Jefferson’s words; every man has “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Sovereignty should not allow the King the power to take basic rights away. Not only should Parliament not have levied taxes on the colonists, they should not have done so with the colonies only having virtual representation in Parliament. The colonists should have had the right to govern themselves and express their consent or denial to any proposed tax. Not only does the Declaration use sovereignty and natural rights in a broad sense while arguing against the crown, but also Jefferson exaggerates for the ideal of liberty and extent of the King’s terror. The Declaration says, he has “ravaged our Coasts,” and “burnt our towns.” The King did not intentionally begin to destroy cities. The Declaration addresses taxation without consent by saying he imposed “Taxes on us without our Consent” and cut off the colonies “trade rights with the rest of the world.” These are the economic rights of the colonists that the King had taken. The Declaration argues that “all men are created equal,” by