When is it a good time to become an independent nation? In 1607, the first colony was founded and settled by Englishmen. Since then, the colonists have been under the rule of the British king, receiving help and following the laws that are enforced. After years of being an English colony, people started disagreeing with how they were being treated. These people, also known as the patriots, started to rebel and try to get their king to notice what they wanted to get across. In the meantime, another group of people, known as the loyalist, remained loyal to their kind. They did not see a reason to rebel to their mother country. In the colonies there were now two groups, the loyalist and the patriots. Those two groups had two different views on
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The Americans had acted in a way that deserved a punishment. For example, the Stamp Act was because Americans were avoiding the taxes by smuggling goods (Frazer 37). In addition, the Stamp Act “applied to all the English New World colonies” (Frazer 38). Not only were they punished for smuggling goods, but also because they reacted by using violence. According to Frazer, “They ransacked the house of the governor of Massachusetts and set it on fire and they surrounded the house of Jared Ingersoll, a Congregationalist minister, and threatened his life until he agreed to resign as a tax collector.” (37). The patriots would use violence to get revenge. Those were not the only times they used violence. There were times when the patriots would attack a loyalist. Edmund Fanning for example was a loyalist who had acquired so much hate. According to William S. Powell, Fanning was “grabbed by his heels, and pulled down the stairs, banging his head on each step”. Also, “the home of another official was entered and his personal possessions were thrown out the window” (Powell). Another punishment was the captivity. Soldiers would hold people captive for betraying England, yet the actual punishment that is applied when betrayal was much worse, but England decided to not send them to their deaths. Dzurec states “as without punishment of death ‘captivity has nothing dreadful in it’” (435). Just like how the loyalists thought, England had a reason behind every
The Americans had acted in a way that deserved a punishment. For example, the Stamp Act was because Americans were avoiding the taxes by smuggling goods (Frazer 37). In addition, the Stamp Act “applied to all the English New World colonies” (Frazer 38). Not only were they punished for smuggling goods, but also because they reacted by using violence. According to Frazer, “They ransacked the house of the governor of Massachusetts and set it on fire and they surrounded the house of Jared Ingersoll, a Congregationalist minister, and threatened his life until he agreed to resign as a tax collector.” (37). The patriots would use violence to get revenge. Those were not the only times they used violence. There were times when the patriots would attack a loyalist. Edmund Fanning for example was a loyalist who had acquired so much hate. According to William S. Powell, Fanning was “grabbed by his heels, and pulled down the stairs, banging his head on each step”. Also, “the home of another official was entered and his personal possessions were thrown out the window” (Powell). Another punishment was the captivity. Soldiers would hold people captive for betraying England, yet the actual punishment that is applied when betrayal was much worse, but England decided to not send them to their deaths. Dzurec states “as without punishment of death ‘captivity has nothing dreadful in it’” (435). Just like how the loyalists thought, England had a reason behind every