Mayflower Fact Analysis

There is an unmistakable tension between the colonists and Great Britain. Outbursts of violence were becoming more frequent every day, and the question of independence hung in the air. This question could not stand unanswered any longer, the colonists rose to the challenge and they were wise to declare independence from Great Britain. In 1620 when the Mayflower sailed to colonize America, the Mayflower Compact was formed. This written agreement that the pilgrims would live in a “Civil Body Politic” as they obeyed “just and equal laws” enacted by their representatives for the benefit of their community, was the first written framework of self-government for the American Colonies. The pilgrims would live in a beneficial way for themselves, …show more content…
The colonists now has a way to exercise some power of the governor, since the colonists could not be taxed except by their elected representatives. These acts in particular showed that the colonists did have some experience and thus capability to govern themselves. They would not be completely helpless on their own without Britain's support and economic protection. Furthermore, the French and Indian War ended in 1763, and it proved that the colonists, whom of which started the war, could be a presence in the army. The colonists had the potential to be a strong military force. Even though Britain had the most powerful navy in the world, we were not absolutely defenseless. The French and Indian War however, did leave 140 million pounds of war debt. Britain responded by passing Stamp and Sugar Act in 1764 and …show more content…
The colonists were not being fairly taxed by their representatives and they had every right to be mad. Consequently, patriot mobs were burning shops, merchandise, British Patrol Boats, and much more. Violence was erupting as the result of long suppressed anger, and Boston was the central location of that anger, the 1710 Boston Massacre and 1773 Boston Tea Party was proof of that. While all the violence was certainly proving a point, it is a method of tearing the country apart, rather than uniting it. Unity is what the colonists needed with all these individual violent outbursts, and the best way to do that is to give them an official enemy by declaring independence, and hence going to war with Britain. You can use the people’s anger to drive them together in an army. So, with the capability to govern ourselves and the great potential our army could have, it was right for the colonists to declare independence. With so much violence occurring, are founding fathers could not wait any longer to deny the people of their true and unalienable rights. In the name of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the colonists had wisely declared