Were The Colonists Justified?

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The British are controlling the Colonist of United States. Colonist are getting very mad and very quick. In 1950’’s, british and the 13 Colonies fought and won the French and Indian War, leaving British in major debt. Should the colonist have declared war against the British and breaking away from British control? The american colonist were justified in waging war against the british and breaking away from British because British Colonist house soldiers, not give the colonist land, and British gave Colonist harsh taxes. The British were making colonist house british troops. The colonist had to pay for the british soldiers everyday item such as gas, beer, and food. Colonist did not like paying for the British soldiers, also Colonist were just giving away a lot of money the the British. New York Colonie was especially angry with the quartering because the British had a soldier army camp there and new yorkers still had to house the British soldiers. The Colonist from New York were confused and were very mad. The Colonist felt like British wanted to do this on purpose. To anger them more. The british wanted to …show more content…
When the British made this act, this made the colonists not be able to move westward passed the Appalachian Mountains. The Colonist were furios due to the act. Colonist were not able to gain more land and that was one of the main reasons why there were many colonist. All they wanted was cheap, affordable land but the british took all of that away from the Colonist. The British stated that the only reason the colonist could not move westward because it was Native Indian territory. The British had gained all this land after they won the French and Indian war. This means that the British could have traded the Indians valuable materials to move them out where colonist could move in and settle there. After all, Colonist would have to stay in the 13

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