Do you think that the British had more to fight for than the colonists? When the Colonies started to form, the British Crown started to make Acts for the colonies to keep them under control. While Britain put a lot of effort and time on the colonies, The colonists had more to fight for because they were also fighting for a new life, for their land, and for their freedom. First of all, The colonists had more to fight for because they were fighting for a new life. The colonists started to advance, as page 1 on “Road to Revolution” states, “North America had grown to the thirteen thriving colonies with strong cultural, economic, and political ties to the mother country.” Furthermore, the British Crown has been trying to form colonies since
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As the colonies got established in North America, they had to conquer the land for them to live in. The British winning the Seven Years War with help of the colonies, got the colonies more land in which they became leaders, as page 2 of “Road to Revolution” states, “France lost to Great Britain most for its North American colonial possessions.” In addition, at the moment the British didn’t take a lot of control upon the American colonies in the beginning. As page 3 of the “Road to Revolution” states, “The British Government was unable to persuade the colonial legislature to satisfactory contribute to the expenses of the war.” In other words, the British gave the colonies more freedom during the time of the Seven Years War.
Finally, the most important reason to why the colonies had more to fight for is because the colonists were fighting for their freedom. The colonists were getting tired of the laws that the British Crown were putting on them. For example, The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act, the Currency Act, the Intolerable Acts, etc. The colonists were also tired of the king wanting to take control over the colonies,as the king sent his army to take control over the colonies as the article ‘British Reforms and Colonial Resistance” states “The British decided to keep a standing army in
As the colonies got established in North America, they had to conquer the land for them to live in. The British winning the Seven Years War with help of the colonies, got the colonies more land in which they became leaders, as page 2 of “Road to Revolution” states, “France lost to Great Britain most for its North American colonial possessions.” In addition, at the moment the British didn’t take a lot of control upon the American colonies in the beginning. As page 3 of the “Road to Revolution” states, “The British Government was unable to persuade the colonial legislature to satisfactory contribute to the expenses of the war.” In other words, the British gave the colonies more freedom during the time of the Seven Years War.
Finally, the most important reason to why the colonies had more to fight for is because the colonists were fighting for their freedom. The colonists were getting tired of the laws that the British Crown were putting on them. For example, The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act, the Currency Act, the Intolerable Acts, etc. The colonists were also tired of the king wanting to take control over the colonies,as the king sent his army to take control over the colonies as the article ‘British Reforms and Colonial Resistance” states “The British decided to keep a standing army in