Why Were The Colonists Unjustified?

The colonists were unjustified in their fight for independence against the British. The colonists overacted and misunderstood Britain's actions in the years leading up to the American revolution. The British were only trying to help or avoid conflict in most of the decisions they made, nothing England did should have caused the colonists to rebel like they did. Many of the laws and acts passed by the English Parliament were completely in bounds of what they were allowed to do. Overall, England followed the rules while the colonists jumped the fence.
In order to take control of the Ohio River Valley, an area that was important for trade and transportation, England had to fight France over the territory. This conflict became known as the French and Indian War, a portion of the Seven Years’ War. The colonist did a majority of the fighting, but England also sent troops over to the colonies to help the colonists fight the French. The British tried to help inspire a patriotic spirit in the colonists, but they started taking it a different way than the British intended …show more content…
The colnists thought that by England more striclty enforcing its laws in the colonies, that they were interfering with rights like the pursuit of happiness and liberty. These were among the rights that the colonists believed a person was born with. England believed themselves that they had certain rights as well especially the King and Parliament. As a part of the the government, they believed that they had the right to pass laws, the right to tax, and the right to rule the colonists as they saw fit. Parliament was elected by the people of England and represented them and the king ruled by divine right and was the supreme ruler of England and the British empire. By default, the colonist should have listened to them as their rulers instead of forming their own through colonial