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The colonist saw an attack on their liberties taking place so they resorted to following English practices and starting voicing their opinions. The colonists were starting to feel the pressure of England in every facet of life and they didn't know what to do about it. With frustration they took the past and ran with it, speaking out as the Whigs had done in
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It was common, in American society, that people who were fighting for freedom had slaves of their own. Slaves themselves were a force that could swing the war either way. In the south there were about four hundred thousand slaves. In 1765 more than one hundred slaves, most young men, fled their plantations and a year later paraded the streets chanting "Liberty, liberty!" (Nash, 173). It seems awkward to have a whole group of people enslaved in a country that is fighting for independence. Toward the end of the war the slaves started to get involved in the war. Perhaps they saw a path toward their own freedom, which America was fighting for. Confusingly, not all of the slaves but a good number of them ended up fighting for Britain. In 1775 Lord Dunmore offered freedom to all Virginia's slaves and servants that were willing and able to bear arms (Nash, 174). He did this in an attempt to wean the colonists off of the idea of war. Slaves felt that they had a better shot at freedom with England opposed to the colonies. They saw a country undergoing a revolution which seemed to be taking steps in the direction of its predecessor. Slaves agreed to fight in the war because they felt that they would be given freedom in the …show more content…
.".. As people have moved from colonial subordination to independence, they have struggled to establish their identities as free and separate nations" (Nash, 177). Now with their ideals embedded, colonists questioned whether or not such ideals would be effective or if they should have imposed more of a British influence in their new republican government. This all leads to the fact the colonies really did not agree what they wanted in a new government. They were just unhappy with the way they were being treated and wanted to govern themselves. Colonists did not want to be enslaved by a country that was taking advantage of them; however, they were exercising these same actions on the blacks in America. They wanted to all be equal and exercise their liberty because that was never afforded to them. England always superceded America, oppressing the lesser class who spoke out to them, good or bad. Everyone in America wanted a country free from Britain, including its hierarchy and its laws, but Americans utilized British principles and religious beliefs as a backbone for writing the first articles. America wanted to create a revolutionary form of government. In all actuality they were not fighting for a political revolution but merely the right to enable, enforce and govern politics themselves without Britain gaining anything from
It was common, in American society, that people who were fighting for freedom had slaves of their own. Slaves themselves were a force that could swing the war either way. In the south there were about four hundred thousand slaves. In 1765 more than one hundred slaves, most young men, fled their plantations and a year later paraded the streets chanting "Liberty, liberty!" (Nash, 173). It seems awkward to have a whole group of people enslaved in a country that is fighting for independence. Toward the end of the war the slaves started to get involved in the war. Perhaps they saw a path toward their own freedom, which America was fighting for. Confusingly, not all of the slaves but a good number of them ended up fighting for Britain. In 1775 Lord Dunmore offered freedom to all Virginia's slaves and servants that were willing and able to bear arms (Nash, 174). He did this in an attempt to wean the colonists off of the idea of war. Slaves felt that they had a better shot at freedom with England opposed to the colonies. They saw a country undergoing a revolution which seemed to be taking steps in the direction of its predecessor. Slaves agreed to fight in the war because they felt that they would be given freedom in the …show more content…
.".. As people have moved from colonial subordination to independence, they have struggled to establish their identities as free and separate nations" (Nash, 177). Now with their ideals embedded, colonists questioned whether or not such ideals would be effective or if they should have imposed more of a British influence in their new republican government. This all leads to the fact the colonies really did not agree what they wanted in a new government. They were just unhappy with the way they were being treated and wanted to govern themselves. Colonists did not want to be enslaved by a country that was taking advantage of them; however, they were exercising these same actions on the blacks in America. They wanted to all be equal and exercise their liberty because that was never afforded to them. England always superceded America, oppressing the lesser class who spoke out to them, good or bad. Everyone in America wanted a country free from Britain, including its hierarchy and its laws, but Americans utilized British principles and religious beliefs as a backbone for writing the first articles. America wanted to create a revolutionary form of government. In all actuality they were not fighting for a political revolution but merely the right to enable, enforce and govern politics themselves without Britain gaining anything from