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    By the mid-late seventeen century the British Empire was flourishing, owning colonies in all major continents; a grand empire on which the sun never set. The most prolific and illustrious colonies of England were the thirteen American colonies. These colonies got a taste of freedom that they will never forget during the Glorious Revolution, which launched the tradition of salutary neglect. Robert Walpole believed that if the colonies were not heavily taxed and had the opportunity to engage in…

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    George Washington George Washington and the American colonists were collapsing under the excessive taxation being inflicted on them by the British. After experiencing the effects of the rising taxes, George Washington realized that it would be in everyone’s favor to declare independence from Britain. George Washington was against the rising taxes that the British were imposing on the American colonists, and because of that belief he was for American Independence because gaining independence…

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    peasants of France that were knee deep in the tyrannical rule of the French monarchy and nobleman. The two revolutions were a result of alarming economic crisis and conditions. However, the colonists were not angered by the British taxation, as the people understood taxation is a…

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    If only we had a voice. Taxation without a vote in English parliament appears to be the driving factor in the wedge driven between England and Colonies in the 17th and 18th century. Between the induction of the Navigation Acts and the implementation of the other taxation acts to regain lost revenue from the French and Indian War was mostly a salutary neglect period where the British government mostly let the Colonists govern themselves. With the death of King George II and the raise of King…

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    have brought the Colonists and the British together instead drove them further apart. The resulting debt from the long and expensive war is what prompted Great Britain’s continuous attempts to tax the Colonies without the Colonists’ participation or approval. Taxation without representation was the theme in nearly every major disagreement. According to Brinkley (2011) there were several major areas of disagreement between the American Colonists and the British. Great Britain had taken on huge…

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    forever. Following the seven years war, american colonists resentment towards the parliament grew due to unfair treatment. Reasonings supporting this topic include taxation without representation, the Intolerable Acts and the Great Awakening. Colonists showed resentment toward England after the Seven Years War due to taxation without…

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    The American Revolution was a combination of wanting new ideas and creating a new society and in the process escape from Britain. The Revolution couldn’t have taken place without religious background. In A History of the American People by Paul Johnson, he states that “ the American Revolution, in its origins, was a religious event” “That the fact was to shape the American Revolution from start to finish and determine he nature of the independent state it brought into being” One of few reasons…

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    many different ways. However, the colonists were unquestionably right in their reasons to fight for their independence against Britain. The Revolution was fueled by the effects of the French and Indian War, the economic tensions from taxation without representation, and the outrage from the Boston Tea Party. After Great Britain won the French and Indian War in 1763, they were in immense debt and saw the Americans as a source of revenue. The result of the British winning the war was not only…

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    should rationalize the cost of British troops and supplies which were sent over a vast ocean. In addition, in these colonies business had been very profitable with people having a high standard of living, which is not completely affected by some taxation. . Due to many American patriots, many of British goods were boycotted, and helped started the roots of the American…

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    reasons; Failure to protect political freedoms, economic well being, and the safety of the colonists. The king of Britain took some of the colonists political freedoms away from the colonists. First, the colonist were taxed without knowing, causing taxation without representation. Second, The Intolerable acts increased the power of the government, which cause political freedom to be taken away from the colonist. Finally, The stamp act had required that all colonist buy special tax stamps for…

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