Pros And Cons Of The Revolutionary War

After the French and Indian War, the British had a lot of debt that needed to be paid back. In order to do this, they put large amounts of taxes on the colonies, one of which was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was not justified because the colonists had no representation, and because it was not entirely spent on necessary things. First of all, the British levied taxes on the colonies without any discussion or compromising. This was extremely unfair to the, “American colonists who had no representation in Parliament”(Cummins 63).

Not really. Nobody was drinking the tea. It was a protest by the Sons of Liberty who dressed as Native Americans who boarded 3 tea ships and threw the ships’ tea cargo into Boston Harbor. The costumes didn’t fool anyone and the British knew it was the colonists who had destroyed the

Jessica Pehush Mr. Polanis The French and Indian war that lasted from 1754-1763 proved to be a very expensive war. By the time of the French surrender and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Britain was in considerable debt and began to compensate by increasing tax regimens on the colonies in America. The occurrence of the new levying of taxes created great distress between the colonies and Britain's already rocky relationship. The British began to become more and more involved and controlling of all the colonies affairs, and it ended salutary neglect of its colonies. Due to this new asserted control and later agitations, the colonists were ultimately driven away from reconciliation and towards rebellion and assertion of their independence

They later dumped tea during the Boston Tea Party, and Boston was punished. In April 19 of 1775, the British march on Lexington and Concord, these towns was alerted by Paul Revere and another friend of his. The British beat the militia at Lexington, later stop at the

You made a great point on the propaganda used in the etching. In many ways, Paul Revere was trying to invoke emotions in the colonists in order to support his own views of the British. The use of the words favage and murd’rous give a dark tone on the Boston Massacre. The British did in fact kill only 5 people, yet the etching made it seem as if it were thousands. This over exaggeration worked in Revere’s favor as that was his intended goal.

The Revolution War was a war that Americans are never going to forget. It’s also the war that formed and shaped America. Great Britain is another country that will never forget The Revolution War. In the beginning of the war, Great Britain went in believing that this was going to be a fast and easy win. They believe that a great powerful country like them couldn’t possibly lose to a small group of colonies.

Due to the significant debt that the British Empire encountered after the French and Indian war, Parliament attempted to recoup the financial loss by putting tax acts in place over the colonist in America. Of the tax Acts that were put into place by British Parliament were to help reestablish the economy in Great Britain, but they also took a big toll on the economy of the thirteen colonies in

The British had ‘over extended’ their stay after the French and Indian war and the colonists’ tensions grew when they still had to show them hospitality because of the Quartering acts. On March 5, 1770 colonists began harassing the british soldiers by cursing at them and pelting them with cobblestones and snowballs. This slight scuffle quickly turned into what became known as ‘The Boston Massacre’ where 5 Americans were killed from british fire. Document 4 was made by Paul Revere to showcase this incident in a way that stretched the truth to further ‘prove’ to the colonists that Britain was the enemy. The Boston Tea Party was another event that occurred with the colonists rallying against the british after the British East India Company was granted sole right to sell tea to American Colonies.

The causes of the revolutionary war were more economical than political mainly, because of one factor which was taxes. The British imposed a number of taxes on the American colonists to pay off their war debts and also for the cost of protecting the colonists from the local Native Americans. By imposing these taxes, this caused great tension between the British and the colonists and eventually led to war.

It’s been over 200 years since the original thirteen colonies of America fought their revolutionary war against Great Britain, in hopes of achieving their independence. We shall be going through a few areas of the Revolution, such as the military, social hierarchy, the role of men and women during the war, the colonists’ values of equality and their social contract response to the British government’s abuses, and we’ll compare these areas to the present day. The American Revolution started around April of 1775, when British redcoats and American militiamen exchanged gunshots in Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. However, that was only the beginning of the fighting; the reasons for the war date from years prior, when resistance from the

The American Revolution was, to date, the best event to happen on American soil, providing freedom and representation in government to the individuals who fought so hard for it. France and Spain aided our cause, helping this group of brave colonists to defeat the strongest army in the world. But, there is a question still not answered; were the colonists justified in breaking away from Britain? The American colonists were justified in breaking away from the British because there was taxation without representation, they had no freedom, and the British government violated their individual British rights. I believe the American colonists were justified for breaking away from Britain because there was taxation without representation.

During the Colonial Era (1492-1763), colonists were justified in waging war against Great Britain; due to the inequitable Stamp Act, the insufferable British oppression, and the perceived tyranny of King George III, the king of Great Britain, however, the colonists were unjustified in some of their actions. In Colonial America, colonists were justified in waging war against Great Britain, because the Stamp Act was unfair and viewed as punishment. Because of the war, Britain had no other choice but to tax the colonists to pay for the debt. For example, according to document 2, the author states that the act was not only for trade but for “the single purpose of levying money.”

After the French and Indian War the British were had a gargantuan debt! In order to pay off such a huge debt they imposed new taxes and enforced old ones. Great Britain thought that it was allowed to pass laws like these, because Britain had protected the colonists therefore the colonists have to give obedience. Laws like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, and along with the British being oblivious to colonists’ pleas to change the harsh laws (Document 2) allowed

Arguably, these taxes were only placed by Britain to “milk” the colonies for profit. Ben Franklin responded to the Stamp Act, writing a letter to John Hughs to discuss efforts to get it repealed (Document G). . In a way, the series of taxes applied by Parliament would spark a fire within the colonists and begin the American Revolution, where Americans finally say enough is enough. The time had come for political and ideological change, where the colonies would break from their motherland, Great Britain. In conclusion, the French Indian War would kick off a series of political, economic, and ideological events that changed the relationship between Britain and its colonies forever.

Therefore, the reason that the actions of the colonists worked is because of the strain that the War had put on Britain’s