How Did America Change Over Time
Throughout history, Americans view of Britain he changed dramatically. For instance, in the French and Indian War, the Americans went in with little to no friction with Britain. However, over the course of the war, the Americans quickly realized how they were ignored and pushed to the side every time they had tried to help. Also, after the war was finally over, they were overly talked with no representation since Britain was in such a huge amount of debt after the war. Seeing the taxes come out of nowhere made them even more upset and eventually led into the Enlightenment period. Here, Thomas Paine and Jefferson joined heads and worked to get people to realize how important a full break for Britain was. By doing this they were able to create
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the United Sates of America. Overall, Americans Perception of Britain change over time due to being pushed aside in the French and Indian War, being ignored and overlooked without any representation and Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson’s work in the Enlightenment period.
The French and Indian War took place in America and consisted of French, Native American and European troops fighting over the new land. Over the course of the late 1600’s, the French and British settlers feuded over how much land each country would get (Cayton,4.1). In order to depict which country would rightfully own the land, the country went to war. Since the natives had been living on this land for decades, they had been dragged into it. Typically they switched sides based on who was winning to ensure that no matter what would happen they would be ok. Also, since the colonists were living in the same area and fighting with them before this war, they knew how the natives used gorilla warfare to attack. Knowing this the colonists went to the British government trying to help their own country out. Without hesitation, Britain decided to ignore the colonists and fight them the way they knew. Although in the end Britain won the war, the colonists were unhappy that they were pushed to the side and ignored. Also, many colonists chose to help on the battlefields whether it is as a soldier or as a nurse, they were disrespected and treated like garbage. The events that occurred because of Britain ignore the colonist’s cause their rubbing friction to begin.
After Britain was sucked into an unfathomable amount of debt from both the Seven Years War and the French and Indian War, they had to find some way to dig them out of the hole they had created.
In order to do this they began taxing all the colonists starting with the Sugar Act. Seeing this fist instance of taxation, many colonists decided to begin boycotting. As time progressed, Britain began enforcing more and more acts to find a way and get the colonists to pay their taxes in order to get out of their debt. However, doing this only further angered the colonists and leads to the Boston massacre after the Townshend Acts were put in place. With these acts basic necessities such as led, glass, paper, tea and paint were taxed creating more friction between the British government and the colonists. Once the tea act had been put in place, the colonists had hit their breaking point. By having this ridiculous tax on tea, the colonists had nothing to drink. At this time, drinking water was practically out of the question, as they did not have clean water supplies yet. With tea, they could boil the bacteria out of the water and be able to enjoy it. By not being able to purchase tea due to this tax, the colonists had had enough with the British government ignoring them and only focusing on gaining their money back. Finally, they went to the Boston Harbor dressed as Natives in order to hide their identities and dumped all the imported tea from Britain over board. Seeing this, Britain just decided to restrain the colonists even more by introducing another act, the Intolerable Acts. These acts were used to restrain the colonists even more and enforce the Quartering act by adding more soldiers in the colonists homes as well as restraining town meetings, getting rid of colonial government, stripping them of their land and forcing them to live in cramped surroundings. The act also calls to apply a new governor to Massachusetts who also is the Commander of British Forces in
America. These acts along with smaller, less significant acts all led to the build up towards the Revolutionary War. In the colonies, the Enlightenment period consisted of the colonists and Britain fighting over having control over America and the idea of enlightenment or thinking or yourself and not always feeding into what the king said. Because most people did not reach a high level of education, they didn’t really know what was going on until Thomas Paine stepped in. By him writing the Common Sense pamphlet, he was able to reach people who could not understand the majority of the articles and pamphlets going around at this time because of the language they were using. By Thomas writing in a simple form that the people were able to understand, he was able to print twenty-five copies and reach a larger audience. Along with him, Thomas Jefferson was able to influence the Enlightenment period as well by clarifying why their society needed improving along with being able to lure more people into a science movement allowing technology to advance. Overall, their contribution to this time period could have triggered the Revolutionary War because of how they were able to get so many people to embrace the idea of separating from Britain and improve their society. Because of them, people also began fighting for their freedom and natural rights. After a year of war Thomas Jefferson, along with four other men were chosen as the committee members to write The Declaration of Independence solidifying the break from Britain. With these two men influencing the colonies, they were finally able to come together and defeat Britain. In conclusion, Americans perception of Britain changed over time due to being pushed to the side and ignored in the French and Indian War, being taxed ridiculous amounts of money with no representation and having Thomas Paine and Jefferson show the importance of Enlightenment and a clean break from Britain. With all of these factors playing a role in the Americans perception of Britain, they quickly turned away and did almost anything to revolt.
the United Sates of America. Overall, Americans Perception of Britain change over time due to being pushed aside in the French and Indian War, being ignored and overlooked without any representation and Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson’s work in the Enlightenment period.
The French and Indian War took place in America and consisted of French, Native American and European troops fighting over the new land. Over the course of the late 1600’s, the French and British settlers feuded over how much land each country would get (Cayton,4.1). In order to depict which country would rightfully own the land, the country went to war. Since the natives had been living on this land for decades, they had been dragged into it. Typically they switched sides based on who was winning to ensure that no matter what would happen they would be ok. Also, since the colonists were living in the same area and fighting with them before this war, they knew how the natives used gorilla warfare to attack. Knowing this the colonists went to the British government trying to help their own country out. Without hesitation, Britain decided to ignore the colonists and fight them the way they knew. Although in the end Britain won the war, the colonists were unhappy that they were pushed to the side and ignored. Also, many colonists chose to help on the battlefields whether it is as a soldier or as a nurse, they were disrespected and treated like garbage. The events that occurred because of Britain ignore the colonist’s cause their rubbing friction to begin.
After Britain was sucked into an unfathomable amount of debt from both the Seven Years War and the French and Indian War, they had to find some way to dig them out of the hole they had created.
In order to do this they began taxing all the colonists starting with the Sugar Act. Seeing this fist instance of taxation, many colonists decided to begin boycotting. As time progressed, Britain began enforcing more and more acts to find a way and get the colonists to pay their taxes in order to get out of their debt. However, doing this only further angered the colonists and leads to the Boston massacre after the Townshend Acts were put in place. With these acts basic necessities such as led, glass, paper, tea and paint were taxed creating more friction between the British government and the colonists. Once the tea act had been put in place, the colonists had hit their breaking point. By having this ridiculous tax on tea, the colonists had nothing to drink. At this time, drinking water was practically out of the question, as they did not have clean water supplies yet. With tea, they could boil the bacteria out of the water and be able to enjoy it. By not being able to purchase tea due to this tax, the colonists had had enough with the British government ignoring them and only focusing on gaining their money back. Finally, they went to the Boston Harbor dressed as Natives in order to hide their identities and dumped all the imported tea from Britain over board. Seeing this, Britain just decided to restrain the colonists even more by introducing another act, the Intolerable Acts. These acts were used to restrain the colonists even more and enforce the Quartering act by adding more soldiers in the colonists homes as well as restraining town meetings, getting rid of colonial government, stripping them of their land and forcing them to live in cramped surroundings. The act also calls to apply a new governor to Massachusetts who also is the Commander of British Forces in
America. These acts along with smaller, less significant acts all led to the build up towards the Revolutionary War. In the colonies, the Enlightenment period consisted of the colonists and Britain fighting over having control over America and the idea of enlightenment or thinking or yourself and not always feeding into what the king said. Because most people did not reach a high level of education, they didn’t really know what was going on until Thomas Paine stepped in. By him writing the Common Sense pamphlet, he was able to reach people who could not understand the majority of the articles and pamphlets going around at this time because of the language they were using. By Thomas writing in a simple form that the people were able to understand, he was able to print twenty-five copies and reach a larger audience. Along with him, Thomas Jefferson was able to influence the Enlightenment period as well by clarifying why their society needed improving along with being able to lure more people into a science movement allowing technology to advance. Overall, their contribution to this time period could have triggered the Revolutionary War because of how they were able to get so many people to embrace the idea of separating from Britain and improve their society. Because of them, people also began fighting for their freedom and natural rights. After a year of war Thomas Jefferson, along with four other men were chosen as the committee members to write The Declaration of Independence solidifying the break from Britain. With these two men influencing the colonies, they were finally able to come together and defeat Britain. In conclusion, Americans perception of Britain changed over time due to being pushed to the side and ignored in the French and Indian War, being taxed ridiculous amounts of money with no representation and having Thomas Paine and Jefferson show the importance of Enlightenment and a clean break from Britain. With all of these factors playing a role in the Americans perception of Britain, they quickly turned away and did almost anything to revolt.