How Did Colonists Gain Independence
The colonists of the thirteen colonies all struggled to survive and to thrive without the governing of England. They established their own governments , formed their own cultures and religious practices and created entire thriving settlements all without the crowns influence. Then all of colonies feel back under royal control but that taste of independence was there , all it would take would be the right sequence of events for the colonists to realize their desire for independence apart from their loyalty to the crown . That sequence of events is what led up to the revolutionary war, it is this sequence of events in the form of regulations handed down from the crown that are the very catalyst to the revolution and the colonists new found independence.
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This concept even went against the English principles from their home country in which an englishman cannot be taxed without consent through representation in parliament. England was taxing the colonists and they were not even addressing the colonists own assemblies. The combination of this uproar and the seed of Independence from which the colonies came from gave birth to the Sons of Liberty.The Sons of Liberty were a very vocal group of protestors addressing their outrage over the egregious offenses of England. One of the Sons of Liberty was Patrick Henry inspired a movement against the Stamp Act through the Virginia house of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses released the Virginia Resolves which stated that Virginians had the same rights as Englishmen, and Englishmen could only be taxed by their own …show more content…
On April 14, 1775 under secret orders to steal the gunpowder from concord in an attempt to stop the rebellion of the colonists the british made their move. Paul revere upon seeing the redcoats alerted the colonial militia of the british. The colonial militia also known as minutemen readied themselves at lexington for the battle. While the battle started with the british having more power in numbers upon the chaos of battle the tides quickly turned. Militia attacked the british the entire road to boston and at the end the british suffered three times more casualties than the colonists did with this battle the revolutionary war had
This concept even went against the English principles from their home country in which an englishman cannot be taxed without consent through representation in parliament. England was taxing the colonists and they were not even addressing the colonists own assemblies. The combination of this uproar and the seed of Independence from which the colonies came from gave birth to the Sons of Liberty.The Sons of Liberty were a very vocal group of protestors addressing their outrage over the egregious offenses of England. One of the Sons of Liberty was Patrick Henry inspired a movement against the Stamp Act through the Virginia house of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses released the Virginia Resolves which stated that Virginians had the same rights as Englishmen, and Englishmen could only be taxed by their own …show more content…
On April 14, 1775 under secret orders to steal the gunpowder from concord in an attempt to stop the rebellion of the colonists the british made their move. Paul revere upon seeing the redcoats alerted the colonial militia of the british. The colonial militia also known as minutemen readied themselves at lexington for the battle. While the battle started with the british having more power in numbers upon the chaos of battle the tides quickly turned. Militia attacked the british the entire road to boston and at the end the british suffered three times more casualties than the colonists did with this battle the revolutionary war had