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Why American Colonists Were Justified In Raging War With Britain
Colonists were mad at Britain because they had much more acts in place caused taxes to raise, this took place in the colonies with King George III, the colonists got mad and they decided to taunt British soldiers and they also decided to dump tea in a harbor. These two events caused the Revolution to start. What evidence shows why America started the American Revolution? Americans were justified in waging war with Britain because taxes and acts were being put in place one by one rapidly, the colonists were being harmed and being made fun of, and King George III ignored the colonists. Americans were justified in waging war because taxes and acts were being put in place very rapidly. “ No stamp commissioner or tax collector was actually tarred and feathered by the day the Stamp Act went into effect…”(Doc. F). This statement from document F …show more content…
In document C, the picture shows that the British soldiers were shooting at unarmed colonists. The image showed that the colonists were harmed by the British soldiers. This action from the British soldiers only got the colonists more angry. In document F, the image shows that the colonists tarred and feathered a British loyalist. These colonists were tarring and feathering the loyalist because they were mad at the British soldiers for shooting at the unarmed colonists. Americans were justified in waging war because King George III was ignoring and not listening to the colonists.” Some of them had been tarred, others had their property burnt and destroyed by the populace”(Doc. I). The King of British did not give any of the colonists a say in the government which caused the tarring and destroyed populaces. “There is another late act of Parliament...The Townshend Act.” (Doc. B). The colonists once again didn’t have a say in the government. The colonists didn’t even have a choice about the

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