Why The Colonists Won The Revolutionary War?
When England sent over colonists to Massachusetts bay in the late-to-mid 1600’s
They started to have problems with the Native Americans. The colonists started to notice the French were befriending the Natives, and had strong trading lines with them.
England, however, was raiding and stealing from the Natives. The colonists wanted to fight the French and Indians, so they didn’t have control over the Ohio river Valley. The valley would provide a safer route west so that the colonists could have more farms, houses, and land. The town of Massachusetts decided to have a meeting with a larger, more powerful tribe, to make sure that they wouldn’t side with the French. This was the first time the colonists had an official meeting with the Indians. After …show more content…
The war actually lasted nine years. In the end, France lost all of their land to the english, and Spain gave up florida. The Quebec act was issued to allow French law to be used in court, this was issued to be polite to the french. This war cost a lot of money, and that led to taxes! The colonists didn’t like all of the taxes they had to pay. There was a tax on; Sugar, Molasses, and Tea. There was even a law for making sure stamps were on shipments! The colonists hated this, and they retaliated by throwing about 4 million dollars worth of taxed tea into the Massachusetts bay, this was called the Boston Tea Party. Also, after the war, there were a lot of British soldiers looking for a place to stay, the Quartering Act made people house British soldiers and they needed to feed them food. There was a group of people that called themselves, “The Sons Of Liberty” They mostly caused trouble for the British soldiers, by throwing snowballs or other objects at them. This caused the Boston Massacre, which led to 3 people dying and 2 more injured. The city of Massachusetts now had a militia, called the Minutemen, they were called that because they could act at a moment’s notice. Most of the colonists were not
They started to have problems with the Native Americans. The colonists started to notice the French were befriending the Natives, and had strong trading lines with them.
England, however, was raiding and stealing from the Natives. The colonists wanted to fight the French and Indians, so they didn’t have control over the Ohio river Valley. The valley would provide a safer route west so that the colonists could have more farms, houses, and land. The town of Massachusetts decided to have a meeting with a larger, more powerful tribe, to make sure that they wouldn’t side with the French. This was the first time the colonists had an official meeting with the Indians. After …show more content…
The war actually lasted nine years. In the end, France lost all of their land to the english, and Spain gave up florida. The Quebec act was issued to allow French law to be used in court, this was issued to be polite to the french. This war cost a lot of money, and that led to taxes! The colonists didn’t like all of the taxes they had to pay. There was a tax on; Sugar, Molasses, and Tea. There was even a law for making sure stamps were on shipments! The colonists hated this, and they retaliated by throwing about 4 million dollars worth of taxed tea into the Massachusetts bay, this was called the Boston Tea Party. Also, after the war, there were a lot of British soldiers looking for a place to stay, the Quartering Act made people house British soldiers and they needed to feed them food. There was a group of people that called themselves, “The Sons Of Liberty” They mostly caused trouble for the British soldiers, by throwing snowballs or other objects at them. This caused the Boston Massacre, which led to 3 people dying and 2 more injured. The city of Massachusetts now had a militia, called the Minutemen, they were called that because they could act at a moment’s notice. Most of the colonists were not