into a full scale war. Suffering from unjust taxation and tyrannical rule‚ the colonists tried to change and influence the English policy through repeated petitioning and boycotts. After failing to influence England through peaceful measures‚ war was the colonists’ only option. The 13 colonies were therefore justified in starting a revolt against England. According to England however the colonists were not justified in waging war. England was the mother country and the colonists paid the lowest taxes
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2013 Social Studies- Period 9 DBQ Introduction Restate Thesis. The Navigation Acts were issued in 1763 soon after The Proclamation of 1763. The Navigation Act required the 13 colonies to only use British ships‚ and any goods the 13 colonies bought had to go through England first to be inspected. This was one of the first acts that really got the patriots into the rebellion mode. Restated Thesis. Taxation without representation was common in the 13 colonies. Colonists often debated about why a
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Were the colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain? After all of the hardship and violence the British imposed on the colonists‚ the Americans were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. The Colonists were justified in breaking away because the parliament passed laws that were unjustified‚ The British king was of tyranny‚ The Stamp Act of 1765‚ The Townshend Act and The Boston Massacre. All of this lead to the colonies joining together and rebelling against
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Britain taxed the colonists for being in the French and Indian War‚ a war when the colonists fought the French and the Indians. That’s not the only thing Britain has done‚ but were the colonists justified for declaring war on Britain? Yes the American public had justification for waging war on Britain because of the way they were treated‚ the punishments they were put through and the taxes they were shot with. The colonists were justified for waging war because of the taxes they were shot with. In document
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U.S HIST. Were the American colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain ? The colonists were in every right‚ aspect and mind not only justified but also it was about time that they stood of and actually take action against the British. The choice of going to war with them‚ was the only choice that they had. All diplimatical options that they had ceased to stand a chance against the tyrant Britain. From the very beginning when the colonists felt upset against their
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Indian war‚ everybody was celebrating and overjoyed. All was well until Britain started putting strict rules on the colonists. As time led on‚ colonists got angry and frustrated with Britain’s chaotic rules. They decided they wanted to break away from Britain. In the future‚ the Americans won‚ but a curious question popped into the midst of the country. Were the Americans justified in breaking away from Britain? Did they even have the right to challenge Parliament’s laws. Colonists were justified in
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conflict the colonists had with the british made an impact that would change the lives of millions. There are those who say the colonists were not justified for breaking away from the British because of the war they fought for the colonists. However the colonists were justified because the king violated the colonists rights‚ put the colonists in economic parallel and punished them instead of listening to their needs. Through The Enlightenment and the Great awakening the colonists realized that
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Even though the colonists were breaking British law‚ the colonists had a right to rebel for they were unfairly taxed without representation and subjected to a king over 3000 miles away. Some people still on both the colonials and the British crown were attempting to avoid a full scale war even after they had begun fighting‚ like in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most of the colonists did not want war because these were the people that they had been living with‚ and protected by the British for over 150
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The colonists were justified in dumping the tea into Boston Harbor. This is because‚ they already had the Stamp Act‚ they didn’t want the tea in the first place‚ and they were just trying to prove a point. If you were forced to do something that you didn’t have a say in‚ would you be angry? If everything you could possibly do to make it stop backfired‚ would you do whatever it takes? This is exactly the kind of frustration the colonists were experiencing. The colonists already had the Stamp Act‚
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Yes‚ the colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. Thomas Whately‚ advisor to George Grenville‚ the British chancellor of the Exchequer‚ was correct by saying in Document 1‚ "We are not yet recovered from a war solely fought for their protection." Whately was referring to the French and Indian War (1754-1763). This war indeed cost Britain much‚ and I do believe the colonists were greatful. However‚ Britain‚ after 1763‚ did not allow the colonists to move west. The colonies
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