Great Britain did not allow the colonists to participate in government.
Britain was the American colonists' primary adversary.
The event of Lexington and Concord benefited the colonists. The events of April 19th were a huge victory for the Colonists. They prompted the British to go into panic mode, and bring in more soldiers. At the same time, the "American Cause" began to take on a new form around the country. American militias saw that they could beat the British, and at the same time the British saw they could be beaten.
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The actions of the British such as the Acts of Trade and Navigation which only allowed the colonies trade with England caused resentment from the colonists towards the mother country England and heightened tensions between the two. Heavier taxes started being imposed after the French and Indian War in order to help out the English economy.
Answer this question… Great Britain did not allow the colonists to participate in government.
Great Britain did not allow the colonists to participate in government.
Answer this question… Great Britain did not allow the colonists to participate in government.
The American colonists fought the British in the American Revolution. After the Battle of Saratoga, the French actively joined the War against the UK.
The British felt that the American Colonists should pay to bear the costs relating to their country's defense. The British also felt that they were evading the laws that regulated imperial trade. The war that ended in 1763, brought a great debt of about 122 million pounds to the British treasury. Hence the need for tighter regulations on the American Colonists.
The British were imposing very high taxes on the American colonists after 1763. They saw the money that could be raised on taxing the colonists as a way to recover money spent on the French and Indian War that brought their country financial hardship. Without the American colonists having representation in Parliament there was very little the colonists could do to contest these high rates of taxes.
They were afraid that the territory of Canada would give the colonists the means to move further inland. If the colonists did this, and moved further away from the control of the British, then the colonial ties to the mother country could weaken.
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Spain and France aided the colonists during the American Revolution. They both saw the war as an opportunity to weaken their common rival, the British Empire.
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