Answer this question… Great Britain did not allow the colonists to participate in government.
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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.
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.