By the eve of the Revolution, the colonists had a good idea of their identity and unity. Though, it did take longer to form an identity than to create full unity in the colonies. This was set back Mostly because of the jealousy or accusations between the colonies, but after the fight for their freedom began, they learned to trust and help one another. The colonies soon realized during the fight for their freedom from Britain that without uniting together, they would never stand a chance.
The colonists’ sense of identity and unity as Americans was further developed when they coalesced to fight the British. Many people who lived in the colonies were not English; they were German, Dutch, Swedish, Jewish, Scots-Irish, and French. Some people were a mixture of many different ethnic groups. This “mixed” group of people, which could not be found anywhere else in the world, that united to fight for their rights led to the creation of a separate identity (from Britain). The British thought that this “open Rebellion” was unjustifiable and that the colonists had no reason to turn against their mother country, who “…protected them against the Ravages of their Enemies…”
British policies established in 1763-1776 greatly affected the colonists and pushed them towards developing their own republican values. All of the acts and taxes the British issued and how overly controlling the British were over the colonists was the starting point, also the increasing rebellions encouraged the colonists to break away from Britain’s rule, and finally the wars that resulted and seizing authority from the British was the final turning point for the colonists in eliminating Britain’s heavy-handed ruling over the colonists. The acts, and taxes that came with most of the acts, that the English imposed on the colonists was a substantial reason the colonists opposed British rule. After the French and Indian war the British found
The 1770s brought to America changes in many forms. Britain’s rule over the colonies seemed to be slipping away as the monarchy struggled to maintain its influence over the people. The disjoint between the colonies and Britain allowed for a breeding ground of insurgency. Taxation on all sorts of goods such as tea, paper, and molasses were at an all-time high. Taxes were so important to the British that they even passed acts which specifically benefited companies that would directly benefit the crown.
The “point of no return” for the American Revolution to occur, the event that sparked the beginnings of the American Revolution, was The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was one of the last biggest protests against England’s “Intolerable Acts”, as the colonists liked to call them. Neither the colonies nor did Britain really want to seperate, but the situation they were in caused them to. England was being very controlling over the colonies because they were of great economical benefit to them. The colonies were reluctant to even consider separation because all they really wanted was their rights.
The American Revolution started in 1764, starting with the taxing of goods, along with other acts enforced by the British government, causing colonists to lash out and form groups of people who committed boycotts and other events. Events and people during the American Revolution shaped society during the Revolutionary Era by inspiring people to express their feelings toward unfair laws being placed by Britain through boycotts, by giving all people an opportunity to help America win the war, and the evolution of the newly freed country changed American society. After the British “taxed items such as stamps, cards, tea, and many other necessary items” (Green). These taxes were the results of the Townshend Acts, which were placed by Britain in 1767.
On December 16, 1773 the Sons of Liberty members dressed up as Native Americans, snuck out of their homes late at night and headed for the docks of Boston, Massachusetts and famously pulled off the Boston Tea Party led by Samuel Adams, the leader of the Sons of Liberty. With that, the Boston Tea Party begun the beginning of the revolution of the “shot heard around the world” which was April 19, 1775. Because of the American Revolution, the United States get a say in their own country, and run it the way America wants it to be run. The USA is free from the British rule.
Following the establishment of the colonies, the tensions between the colonists and the British empire began to develop and grow. Tensions reached an all time high when the British government began to tax colonists without their consent. The American Revolution marked a period of change and brought a new meaning to the word liberty. What began as a means to garner more funding for the British government following the Seven Years War with France in 1763, led to a full-scale revolutionary war ending with the formation of a newly formed nation. The Revolutionary War era had major economic, militaristic, and political impacts on the United States and continues to impact the nation today.
The people of America (colonists) were tired of being controlled by England. They wanted to be free and independent. They believed that they were able to control themselves and be their own country. They wanted England to let go of their control and to view them as independent and their own country.
Between the years of 1750 to 1780, the british colonies were growing. People who came to America looked for rights and opportunities they did not have in Britain. People came for religious freedom and an opportunity to move up in society. Colonists believed America got more democratic than it was in the beginning. But the change was not as democratic as people thought.
Before the American Revolution, the colonists still considered themselves to be English and followed British rule. However, the American revolution allowed them to separate themselves from British rule and form their own separate power. This separate power unified the colonists who now shared the same political, religious, cultural, racial, historical, linguistic, and ideological views which were different from their views under British rule. They were beginning to pave the way to becoming "Americans" rather than English.
This again led to more protest, most notable the boston tea party Second of all, The american colonies also were beckoned twords revolution due to thier strong fondness and protection of american liberties and freedom. The american colonies had experienced independence for a long time, they had religious freedom and the right to vote which were much less common in England. This caused the american people to view implementations the british thought were reasonable as oppressive and a threat to thier liberties along with feeling that they were not represented in parlament. One example of these implementation the americans saw as oppressive was the installment of a large standing
Throughout the middle of the 17th century, the relationship between Great Britain and her American colonies was plagued by stresses. Both the Stamp Act, passed in 1765, and the Tea Act, enacted in 1773, caused colonists great ire towards the British due to feelings of unfair taxation. As a response to the Tea Act, colonists in Boston ruined thousands of pounds of tea by pouring it into the Boston harbor (History.com). Earlier, Benjamin Franklin had attempted to get all of the colonies to meet together, but they had abstained (U-s-history.com). After the Tea Party, however, the Coercive Acts were put into place by Parliament, urging the colonists to greater action, causing them to assemble the 1st Continental Congress (History.com).
Colonists began to fully comit theirselves to God. They began to be dauntless when confronting religious authority, and forming their own kind of way to express their faith. This all began to bring the colonists to a closer state of rebellion, better known as the American
One time the British passed a law that allowed the british soldiers to forcefully live in the colonists’ home! The colonies started out to benefit Great Britain, but after one war and lots of laws, the colonies were going to be part of a revolution. What was the American Revolution about? Economic Rights or Civil Liberties? On one hand the British instilled unfair regulations on trade and goods.
