The American Colonies Were An Extension Of The British Empire

Why I hate history The American colonies were an extension of the British empire that developed around 4,500 miles away from Britain, the distance away from Britain allowed the colonists to develop without British rules such as taxes and trade laws which aided the development of the colonial mindset framing themselves as free people away from British ruling. A multitude of factors drove the American colonies' path to revolution, the distance between the two allowed America to develop freely away from British rule which created a mindset and ideology of freedom for the American people. Enlightenment ideas, particularly John Locke’s concept of natural rights, influenced colonial ideology. Britain's sudden reassertion of control, through laws

This hands-off approach from Britain gave colonists the freedom to self-govern, grow independently, and create their own ideology which ultimately clashed with Britain's attempt to reassert control by imposing duties such as the implementation of the Townshend duties. Salutary Neglect allowed colonists to develop a separate view of typical British ruling, “That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.”Colonists believed the British needed consent or representation to tax their own colonies ruled by the British themselves. Salutary Neglect caused a sense of autonomy that clashed with British attempts to reassert control after 1763, especially through laws like the Stamp Act, which imposed taxes on the colonies without their representation in