Taxes. I might add that the taxes the colonists were paying were quite a bit lower than the total tax burden that American citizens shoulder today. In fact, hundreds of wars have been fought, and millions of men and women have died, fighting against taxes that were a heck of a lot lower than American citizens are paying right now. The US government appears to be willing to completely ignore the lessons of history. They do so at their own risk.
because one of John Lockes ideas was that if a government abused its power the the people were able to rebel. because of this, most colonies faught for independence
It taught the colonists to challenge the king's authority over them.
Was to declare independence
to feel cool
they protect them selves
The ideas of the enlightenment mostly influenced American revolution.
Benjamin Franklin, as he was one of the founding fathers of the American Enlightenment movement.
hahahaha Delaware Indians were killed by the Colonists colonists didn't care about them and only did Penn care about them and be fair to them
The Reaction by the colonists to the Wool Act of 1699. The reaction to the Wool Act was anger and resentment. Many colonists opposed the Wool act by buying more flax and hemp to ensure that they would not have to buy clothes from England.
that government should exist by the consent of the people.
The Enlightenment was a major influence on the political ideas of the colonists who pushed for independence from Great Britain
The colonists were influenced by the wider population and the values...
The US Constitution is considered a typical example of enlightenment ideas.
The grievances of American colonists reflected enlightenment ideas in that the American colonists refused to acknowledge that the monarchy was sovereign and the supreme law of the land. The colonists followed the enlightenment ideas that rights were natural and belonged to individuals at the moment of creation. This served as a basis of resistance to what the colonists believed to be tyranny and oppression.
Colonists were becoming less religious...the ideas of the Enlightenment appealed to them because it minimized God as a divine force and maximized human thinking and science.
Colonists were becoming less religious...the ideas of the Enlightenment appealed to them because it minimized God as a divine force and maximized human thinking and science.
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Great Enlightenment
more educated
they were outraged and started to boycott
they were outraged and started to boycott
more educated