no, if the british government would have given us what we wanted we would probably be singing god save the queen
-the 13 colonies
The colonies wanted the same rights that British citizens had. They decided to govern themselves and eventually wanted to separate from Britain.
The British colonies in North America had long decided that the taxes levied on them were unfair. So they made the decision to declare that they were independent of the British monarchy.
This document declared to the British that the thirteen American colonies were independent and free from British rule. It also is an explanation of why Congress decided to declare independence.
The colonists decided to rebel because the british took away their rights,put on them heavy taxes,and didnt allow them spaces in Parliment( the British Congress).They got fed up and decided to fight for their freedom.
First they declared that they were independent by sending the Declaration of Independence to King George. Then when the king didn't agree, they fought the Revolutionary War with the British. When the British decided they weren't making enough progress in the war and the costs were mounting in casualties and money to fight the war, they agreed the colonies were an independent country.
because they wanted to dont ask questions nomore
The British North American colonies were used to working together to defend themselves from Native Americans, the French, and other enemies. Since they all wanted independence from Britain, they decided they would be stronger as one large country than as 13 small ones.
Nothing. at the time of the war the English were untested in spreading their authority as far and as wide as they could. The Americas were a source of income for them and they felt that they had the power to keep it.
This period in history is called the period of Salutary Neglect. The British had enough problems at home that they weren't as actively involved with the colonies as they previously had been. This gave the colonies the opportunity to trade with countries that the British had prevented them from trading with. Britain eventually did realize what the colonies were doing, but because it wasn't affecting their own economy, the British decided to let them trade with other countries.
A result of their history of being colonised by the British, which they simply decided not to change after independence.
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The British established colonies in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries.