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Were there a breach of social contract between the British government and the American colonists during the time that the sons of liberty exited?
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Who led the American colonists to rebel against British rule?
The British government taxed the American colonists to an extreme and treated them unfairly. The colonists even drew up a document stating their grievances against the King and when it was ignored they rebelled. But it was mainly taxes.
What is a statement describes the sons of liberty?
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.
What right under the British form of government did colonists cherish above all?
The American colonists wanted to have representation in the British parliament so they would have a voice regarding taxation. This was to the British, a privilege they would not support.
What was the other name for the so-called Loyalists those British colonists who remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution?
Tories
What colonists supported the American Revolution?
the patriots not the stupid football team either
Which statements tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
What statement tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Which statement tells what the American colonists thought of the British government during the later European wars of the 1700s?
The British government did not have the same interests as the colonists.
Who believed the British government was exploiting American colonists?
Thomas Paine
Who believed that british government was exploiting American colonists?
Thomas Paine
Who believed that the British government was exploiting American colonists?
Thomas Paine
Why were the Americans upset with the British?
The American colonists were upset because the British government started to tax the Americans.
What British government tried to stop smuggling with the?
This was the Sugar Act.
Why did the British government decide to begin taxing the American colonists?
They taxed them because the british king wanted the money.
Why did the declaration of Independence state that the colonists had the rights to form a new government?
the decleration states that because the British government had repeatedly taken away the american rights, the american colonists had the right to form a new government.
Which act by the British government caused the American colonists to write the Declaration of Independence and separate from Great Britain?
requirement that the colonists pay taxes on British goods
How might the belief of American that they were different from the british lead them to demand self government?
Colonists' belief that they were morally superior to the British.
