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What gives the British colonists of North America the right to declare independence from Great Britain?
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King George | made the colonist pay unfair taxes
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Why is it called the American War for Independence?
Because Americans lived on the continent of NORTH AMERICA and were fighting the British who OWNED most of NORTH AMERICA...Americans were COLONIES of Great Britain. American COLONISTS wanted INDEPENDENCE from their British owners or leadership. Britain would NOT allow that independence, so the Colonists fought them for it.
Who was the opposing side the Americans fought in the revolutionary war?
The colonists in America fought against the British to gain their independence from Great Britain. Prior to the Revolutionary War the colonies belonged to Great Britain and the colonists were British subjects.
Why did American colonists want independence for the British?
The British were taxing the colonists for tea and other necessities unfairly. They also would not let the colonists be represented in Britain.
Who were the patriot soldiers?
The patriots were the colonists who wanted to fight for America's independence. America hadn't become a country yet, and that's what the Patruot's were fighting for. To be independent from Britain and to be their own country. The patriots were the colonists who wanted to fight for America's independence. America hadn't become a country yet, and that's what the Patruot's were fighting for. To be independent from Britain and to be their own country.
What roles french and british played in early American history?
The British colonised America and the French colonised Canada. The British beat the French out of Canada with the help of the Canadian native tribes and the American colonists. However, the American colonists then fought for their independence from Britain in the 1770s. The British were helped by the Native American Indians, but eventually the French helped the Americans and the British grated independence to America.
Why were the America and british fighting?
America wanted independence, Britain wanted America and its taxes
What were colonists loyal to the cause of American independence called?
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.
What were the motives for fighting the Revolutionary War?
Freedom from Britain!! It started because the British and colonists were both on some green and the British were like "get off our green!!" and the colonists claimed it wasn't the British's green... And basically it was fought so America could be a free country, not one colonized by Britain. =)
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
What war did American colonists gain independence from British?
The American War of Independence (1775-1782), a civil war in which some of the British colonists living in America took up arms against their fellow countrymen in America and Britain to achieve self-government.
For what specific reason did the colonists fight the British?
The colonists in British America felt that they were being ill-used by Britain, and that their rights to self-government and free trade were being usurped. The proponents of independence had many causes to be upset with King George III, as enumerated in the Declaration of Independence.
Why was it danerous for the colonists to declare independence from Britain?
Yes, this caused them to go to war with Britain because the British thought that they had to silence the rebellion.
