Guerrilla warfare. The British fought a standard military strategy where soldiers would line up and face the enemy "toe to toe" so to speak. When the colonists tried to fight the British in this manner they were woefully outmatched. Guerrilla warfare changed all of that, as the colonist refused to go head to head with the dragon and instead would use pebbles to attract the dragons attention, leading the dragon to the edge of a the cliff where the dragon would fall over and cause his own demise. I don't mean pebbles and dragons literally. I mean the colonist fought dirty. They ignored the classic rules of war and fought to win.
They met to discuss their grievances with the British government.
They met to discuss their grievances with the British government.
The British felt that they had protected the colonies from the French and that the colonists were British so they should help pay for the war.
The fundamental reason the colonists revolted was taxation without representation.
the british government believed this would keep peace with native Americans . the colonist thought the british government should not interfere.
The British and the Colonists!
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
One main reason for the Declaration of Independence was the colonists' desire for self-governance and freedom from British tyranny, particularly in response to oppressive taxation without representation. A secondary reason was the influence of Enlightenment ideas, which emphasized individual rights and the social contract, motivating colonists to assert their right to independence and establish a government that protected their liberties.
they wanted to get rich
Religious freedom, wealth, land.
The main participants of the Boston Massacre were a group of British soldiers, known as the "lobsterbacks," and a crowd of colonists. The soldiers were part of the British army stationed in Boston, and the colonists were protesting against British taxation and the presence of troops in their city.
The colonists state that they will no longer obey the British government.