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The colonists strongly objected to Parliamentâ??s efforts to expand their authority in the colonies due to financial losses suffered in the Seven Years War. They objected to being heavily taxed and not having direct representation. These grievances had gone unaddressed by Parliament for a decade.
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∙ 12y agoAfter the colonists dumped cargoes of tea into the Boston Harbor to rebel against Britain's high taxed on tea,Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts angered the colonists because Britain shut down the harbor so their trade was affected, the colonists were only allowed to have one town meeting a year,and Parliament passed the Quarterin Act. This angered the colonists and called for war by 1775.
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∙ 14y agoHigh taxes on next to everything, they were tired of being treated as second class citizens, there was the stamp act, tea tax, mollases tax, currency act, hat act all sorts of taxes and restrictions that were placed upon them by King George III.
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∙ 12y agoThe American Colonists went to war in 1775 because they did not think that the taxes the British imposed on them were fair because they did not have representation in Parliament. They also thought that the king couldn't rule them from 3,000 miles away.
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∙ 14y agowhat was the reason americans took up arms in 1775?
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∙ 10y agoRestrictions on colonial trade
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Why did american colonist resist the new laws taxes and acts imposed by the king what was the argument?
The American colonists did not have a say in the laws and taxes, so they felt it was unfair to have them imposed. The American Revolutionary War began in 1775.
When did the Revolutionary War begin and end?
The Revolutionary War began about 1776, when the French and Spanish joined the war, and the war ended October, 1781 when a British General surrendered knowing that the war was over.
When did the battles of Lexington and Concord take place?
On April 19, 1775. They were the first battles of the Revolutionary War between the British army and American colonists.
When did the American Revolution start at Lexington and Concord?
The first shots in the American War of Revolution were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts and Concord, Massachusetts on April 19th 1775.
What day month and year did the American war of independence start?
The first military engagement of the American Revolution was the Battle of Lexington and Concord which began on April 19, 1775.
How did George Washington get into the war?
George Washington went into the war in 1775.
Who was the war between the colonists and England was called the?
If you're referring to the English colonist located in America, it was the Revolutionary War.
Who went to war in 1775?
colonists and the british
Why did american colonist resist the new laws taxes and acts imposed by the king what was the argument?
The American colonists did not have a say in the laws and taxes, so they felt it was unfair to have them imposed. The American Revolutionary War began in 1775.
The Revolutionary War occurred during which years?
The American Revolutionary War started in 1775 and ended in 1783.
What year did the colonists fire the shot heard around the world?
The colonist heard the shot heard round the world in 1775. It is the shot that was first fired in the American Revolutionary War.
What war was in the years 1775-1783?
The American Revolutionary War.
What comparison does is used to justify colonist going to war?
The American Constitution says this quite nicely. If you read the list of grievances in the American Constitution it gives all the reasons why the colonies went to war.
What year did the American Revolutionary War begin?
The American Revolution began in 1775. The initial battle between the Continentals and the British Army was at Lexington and Concord, MA on 19 April 1775, with the Battle of Bunker Hill following shortly thereafter on 17 June, 1775.
When did American Revolutionary War happen?
American Revolutionary War happened on 1775-04-19.
When was the British and American war?
From 1775 until 1814.
Who were the minutemenin the war in 1775?
They were American Militia men
