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Why do you think colonists cinsidered themselves british subjects rather than Americans?
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∙ 7y ago
No, they acually didn't because they hated Britain and they wanted to be separate from them.
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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.
How did Americans still consider themselves british?
The colonies were the property of the British crown and the colonists were British subjects. Most were born in England and settled in the new world from choice. There was little wish to break from the mother country as it offered a huge market, an established trade route, and protection from the French and Spanish.
Why did some colonists want to remain British subjects?
one reason. They wanted to stay British subjects because Britain was the world's most powerful military power.
Did british compare colonists to stray cats?
I have never read they did. You have to remember that ALL were British subjects and the revolution was treason against the king. The colonies were British and so were the colonists.
Why was King George III unfair to the colonist?
he felt that the colonists were traitors and since they were still his subjects, they still had to follow his laws
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.
How did Americans still consider themselves british?
The colonies were the property of the British crown and the colonists were British subjects. Most were born in England and settled in the new world from choice. There was little wish to break from the mother country as it offered a huge market, an established trade route, and protection from the French and Spanish.
What did the thirteen colonies live in?
Almost everyone who lived in the 13 original colonies were subjects of the British Crown. They called themselves Americans and lived very differently that their European relatives.
Did colonists expect more rights than English commoners?
The English colonists had the right to life, a right to liberty and a right to property. The colonists had all rights to live as men of the society. They had the right to live as Christians. They had the right to live as subjects of that place.
Did the the queen of Spain enter the encounter of Columbus with the native Americans or follow it from a distance with interest with the hope of gaining great wealth?
When Queen Isabella of Spain learned of Native Americans she decreed the natives (Indians as the Spanish would call them) were her subjects and were morally equal to all her other subjects including the Spaniards themselves. They were to be treated humanely and not to be enslaved, and they were to be Christianized and Europeanized. Does that answer your question?
Why did the British parliament impose taxes on the colonists after why did the British parliament impose taxes on the colonists after 1763?
The taxes were to help pay for the French and Indian war. They reasoned that they were protecting the colonists and the colonists were English subjects so they should help pay for the war.
Why did some colonists want to remain British subjects?
one reason. They wanted to stay British subjects because Britain was the world's most powerful military power.
Why did some colonists want to remain British colonists?
one reason. They wanted to stay British subjects because Britain was the world's most powerful military power.
Did the British compare colonists to stray cats?
I have never read they did. You have to remember that ALL were British subjects and the revolution was treason against the king. The colonies were British and so were the colonists.
Did british compare colonists to stray cats?
I have never read they did. You have to remember that ALL were British subjects and the revolution was treason against the king. The colonies were British and so were the colonists.
Who developed a formal declaration of the individuals rights and of responsibilities between the state and its subjects and among the subjects themselves?
king john
The American colonists based their right to revolt against Britains authority on the claim that?
their rights as British subjects had been violated.Taxation without representation
