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Well there were essentially two groups of colonists at the time of the revolution. Loyalists, who were loyal to the Crown and the motherland and Patriots who advocated for an independent nation dissolved from our ties with England. Most Patriots did not wish for adversarial relationship with Britain, rather they felt the British government was implementing policies, often in the form of taxes, that were taking advantage of the colonies, and their resources, without proper representation in government.
There were approximately 2.5 million people in the United States in 1776. The ratio of loyalists to patriots was roughly evenly split. The document that claimed our independence from Britain was the Declaration of Independence. It was signed on July 4, 1776. There were 53 signers of the Declaration of Independence. The signers essentially took their life into their own hands as their signatures represented treason, a crime that was punishable by death. The list of signers includes.
Delaware
• George Read • Caesar Rodney
• Thomas McKean
Pennsylvania • George Clymer • Benjamin Franklin
• Robert Morris • John Morton
• Benjamin Rush • George Ross
• James Smith • James Wilson
• George Taylor
Massachusetts • John Adams • Samuel Adams
• John Hancock • Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry
New Hampshire • Josiah Bartlett • William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton
Rhode Island • Stephen Hopkins • William Ellery New York • Lewis Morris • Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis • William Floyd Georgia • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall
• George Walton
Virginia • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lightfoot Lee
• Carter Braxton • Benjamin Harrison
• Thomas Jefferson • George Wythe
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.
North Carolina • William Hooper • John Penn
• Joseph Hewes
South Carolina • Edward Rutledge • Arthur Middleton
• Thomas Lynch, Jr. • Thomas Heyward, Jr. New Jersey • Abraham Clark • John Hart
• Francis Hopkinson • Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon
Connecticut • Samuel Huntington • Roger Sherman
• William Williams • Oliver Wolcott Maryland • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase
• Thomas Stone • William Paca
What else can I help you with?
How did the development of colonial governments lead to the American Revolution?
People in the colonies no longer wanted to be ruled by the British Parliament.
American Revolutionary War?
the American revolutionary war was fought by the british and the Americans. the Americans were lead by George Washington and the british was lead by Charles Cornwallis. the Americans were less trained and they ended up defeating the british. the Americans got their independence they wanted.
Why did British ships attack American ships in 1812?
They technically didn't attack the ships. What they did was impress the American sailors into the British Navy. This means that they captured American sailors and forced them to join the British Navy and fight the French (Napoleon).
Why did the americans go to war with the British?
The Americans went to war with the British because they felt that the British were unfairly taxing them just to pay off their debts, which they were. The famous slogan: "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" means just that. There were no people in the British Parliament to represent the Americans. Besides this, the Americans also wanted freedom as a separate country.
What were colonists loyal to the cause of American independence called?
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.
Why did British soldiers fight in the American Revolution?
The British fought in the American Revolution because the wanted to control the land.They wanted to control the land because it was theirs.
Who wanted to fight British for American independence?
loyalists
Why did the war hawks favor was?
The War Hawks wanted the British out of Canada. They also wanted British to stop helping the Native Americans. NEW RESPONDENT They also wanted to put an end to: the British practice of taking seamen from American ships on the high sea, the British violation of American territorial waters, the British use of naval blockades, the British nonacceptance of American reexport trade.
What were the causes of the American revoiution?
The Americans wanted independence from the british.
What sort of action was the Declaration of Independenc?
To declare/state that the conlonies were no longer under England's rule. They wanted to separate and become independent.
Why was he important to the American revolution?
Yes they wanted to be free from British control.
How was trade between American and European countries affected by the war?
british and France also wanted american goods so it created an unbalace-novanet
Why did the Germans launched a major spring offensive in 1918?
They wanted to defeat the British and French before American troops could be used.
Why did the British government decide to begin taxing the American colonists?
They taxed them because the british king wanted the money.
Why did America wanted to seize Canada from the british?
To prevent a British invasion from the North, and to win the Canadians to the American side.
Why did the Americans declare war on British North American in 1812?
because they wanted to
Why did the british colonies in Canada increase during the American revolution?
some Colonials wanted to stay under british rule
