Obviously the BostonMassacre.
How do you think British colonists evolved from being loyal British citizens to revolutionaries? Why?
The colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament, but the British also needed funds for their soldiers to protect the colonists from another Native American rebellion.
The colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament, but the British also needed funds for their soldiers to protect the colonists from another Native American rebellion.
Most colonists smuggled goods because they felt they were being unfairly taxed by the British Empire and this was a way to get around it.
The Colonist's were being used as the bank for England. England was in terrible debt due to the wars in Europe and fighting Spain. The biggest issue was that the colonists had no right's to speak to what the British where doing to them. They were 'being taxed without representation' and had enough. If the British were to give the Colonies representation in Parliament they would kept the colonies under the crown.
The Boston Massacre occurred because the Bostonians were protesting the presence of the British Forces being in there, the Bostonians were throwing snowballs at them and throwing rocks at them. The British soldiers shot at them to make them stop, and in the aftermath 5 Bostonian colonists were killed while the others ran away.
The colonists did not respond well to British taxes. These colonists were outraged that they were being taxed the way that they were.
After 1763, the British imposed unfair taxes on the colonists. They colonists began to feel that they were being exploited by Britain.
How do you think British colonists evolved from being loyal British citizens to revolutionaries? Why?
Paul Revere
the Boston massacre
The colonists were tired of being taxed with no say in government. After their appeals and petitions were repeatedly denied by Parliament, the colonists began boycotting British goods. The colonists knew that if they wanted to get attention from the British, they needed to attack their economy.
After being oppressed by the British, the colonists were bellicose.
because it was mad at you for being dumb
The colonists had never been taxed before. They felt that the British did nothing for them.
The colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament, but the British also needed funds for their soldiers to protect the colonists from another Native American rebellion.
American colonists objected to British taxes because the colonists had no vote on the taxes and no representation in the British parliament. The colonists' catchphrase for protests was "taxation without representation", because they were being taxed without representation in the parliament and that's why they were mad.