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Were the colonists justified in rebelling against the Great Britain?

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October 3, 2012

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Meowijuana

yeah
idea of republicanism began to rise: society where citizens elect representatives to govern for them
william pitt promised to pay for the debts and give the colonists lands west of the appalachians in exchange for their support in the french and indian war, but when the war was over, britain decided that they wouldn't reimburse the colonists, but rather the colonists would reimburse the british.
proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists from gaining the lands they were promised
>colonists said "didn't we just fight a war to win this land?"
taxes such as the navigations laws, sugar act, quartering act, stamp act also enraged the colonists cause they felt their government was under attack
>led to the famous "no taxation without representation"
and just stuff like that i guess

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AmyrIin

[quote=XGoldGunnerX]Lol, I bet he copy and pasted that. XD [i]-derp to myself-[/i][/quote]

I did, but not before I read it. I've read this two times, once in English, and once in APUSH. It's really one of the greatest pieces of persuasive writing you'll see in all your years of learning so I urge you to read it! Great language, strong points, etc. etc.

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Barquifa

[quote=XGoldGunnerX]Lol, I bet he copy and pasted that. XD [i]-derp to myself-[/i][/quote]

I would have never guessed!

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AmyrIin

How do you all not recognize one of the American literary masterpieces of pretty much all time!

Read through it and you tell me! Were they justified or not?

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NoNsensical

@above What the...

Yeah, they were. Just play along to the America centric point of view and please the teacher in this one. Say stuff like taxes, representation, soldiers, harsh rule in Boston, etc.

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kneepad

I believe that the Colonists actions were justified. Thomas Payne wrote [i]Common Sense[/i], where he wrote that it was an act of pure intuition that they should rebel against Britain. The british taxed the colonists heavily without any say. Would you like to get shoved into an AP class without anyone consulting you on the workload? The Colonists have taken many actions against britain waiting for them to respond, throughout the course of twentyish years they sent many pettitions to the king, yet every single time they were ignored and/or burned. The Colonists were fed up with the King and his restrictions (Tea Tax, Navigation act, stamp act, etc). Being part of Britain was not really that great. They were protected not because they were part of their own flesh and blood, but because they did not want the French to grab the land again. Its like if you took your own son or daughter and kept him/her just so your ex-wife wouldn't. Many people thought that The 13 colonies and the British should stay connected, but the colonists did not agree. They finally said enough is enough and then we have the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution

Edit: Dang that guy up there was overkill O.O

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SoulXIV

This is stuff your parents know how to answer.

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ZombieOverlord

No, because look at us now.

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ProBlades

Well that's a matter of opinion so your teacher probably wants you to take a side and find reasons why.

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cool123ter

Honestly? This is more like common sense.

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