Once the Americans got rid of the British, they could move forward and give people their rights. This would not have been possible without the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence, also Document H, let Britain know that the Americans were serious about their independence and this led to their eventual victory over Britain. After the war ended they had to set up a new government system, so they wrote the Articles of Confederation, Document I. All the Articles of Confederation did was set up a system to fail
The 1773 Tea Act, made the colonists to realize that the British still had the right to tax the colonies. Sam Adams wanted the American people to remember the cause of liberty. He helped form the committees of correspondence. They announced news throughout the colonies about things like who was and who wasn’t boycotting British goods. This communication helped the colonies in acting together.
Socially they developed an identity by uniting because of hardships of British taxation, and regulation. Constitutionally they developed identity through coming together by drawing out freedoms, in which Britain did not allow, creating a sense of being their own nation. Thus, throughout the revolution colonists created a sense of identity as Americans through conventions like the Albany Conference, unity because of British oppression, and creating freedoms which physically set them apart from Britain. Politically the colonies developed identity by unifying through conferences like the Albany conference. The Albany conference of 1754 which adopted Ben Franklin’s plan of union, which proposed that Indian affairs, Western settlement, and other items of mutual interest be placed under the authority of one general government.
Britain was, after all, the political, social, economic, and cultural center of the American colonies. Americans modeled their political institutions on British institutions; they strove to imitate British social practices; they depended on the British to buy their raw materials, extend them credit, and protect their ships. Like their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic, the colonists exalted in the achievements of Britain, closely following the accounts of military victories throughout the empire and enthusiastically participating in the rapidly expanding spheres of trade. In fact, during the eighteenth century the majority of the people who populated the North American colonies considered themselves to be Britons. At the close of the French and Indian War (1754-1760), Benjamin Franklin wrote, "No one can more sincerely rejoice than I do on the reduction of Canada; and this is not merely as I am a colonist, but as I am a Briton."
During 1774 Thomas Jefferson had composed and assembled a written document on his thoughts and beliefs of the British Empire on the colonies. He set forth on a motive that would express the tyranny that had existed throughout. In A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Jefferson begins to show homage to the British Parliament but then as the text continues he expresses numerous concerns over the oppressing force of the British over the American Colonies. Jefferson’s perspective of the British Parliament under the ruling of King Charles is very much clear. “The British Parliament would arrogate over us” (Jefferson Pg.1).
DBQ: Identity and Unity of the Colonists The American colonist had an exceptionally developed interpretation of their identity and alliance as a whole by the close of the revolution; nevertheless it still took a longer duration of time to acquire the colonial unification as a whole than rather a distinguished identity. The colonies distributed envy towards each other causing a slow procession in unity. The tyranny brought upon the colonist by King Philip gave the enlightened ideas that commenced into the fight for their freedom from Great Britain. The French and Indian War was one of the first steps in stimulating unity. The Americans fought under British’s flag giving them victory towards the France.
The mid-18th century was a time that saw the birth of new economic systems. One of those systems was mercantilism. In the process of transforming the North American landscape, Britain had developed a beneficial relationship with the American colonists whilst pursuing their mercantile goals. However, the benefits pursuant to this relationship would eventually become null and void. This paper will establish the argument that Britain no longer benefited from a mercantilist relationship with the American colonists after 1763.
But Americans had become used to having control over their local government. They objected to the new laws and protested being taxed without their consent. In 1775, Britain's Parliament declared Massachusetts, the center of most of the protests, to be in rebellion. British troops were placed in Boston to take swift action against the rebels. Shortly afterwards, war broke out.
The theory of political independence emerged in the colonies after the French and Indian War in 1763 due to recurring crises, such as taxation, trade regulations, and many other wrongful laws. The original plan, or call to action, of the colonies was the eventual plan to reconcile with Britain and return to the era of salutary neglect, which was lost after the French and Indian War. After particular events that led up to the American Revolution, the colonists formed a more united nation and realized their need and want for independence. During 1763-1766, many unfair acts were passed, beginning with the Proclamation Act of 1763, which prohibited the colonies from going west of the Appalachian Mountains. This law angered the colonists because this impeded them from obtaining new, cheap land.
Liam Lankowicz Causes Of The Revolutionary War In 1763 it was the end of the French and Indian War, the loss of the French and the Native American friends in America. For America’s English Colonists, this brought them happiness in their English identities. The expression of English patriotism was widespread. Twelve years later those same people found themselves in a tough conflict with the mother country that had recently made them happy. Now over 200 years later the debate between England and her American colonies from allies to enemies is still going on.