Lets look at this a little farther back.
The Colonists's argument: They were left in solitary neglect for a very long time and were not used to having a king tell them what to do. It was a huge shock to them when the king did take control after the French/Indian war due to war debt.There were a lot of taxes and the colonists never got a say whether they wanted to be taxed or not. Like I said, the colonies were used to being on their own, making their own rules, calling their own shots. To them, it felt like an injustice for the king to regain control over them after such a long period of time.
I understand the colonists arguement, and I do think they made the right descision about breaking away from Britian. I think America took a huge risk by rising against Britian, so the American Revolution was radical. However, it was the right thing to do.
I suppose it would be the similar to ask yourself, was it radical for the Senators of ancient Rome to kill Julius Ceaser if he had the aptitude to be a tyrant? Of course. But it was also the right thing to do.
Think about this; did they really want to find out? They wanted to de-root the source of uncertainty so they wouldn't have to deal with it later when the tyrant was too powerful for them to stop. However, in the colonists eyes, the king of England had already become a tyrant.
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I completeley agree with your blog! I dont know how Britain expected the colonies to all the sudden be okay with them taking away some of their rights and taxing them. I also agree that they should have had representation in parliament. Even thought parliament was supposed to represent everybody, even in the colonies, I think that it would have only been fair if an actual person from the colonies was present in parliament.
ReplyDeleteThe question that I have, though your blog is interesting, is in your second paragraph. You write that you didn't think breaking away from Britain was the right decision, but then you later state in that same paragraph that it was the right thing to do. Can you explain to me what about it wasn't the right decision? I mean the king was becoming a tyrant. I personally believe that without a doubt it was the right thing for people to do. When you are being mistreated, you don't continue to let someone treat you that way.
ReplyDeleteYou misread what I said. I only stated that it was a risk for the colonists to rise against the British, not that it was the wrong thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree Haley. I think that it was a big risk to rise against the British. Like a lot of people you supported yourself very well. Just keep in mind that people may take your writing different ways. Be careful, because along with Brittany I thought the same thing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your in put everyone. I'll work on my writing so this confusuion doesn't happen again. sorry 'bout that!
ReplyDeleteGood answer...don't forget to include a little social history.
ReplyDeleteGood comments as well!