2006-07-06 16:51:53 · 9 answers · asked by bumpocooper 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If you look at it strictly from a rational point of view and from the standards of the time, it would be hard to say that it was a just cause. The British colonists in America were relatively well off, their tax burden was actually a lot lighter than the people living in Great Britain at the time, and had a great deal more freedom than the average British citizen.
To me there are several things that tipped the scale in favor of the war.
1. Humanism and rationalism were beginning to show the cracks in the slowly dying monarchal systems that ruled Europe at the time. The American colonists simply started what would eventually become a movement through the next several centuries of democratic revolutions designed to replace the decadent ruling systems in Europe.
2. The American colonists had in essence become so distant not only in location but also in culture and thought from their European bretheren that they already were a separate country from Britain.
3. Please don't write me hate mail for this, but I honestly believe that God ordained The United States as a haven to promote democracy and freedom. We had to fight for our independence because God knew that something that costs you dearly in blood, treasure and sweat is going to be more valuable to you than if it were just given to you.
I hope this has been helpful.
2006-07-06 22:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by Modest intellect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. England's claim to this land was taken by force and their rule was repressive. Democracy is the most natural government to be ruled by and is worth fighting for. America was England's cash cow. Well, the cows got fed up with the abuse and decided to open their own farm. Think of it as if before the Revolutionary War America was a sweatshop, the English Monarchy was the sweatshop owners, and the revolutionists were the workers. The English were not harming us in a physical way necessarily, but they were unjustly capitalizing off our labor with out giving anything of equal value in return.
2006-07-07 00:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by taylor799802 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was. Even though it was unintentional, I think the English were harsh on the Americans after the 7 years war. They did not loosen the reins on the colonies, and tightened it if anything. I feel that George the III instigated it by putting heavy taxes on the colonists and for not respecting their diverging culture. The Americans tried to go about independence peacefully, but they were denied it. So, yes I think it was a just war.
2006-07-07 17:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by jasonrichard08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not in comparison to the hardships causing revolutions in the 20th century. I wrote a 4 page essay in school about this. Monarchy was the status quo back then, and the Americans fought over taxes. True there have been worse causes for a revolution (Cambodia in the 70's) but in comparisson to many other revolutions with the amount of bloodshed, no. Of course, in hindsight it looked good because we were trend setters, but hindsight is always 20/20
2006-07-06 23:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by mbezlr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, it was just a bunch of BS like every other war is. The rich manipulated the poor into fighting for "freedom" to justify their own means. Why is it that only landowners could vote back then, and they voted for war, but they didnt fight in it? It was all poor people who fought in that war, and if someone had enough money they could buy their way out of fighting. Try reading "A people's history of the US 1492-present" by Howard Zinn so you can find out the truth.
2006-07-13 15:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just another war one that changed the course of history in a big way but actually it was pretty short and insignificant. The British mainly operated with mercenaries
2006-07-07 16:58:11 · answer #6 · answered by Gecko 1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The History Channel's series about that war is trying to answer that question. I suppose it all depends on how badly hurt the farmers and merchants of the colonies were by the taxing of England. They were willing to give their lives. There must have been plenty of reason.
2006-07-06 23:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. look at it for a moment strictly from the eyes of the colonists. If you were being micromanaged by a country 1/10th of your size from 3000 miles away, what would you do?
2006-07-07 00:00:58 · answer #8 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! We needed to be free of the rule of Great Britain and that's what the colonies wanted.
2006-07-06 23:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by Apple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋