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Question

We have to come up with a list on explaining how American political independence grew between the years 1690 and 1750!!! What the heck!! That's even before the Declaration of Independence and the "no taxation without representation!" I don't have a freaking clue what to put down so thanks if you do~ I appreciate any info I can get!

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Answer 1

Well, from almost the very beginning, the colonists had to work out a lot of things for themselves, because they were an ocean away from the mother country and communication was both slow and undependable. Therefore, they had to figure out how to manage without the familiar forms they had known till then.

Naturally, they tried to reproduce the forms they had known in the homeland. However, the homeland didn't have some of the unique situations that the colonies did--most notably, how to get along with the native population.

This has often been referred to as a state of "salutary neglect," in which Britain pretty much left the colonies to deal with local matters in the way the colonists felt best suited their particular circumstances.

The French and Indian War, which broke out in 1755, was one of the factors that led to the American Revolution--Britain had fought this war, they felt, for the benefit of the colonists and felt that the colonists should pay a portion of the cost in the form of more and higher taxes. The colonists disagreed, mainly because they had no voice in Parliament and felt it unjust to have money being asked of them without any way of giving input to how it should be sent.

Forgive the pun, but the rest is history.

Answer 2

II. Political Union: Origins & Early Development

Political references to union were present among American gentry as early as the 1630s, when Connecticut officials proposed a "united ... consociation amongst our selves" of the New England colonies. Such calls were commonplace by 1754, when a Plan of Union, mainly drafted by Benjamin Franklin, was ratified by the Albany Congress. The Plan's modest aim--a mutual-defense society, built on cooperative measures--marked the limit of colonial leaders' imagination concerning national community before the 1760s. Americans' restraint owed to a mixture of fealty to Britain and intense mutual suspicion, epitomized in a comment from New York governor Benjamin Fletcher. Visiting Connecticut in November 1693, Fletcher bemoaned his neighbors' "Independent principle," grousing that "These small colonies ... are [as] much divided in their interest and affection as Christian and Turk."(22)

Answer 3

They want you to find examples how we started to become more independant. We didn't wake up one day and say let's get rid of Great Britain out of the blue. It started with small things first.
One example could be settlements too far away for formal british rule, somewhere in the boonies. They had a mayor, some sort of law and they lived their lives without the british rule.

Answer 4

Go to wikipedia and type "american revolution" in the search bar, then work from there. Maybe some links will be available at the bottom of the page that will help you find a starting point. You'll probably have to do some digging.

COLONIAL AMERICA....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_America#Unification_of_the_British_coloniesA

Hope this helps! =)

Answer 5

This may not have the exact answers for you, but it's a good starting point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_history#Unification_of_the_British_colonies

Did you read/see "Last of the Mohicans"? The colonists felt that the British government did not respect their needs, so this might be construed as one of the factors in America's path to independence.

Answer 6

So do your very own homework. study the historic previous e book for that era. checklist the activities that befell and the dates. Then be sure which activities affected american political independence. How confusing can that be?

Answer 7

Roses are red violets are blue,
I won't do homework for you!