If the original settlers left to get away from the King of England why was the USA an English colony?

Question

I was thinking about this today and I couldn't think of the answer. If the original settlers came to the US to get away from England and the King then why did we have to fight England for our independence?

So is the story of the pilgrims a lie? Was the Mayflower King sponsored and did they come over here FOR the King?

Answer 1

It might be a good idea to read some history instead of asking really dumb questions. People fled from all of Europe and later even Asia to be free here. The initial problems were religious persecution as well as corrupted governments and the long lasting feudal system. The class structure in earlier days did not permit the poor to advance.

Answer 2

No, the King wasn't just going to give up the land, but he would let people like the pilgrims settle on it. In that way, they were basically independent, which is what really cause the Revolution in the first place.

Sure, the colonists paid taxes and the like but it was never really that big of a deal until they were over taxed on just about everything for the King to pay for the war between England a France that went on for seven years and depleted the revenue. The English figured the were subjects of the King like they were so the Americans should pay for the war, too. The Colonists were annoyed because not only was it a lot of money all of a sudden that they didn't have, but many of them had been born in America for generations and had never even seen England. They figured at the very least, that they should have a representative in Parliament watching out for their interests. ("Taxation without representation is Tyranny" Tom Payne, maybe?) Of course it was unheard of for colonists to have representatives in Parliament so that didn't happen.

The King just let them use some of his land in the New World. He didn't sell it to them, not that they could have afforded it. He said something like if they pay taxes and send crops grown back to England, they could use the land. He was just trying to get rid of the Pilgrims, or William Penn, who were trouble makers back home.

Answer 3

The first settlers from England didn't come here to get away from the King.... They came on behalf of the King to bring back riches and such.

Eventually, via a few wars and Indian affairs the settlers decided that paying taxes to the King was a waste of time and a little expensive. So, they quit and declared their Independence. This should be starting to have a familiar ring to it... Recognize anything?

Answer 4

The land in the Americas was English (well, technically, Spanish, but by that point the Spanish really couldn't do anything about it). The colonies were established on land granted to them by the English monarchy, and they were still governed by English law. Since you had to get authorization from England to establish your colony, England still maintained its control. It was the distance from the stiff rules and laws of England that encouraged groups looking for a little more freedom to colonize America. That distance allowed them to operate more independently and under their own day to day rules.

Most of the colonies were funded by groups of independent citizens from England. The monarchy didn't actively support the colonies in the early years for fear of offending Spain who technically claimed all of the New World.

Answer 5

Dude the colonists was sponsored-supported-funded by England's money and ships.
Kings and Queens of England made, paid and paved the way.

Thus parts of America was "english" colonist (people)
other parts was france
spain
portugal
so forth

Duh--no history in your school system.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

cuz the people that founded it were english. they couldn't help but bring their english ways over here, if that's what they were. i'm sure england wanted to conquer the place.