Will the British answer this?

Question

Do you know what the British thought of us during the late 17 hundreds? When I say us I mean the forefathers of the future USA. I'm talking about the revelutionary war. ;)

Answer 1

Opinions were divided - most people saw the colonists as ungrateful and rebellions (don't forget a lot of colonists stayed loyal and thought the same way). Some of the more liberal intelligensia applauded the rebellion as the first sign of non-monarchial government arriving and doing away with that particular tyranny.

Samuel Johnson remarked that it was noticeable that the men who cried loudest for liberty were those who drove their ***** slaves the hardest.

Answer 2

Speaking of the British view of the American Colonies in the late 1700's they saw the colonists as ungrateful children. In the eyes of the British they had just fought a costly war(French and Indian war) to secure the colonies for the british colonists and they then felt that the colonists should pay back the government for the war. This led ot the Tea Acts, Coercive Acts, Stamp Acts which were all soundly rejected by the colonists who felt these were unjustly forced upon them. If you want a real good book to look at to see the beliefs of both sides during the 1700's read "Major Problems in the era of the American Revolution 1760-1795" by Robert D. Brown. Its a book filled with primary documents of the time, Parlimentary debates over the colonies, King George III mandates as well as colonial primary documents like statements from the colonial legislatures and such. Should help ya out a lot.

Answer 3

The American Revolution.

Lexington and Concord.

April 19, 1775. "The shot heard around the world" was the first battle of the American Revolution.

http://www.earlyamerica.com/shot_heard.htm

Timeline of the American Revolution.

http://theamericanrevolution.org/tline.asp

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html

http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html

Massachusetts Colony was a hotbed of sedition in the spring of 1775. Preparations for conflict with the Royal authority had been underway throughout the winter with the production of arms and munitions, the training of militia (including the minutemen), and the organization of defenses.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lexington.htm

http://www.historiclexington.com/battle.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/boflandc.htm

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/lexington/lexingxx.htm

http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/mo023.htm

The Second Continental Congress

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/SecondCongress.htm


Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

It was a long time ago - we've mostly got over it all by now. You were all mostly born here around then anyway so you were just regarded as British yourselves.

Here - don't forget we're the reason that your White House is white - we set it on fire and then you had to whitewash it.

Answer 5

Dang those colonists!