In the Revolutionary War what Human Right were violated?

Question

some examples please

Answer 1

Tough question.
I'm not certain the people had any "rights" as we now think of them.
The English crown certainly didn't believe the people had any rights.

Things done that we today construe as rights violations.

Taxes levied with no one to represent the colonies.
Civilians ordered to house and feed the soldiers.
Property siezed for the good of the kings soldiers. As when they took horses or cows or chickens etc.

That is all that comes to mind now, but that alone was enough to make the people realize they had to have a new form of government.

Answer 2

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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

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 3

~The terrorist rebels destroyed crown property, murdered crown troops, refused to pay duly legislated taxes and generally thumbed their noses at the established laws and authoity of their sovereign. The troops in the field on both sides acted as troops will and generally raped, murdered and pillaged wherever and whenever they pleased. Both sides equally disregared the rights of the true leige lords of the land and slaughtered the natives for sport. However, given the tenor of the times, "human rights" were limited to those conferred by the crown or act of Parliment and the folks in open rebellion against their government were rightfully branded traitors and seditionists and they had no rights save the right to swing by the neck from the nearest tree. But, with French intervention, the colonials prevailed and then borrowed from the works of John Locke and others and created a whole new set of "human rights" for themselves. Your questions is a little vague, don't you think?

Answer 4

Individual rights in the time of the revolution were not different than they are today except they were better understood and certainly more appreciated. The reason for this is quite simple, individual rights are evolved from the roots of English Common Law. While these roots are buried deep in Celtic culture going back at least 3,000 years, they were formalized in the first Great Charter (Magna Carta) in 1215. Subsequent Kings had to redo this charter by swearing fealty to it.

These Individual Rights evolved and were further formalized in subsequent documents such as:
The Mayflower Compact [1620]
The Petition of Right [1628]
An Agreement of the Free People of England [1649]
The Bill of Rights (not the U.S.) [1689]
Declarations of the Stamp Act of Congress [1765]
Declaration of the First Continental Congress [1774]
The Declaration of Independence [1776]

All of the preceding (and more) preceded the Revolution and represent a growing understanding of, and the accepted body of Individual Rights founded on the Common Law.

During the revolution there was:
The Articles of Confederation [1778]
The Treaty of Peace [1783]

Preceding, during, and subsequent to the Revolution the Colonies (come) States developed their own Constitutions:

The freeholders and Other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston appointed a committee to; “State the Rights of the Colonists.” [1772]

The Articles of Association [1774] (This was an attempt to stay with the Crown.)

The First State Constitutions [1776 through 1786]

Constitution of Connecticut
Constitution of Delaware
Constitution of Georgia
Constitution of Maryland
Constitution of Massachusetts-Bay
Constitution of New-Hampshire
Constitution of New-Jersey
Constitution of New-York
Constitution of North-Carolina
Constitution of Pennsylvania
Constitution of South-Carolina
Constitution of Vermont
Constitution of Virginia

From these the world came to recognize the reality of Individual Rights as existing in the American Colonies. Subsequent to the Revolution there was:

The Constitution of the United States [1787]

The Bill of Rights to the Constitution of the United States [1791]

The Founders were well educated, versed in law and the history of governments, one might even make the case they were far better versed than the average person today. However, they weren’t unique, they were similar in terms of knowledge to members of Parliament all of whom were well versed in Adam Smith, John Locke, Montesquieu, and others.

For the Revolution itself the country was closely divided into three more or less equal (by numbers) groups, those supporting the Revolution, those supporting England, and those who didn’t care who won. The separation with England that led to fighting came from the setting aside (by the Crown) of basically accepted Common Law Individual Rights in the Americas while maintaining them for the people of England. There were those in the English Parliament who voiced their opposition to such acts which primarily impacted taxes and the quartering of troops as armies were sent from England to force the Americans to pay the taxes.

In some parts of the county the repression by the English armies became very bloody and directed at civilians. The response by Americans was often just as bloody and some times directed at civilians supporting the Crown. However, there was little of the terrorist activities as noted by some who have answered the question. Many of the populace which supported the English left for Canada and in so doing left their belongings behind. Some of these same individuals were sized as participating spies for the English. Clearly both sides used this event to even old scores, but there was never any policy on the Colonists’ side to do harm to those civilians, however, there was such policy and acts by the English by doing such things freeing slaves to fight for the English on the promise that they would earn their freedom..

Answer 5

in the war itself,it was normal for the americans to kill there prisoners,they also murdered other americans that wanted nothing to do with war,taking livestock from farmers to use for the continental army without any compensation,bullying young boys to fight against the british.