what were some unfiar things britian did to the U.S in the 1700s??

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Answer 1

Here is one writer's suggested list of the "Top 10 Civil Liberties Violations That Helped Cause the American Revolution"

1) Taxation Without Representation
2) No Free Trade
3) Unlimited Search and Seizure
4) Destruction of Colonial Government
5) Oppression of Political Protesters
6) Immunity for Corrupt and Abusive British Officers
7) Direct Control of the Criminal Justice System
8) Guilty by Parliament - no guarantee of trial by jury
9) Forced Quartering of Soldiers
10) Closure of the Boston Port
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/historyprofiles/tp/independence.htm
(the page includes an explanation of each point)

Specific enumerations of the liberties the colonists believed had been violated are found in the various written complaints by individual colonies and by the Second Continental Congress at the beginning of the Revolution. The best known of these is, of course, the list found in the Declaration of Independence (as THE reasons for which they were declaring independence).
http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html

For some perspective on these complaints, and the history behind the ideas of the people's rights, note the observations about the "Declaration of Rights on 1689" and the declarations of the states (colonies) here:
http://www.saumag.edu/edavis/AmLit/2004/DeclarationofIndependenceMaierNotes.html

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There are clearly economic issues involved -- taxation, for instance, can have major economic implact, and the effects of limitations on free trade (esp.since this was a change in practice/enforcement after the French & Indian War) certainly hit the colonists' pockebooks. But these things were not enough in themselves -- it was the conviction that their PRIOR rights as Englishmen, which they HAD been enjoying, were now being trampled on that finally sparked Revolution.

TAXATION is probably the liberty/economic issue most often mentioned, and people think first of the tax legislation of the 1760s, esp. the "Stamp Act". But another major piece that we should NOT overlook was the restrictions on industry and free trade, esp. laws which PREVENTED the colonies from making certain things to sell and/or forcing them in certain areas ONLY to trade with England. The last of these was a big part of the TEA controversy, leading to the Boston Tea Party. But already in the1750s English laws forbade the colonists MAKING products from the iron they mined. Rather they were required to send it to England to be turned into manufacturd goods.

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Another excellent place to go for perspective on which liberties the American colonists felt had been threatened or violated is the"Bill of Rights" (the first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution), The first EIGHT of these enumerate and guarantee what we would recognize as civil liberties. And many if not all of these were specifically in response to the sorts of rights the colonists believed they were supposed to have as Englishmen, but which the King and Parliament had not been honoring.


I - no national establishment of religion, or prohibition of free exercise, freedom of speech and of the press; the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

II -right to keep and bear arms

III - no quartering of soldiers without owner's consent and by law

IV - no unreasonable searches (warrants required)

V - cannot be held for crime without indictment, nor put in double jeopardy; cannot be compelled to testify vs. oneself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

VI -right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury. . . must know charges, be confronted by witnesses. . . able to defend self

VII - right of trial by jury in larger civil cases

VIII - no excessive bail or fines imposed, no cruel and unusual punishments
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html

The link with the Revolution is clearer when you read the similar concerns of "The Virginia Declaration of Rights", written in June 1776.
http://theamericanrevolution.org/hdocs/vdecofrights.asp

Note that serveral of these are related to judicial protection -- to be fairly tried, etc. and by one's peers. This all brings to mind some of the "Intolerable Acts" passed by Parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party. These included the "Quartering Act" and the "Administration of Justice Act" which took away the local administration of justice in Massachusetts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administration_of_Justice_Act_1774

Answer 2

Because when we were looking for berries in the woods and playing our little drums and Native American Music, they had real Classical music, which helpped them a lot. If Mexico did more Rock, instead of Rancheritas they would be more advance than The U.S. because the Aztecs were good at math. We have good bands, but the american culture went back to it's primitive ways and started to listen to Rap. Kermit the frog should educate him/her self more before saying anything about the Orchestra. Steven Tyler from Aerosmith plays the violin. Our culture is not about choir or band or orchestra, unfortanetly it's all about sports, and we don't even focous in the good ones. We need more music theory classes in our schools, and then give the students the choice of the intrument that they want to play. And get them started when they are young, so they can play a lot of different intruments, like Steven Tyler. (i'm listening to Aerosmitn right now)

Answer 3

lots of taxation without representation (overtaxing without allowing people to vote or have a say in what goes on)

Answer 4

stamp tax.