My guess is,the American War of Independence happened because of the length of time it took communications from the British Monarchy to reach the colony.The settlers in the new world held down the fort only to be told after lose of family members and friends,that the fort land could be released back to the natives and that we should move on to new lands and set up forts there and hold them until the next ships and monarchy orders arrived. The monarchy were hampered due to messengers neglect and fear of reprisal."Across the Atlantic all is well your majesty."
2007-05-07 09:21:28 · 12 answers · asked by 197507261830approx: 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think that had something to do with it. The character of the people who immigrated to the colonies had something to do with it as well. The colonies, being far away from the home land though, and being administered for the good of the home country at the expense of the colonies, is, to my mind, the thing which probably carried the greatest weight.
Maggie
2007-05-07 09:27:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well as a professor I'm just plain glad to see somebody taking the trouble to think through to a position of there own about an historical question.
On the specifics, I'm not sure that you would find a lot of support for you position among scholars of the revolution. The causes of that revolution were many and varied. Probably the best new book about it is by Eric G. Nellis "The Long Road to Change". On the issue of communication across the Atlantic, Ian Steele argues that by the mid-18th century communications were very good and the Atlantic united not divided the mother country from her colonies. See his "The English Atlantic".
2007-05-07 09:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by CanProf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's definitely a new take on it. The party line is that the Colonists felt that they were being taxed more than the British, even though they considered themselves to be British. That's why the Stamp Act was considered so terrible--any document had to have a stamp on it that the tax had been paid on it. Additional taxes, like the tax on tea, were making it very hard on the colonists. Also, colonists had to be shipped to England to be tried--that didn't exactly feel like a trial by your peers.
And I'm not sure just what you mean about holding down the forts--we were expanding into Indian territory long before the Revolutionary War. Unfortunately, we thought we could just steamroller over the Native Americans and take their land.
2007-05-07 09:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That was a big part actually.
The British military was position at the West frontier to protect the American Brits from the natives, and vice versa. Despite sea to sea charters expansion was stopped so that more land would not be taken (as well as control reasons and such).
Another big thing that hasnt been mentioned is the monarchy. The Americans wanted their own version of Parliament that answered to the king. Everytime something was protested it was against the king, but everything that was actually protested against was something that was done by Parliament.
Too many factors-yours is a moderately well known one.
2007-05-07 09:55:50 · answer #4 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-04 12:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance certainly played a part. It was the reason why the idea of having American Members of Parliament was a non-starter.
2007-05-07 18:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The people of what was to be come the United States of America were tiered of being over taxed and the powers in control not caring about there welfare. Things that matter really do not change. Do they ?
2007-05-07 10:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by Benthebus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It happened because we didn't want to pay our taxes to repay the money used to defend us. There was quite of back and forth. The king wouldn't listen. More than just a communication problem.
2007-05-07 09:27:33 · answer #8 · answered by Richard F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your assumption is correct then why did India and Australia remain colonies?
2007-05-07 09:29:47 · answer #9 · answered by Hecaeta 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a really good School House Rock out there about this exact topic. :-)
2007-05-07 10:30:15 · answer #10 · answered by retropink 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋