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How come the British and the colonists had a bad relationship with each other?? What did they do to each other? I know that this was one of the main reasons why it led up to the American Revolution.

2007-12-02 13:03:26 · 6 answers · asked by jules 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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Britian wanted the colonists in AMerica to 'hold the fort' in their never ending war with France for world domination.

The colonists found it hard enough to survive in America without paying exhorbitant taxes, and following laws that only made sense in England...

Thus, the division. Colonists sought independance from financial slavery to a monarchy that cared only about filling its coffers ( to fight against France among other things)

There Was a strong faction of
Brits who were loyal to England, and did not associate themselves with the "rabble" of "american freedom fighters"

2007-12-02 13:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by querry 3 · 0 0

The British governed the colonies and collected taxes for the king. The colonists began to rebell and when the Brits put a tax on tea it "broke the camels back", and hence The Boston Tea Party. Things went down hill from there.

2007-12-02 13:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Hirise bill 5 · 0 0

There are several books written about the revolution and the Colonists relationship with British rule. The local library is the source to answer your question.

2007-12-02 13:12:14 · answer #3 · answered by googie 7 · 0 0

it is simple.. in those days there were kingdoms.. the kings owned everything.. He thought he owned the colonies until the colonies decided to break away and create their own form of government.. the kind tried to militarily take control of the colonies.. He lost.. we won.. the rest is history.. which leads me to this question.. As an American, you should know this.. if you are not an American then that would explain why you had to ask the question.. which are you?

2007-12-02 13:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by J. W. H 5 · 0 0

those activities are sensationalized, yet they're exaggerations of a few very actual activities. Tavington is predicated upon the Col. Banastre Tarleton who earned the nicknames, "The Butcher" and "Bloody Ban." Tarleton supposedly had one hundred+ individuals killed after their renounce at Waxhaws which grew to become regularly occurring because of the fact the "Waxhaws bloodbath." Burning cities replaced into additionally a tactic of Tarleton to instill concern into the interior sight inhabitants; even regardless of the undeniable fact that, that's not likely that he burned an occupied church. he's even "credited" with exhuming the physique of Colonial conventional and desecrating the physique in front of the kinfolk. Tarleton replaced into brutal and tried to regulate the inhabitants by way of concern. Tarleton replaced into at Yorktown whilst Corwallis surrendered and replaced into the only British officer no longer invited to dine with the american officers.

2016-10-18 22:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

They disagreed about religious values, social issues, political theory, and economic policies. You can see these detailed out in a short article here:

http://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/origins_of_the_american_revolution

2007-12-02 17:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by rogerws76 4 · 0 0

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