THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Felt they were a good challenge for British troops
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Saw them as traitorous acts
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Saw them as a sign of colonial strength
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Viewed them as loyal acts
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Detailed explanation-1: -August 23, 1775-King George III of Great Britain issued the Proclamation of Rebellion today in response to the Battle at Bunker Hill, which occurred on June 17. The proclamation ordered British officials to “use their utmost endeavors to withstand and suppress such rebellion.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The violence turned a colonial revolt against British policy into a fight for political independence. Lexington and Concord led many Americans to support the ‘revolution’. For John Adams, these battles were the moment ‘the Die was cast, the Rubicon crossed’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ironically, during the course of the Revolutionary War, the King played little direct role in the war effort, but he remained invested all the same. He exhorted his military and civil government to stay firm their efforts to put down the rebellion, and uncompromising with the rebels’ goal of independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies, King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw the relationship of Britain and America as that of a parent to a child.