THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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detail the many grievances (complaints) the colonists had against the king
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create a new colonial government
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explain why the colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763
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outline the future of the country
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country. The introductory sentence states the Declaration’s main purpose, to explain the colonists’ right to revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three main themes of the colonists’ complaints are individual rights, representation, and taxation. Individual rights are rights guaranteed to people. Representation in the English Parliament was important to the colonists, and the colonists believed that taxation without representation was wrong.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Declaration of Independence (1776) built on the American settlers’ common goals of unity, freedom and protection of individual rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -Quartering British troops in the colonies. Not punishing these troops when they harm colonists. Cutting off the colonists’ trade with the rest of the world. Taxing the colonists without their permission.