THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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the custom of having a ruling king or queen
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the freedom to wage violent protest if they thought it was necessary
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the potential to have an aristocratic house in the legislature
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the right to pay no tax unless it was levied by their own representatives
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Detailed explanation-1: -One British principle of government valued by the American colonists was the: Right to pay no taxes unless it was levied by their own representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each colony had its own government, but the British king controlled these governments. By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king.
Detailed explanation-3: -The English colonists in America brought with them three main concepts: The need for an ordered social system, or government. The idea of limited government, that is, that government should not be all-powerful. The concept of representative government-a government that serves the will of the people.