THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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They were on a diet
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Tea and sugar was an export from Great Britain and they didn’t want to give them more money
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Great Britain taxed these products unfairly
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It was a scarce resource in America
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Detailed explanation-1: -The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War.
Detailed explanation-2: -A popular method of protest was the boycott, in which people refused to buy British goods. The first colonial boycott started in New York in 1765. It soon spread to other colonies. Colonists hoped that their efforts would hurt the British economy and Page 2 might convince Parliament to end the new taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The Sugar Act was seen as unfair by the American colonists because they had no direct representation in Parliament. Parliament passed the Sugar Act as a way to raise revenue to pay off Great Britain’s debts incurred in the Seven Years War (1756-1763).