HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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The independence movement began soon after the founding of the Plymouth Colony.
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Protests against British colonial policies gradually led to demands for independence.
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The King of England required the colonists to become economically self-sufficient.
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The movement for independence was equally strong in all of the colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Colonists believed they did not have self-government. The British forced colonists to allow British soldiers to sleep and eat in their homes. The colonists joined together to fight Britain and gain independence. They fought the War of Independence from 1775 to 1783.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1770s, more and more colonists became convinced that Parliament intended to take away their freedom. In fact, the Americans saw a pattern of increasing oppression and corruption happening all around the world. Parliament was determined to bring its unruly American subjects to heel.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was on this day in 1765 that the British Parliament signed the Stamp Act, a move that lit the fuse for a revolution in the American colonies that burned for a decade.