In the American Revolution, why did the colonists want to be separated from Britain?

Question

In the American Revolution, why did the colonists want to be separated from Britain?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Just read the declaration of independence.

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/doc...

Answer 3

taxes, unfair treatment, and a parlimentory government that did not meet the needs of the american colonists and was to far away to effectivly govern them. ex. decisions and new laws took months to years to be heard across the ocean.yep.

Answer 4

freedom from a lot of things .

Answer 5

Mainly because they didn't like the taxes being raised and them not having any representatives in Britain.

Answer 6

The usual, and widely taught belief, that it was extortionate taxes placed on the colonists without them being represented in Parliament.

However, this is not strictly accurate since firstly, of all the British dominions the American colonists paid the least in all forms of tax - the average Briton paid £26 a year in tax whereas his colonial counterpart paid only £1. The Boston tea party, supposedly committed by ordinary Americans angered at the Tea Act, was actually performed by members of the families made wealthy by smuggling the product and who could no longer make a profit from selling it at a much cheaper price since the East India Company could now sell it themselves at a low level.

Secondly, the idea of representation had been seriously discussed in Parliament under two previous Prime Ministers (Marquis of Rockingham who repealed the hated Stamp Act and the Duke of Grafton) but no American colonist was prepared to leave his home to come to Britain to do the job, for at that time being an MP was an unpaid position, and no formal request was ever made by the colonists.

For virtually all of colonial existence, the crown had scarcely paid any attention to the colonies whatsoever. Certainly there were navigation acts and mercantile laws that taxed the trade of the colonies, but those laws had been virtually impossible to enforce, and the colonists had become very good in avoiding them in any case. (At the time of the revolution, in fact, John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence, had a large number of warrants out for his arrest for smuggling.) So even if the colonists had accepted the idea of parliamentary taxation, practically speaking it would have been something that they were not used to, and adjusting to it would have taxed their patience to the limit. They were,however,prepared to accept it from their own representatives in local congress.

The lack of tact and diplomacy by the incompetent Prime Minister, Lord North, only made the situation worse - especially with the introduction of what were called the "Intolerable Acts"- and the desire for the colonists to keep things the way they had always been and stop what they considered harrassment lead them to conclude that independence from Britain was the only course of action.

Answer 7

You must read the answers from the very pens of the separatists!

The Declaration of Independence lists a complete set of grievances against the British Parliament and the King.

There is no more authoritative source than the words of the Colonists themselves!

Answer 8

Freedom of religion

Answer 9

Something we still complaiin about...but its better than it was then...TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION...Also the fact was that the colonies were making England rich and growing poorer as a result of the relationship (lack there of).  The distribution of wealth was unfair and colonistis resented it so they ultimately rebelled to get their fair share...got far more than they bargained for...PEACE!