Please helpp with my american history!!! thanks =)?

Question

can you give me three reasons to support of the rebellion against Britain and include any reasons you could sympathize with Britain...thanks

Answer 1

In support of Independence:

"taxation without representation is tyranny" James Otis, 1765

Restriction of settlement on the frontier is criminal, and only encourages attacks by "Indians".

Closing the port of Boston, while it doesn't affect me directly, here in Virginia, is a dangerous precedent, which might spread to Norfolk if not stopped now.

In support of the crown:

The King is our benefactor, surely he will intercede in our behalf against his ministers.

Rebellion against a sovereign, annointed by God, is more than treason, it's apostasy

We enjoy the liberties of Englishmen, if we separate from the Mother country, aren't we at risk of falling under the sway of tyrants such as France or Spain? It leaves the door open for "Popery".

I don't live in Virginia, of course, but I chose Virginia, because Illinois was then part of Virginia's claim north of the Ohio.

Indians is an inaccurate term, since no one on the frontier was attacked by anyone from Calcutta or Delhi, but I chose the term since it was contemporary, and far kinder than the "Heathen Savages" term that is found so commonly in primary sources from the colonial period.

Popery, is the influence of the Catholic church. English settlers imported this prejudice against Catholics from the very beginning. This anti-Catholic sentiment still infests the United States today, but with a mother who was raised Catholic, it doesn't affect me. The term and the prejudice was rampant in the late 18th century though, so I used it there. As you are probably aware, France and Spain were both Catholic powers of the period.

Answer 2

Basically, England and the American colonies had grown apart. When England attempted to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies, the colonists felt they were being treated unfairly.

The immediate causes were the following:

1) The Boston Massacre

2) The Tea Act, which led to the protest known as the "Boston Tea Party"

3) Boston Port act--which closed the port of Boston. This really led to the formation of a Continental Congress.

As for sympathizing with England, there were the Loyalists (or Tories), those who were loyal to Great Britain. About one third of the population in the colonies was loyalist. Many loyalists initially protested the objectionable acts of the British Parliament and did not oppose the calling of the first Continental Congress. Although anxious to maintain their rights by means of petition and legal protest, and in some cases not even averse to a show of force, they were strongly opposed to separation from the British Empire. The Declaration of Independence made their position final.

Answer 3

1.Taxes

2.Live far away

3.Don't like the British troops in my house