The Enlightenment was a major influence on the political ideas of the colonists who pushed for independence from Great Britain
to get revenge on great Britain
The colonists were fighting for their independance from Great Britain.
George III
In the revolutionary war they fought Great Britain for independence
German mercenaries had a reputation for being particularly brutal in battle
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
American colonists did not think that they were being treated fairly by Great Britain.
Great Britain
why did great britain get more than half of the american colonists exports in 1770?
What made the colonists angry at Great Britain was all of the taxes, such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and the Townshend Acts. "No taxation without representation!"
In my opinion,Colonists would be overly excited to get pissed off because of Britain's childish acts. so I say SCREW YOU to Britain
We didn't want to pay our taxes anymore. Actually,the objection wasn't to being taxed, but to be taxed without a say: no taxation without representation!
The colonists were opposed to any tax imposed on them by Great Britain. In addition to voicing their opposition, the colonists also boycotted trade with Great Britain.
that they had a strict trade.
Loyalists
the proclamation of 1763 said that you couldn't settle in the west in North America but some of the colonists already had land in the east. So the colonists were really angry at Britain because they had already paid for that land and couldn't use it now.