why did the british colonies become unhappy with the british rule?
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There were issues regarding the Brittish Crown's decision to have the Colonies of America pay for the French & Indian War.  This led to an outcry of "Taxation without Representation," the notion that Americans were being taxed by the Brittish Parlaiment without the American's voices being officially heard during the consideration.  \nAs a result, many started toying with the idea of independent rule.  This led to many other events and eventually the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution.  David McCullough's 1776 is a great book to use as a guide.
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Usually, revolutions come a bout from a radical sect of people would disagree with the status quo and rebel, sometimes very violently, against their government. The American Revolution stands apart from these because it was a conservative revolution, one that people rebel against their government for disrupting the status quo. \n\nThe first example of Britain altering the status quo in the area of politics was the Proclamation of 1763. This piece of legislature was created in response to Pontiac's rebellion. The Proclamation drew an imaginary line on the Appalachian crest and stated that Indians must remain to the west of that line and the colonists to the east. This angered the colonists because it put their western claims under royal control and severely limiting their expansion.
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Same reason they settled in other colonies: opportunity!!  Opportunity to worship, to self-governance, to create something, to start over, for an adventure!
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You've stumbled upon a dirty little secret.  Traditionally people like to say the states is racist and Canada welcoming (Canada never held slaves they say etc)  but Canada has a core of people who see themselves as the descendents of Empire Loyalists--some (not all I hope!) dont like any "new people" in the country --they think British is the real root of Canada (whereas in America the original settlers fought britain to become a country --canada was always the obedient child of Britain)--this leads some people to say you are more Canadian if you are of british (therefore Empire Loyalist) extraction.  Whereas in America --its like: you cannot say that (logically) because they fought to free themselves from the British --so how are you more american if you are from there?  you are more american because your granddaddy was one of the original rebels in the US war of independence? see.... in Canada you can say that. Of course its wrong.  Stay in Canada marry have children until ALL racists die out --thats how you do it my friend. Oh and there are people of british/empire loyalist group who are NOT racist--and they hate those who are.
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I don't think they feared it.  Colonials were paying such a small share of taxes that parliament probably didn't think it would be the big deal that it was.  It was a big deal because, unlike the sugar tax and previous taxes levied against the colonies, this was a visible tax--everyone who paid it knew they paid it.  This upset some because they had no representation in parliament, and would had no say in creating this tax or any others that may come in the future.
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i'm not quite sure what you mean, but america had the revolutionary war to break away from england. because england was basicaly trying to control them and make them pay so many different taxes that they hardly had enough money left for them selfes. also there was a law passed by england that said that they cant settle west of the applaction mouintains. and they had gained alot of land there by defeating the french in a war years before.
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no but pakistan and india were one nation in the past and the british led to their division which was very depressing and awful as their were massacres all around as people of hindu and muslim religion were just running towards the indian and pakistani parts (now) respectively.
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the difference in attitude between the colonists (who wanted their independence) and the parliament/king of england.\n\nalso the belief of indirect representation, which basically means that parliament thought that they could rule the colonies indirectly from overseas, but colonists believed in direct representation
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it came about via the slave trade giving some black so call powers to keep the others at bay. Jamaica has no affect now on anything cept vacation time,but you have to pick a good day or take the chance of getting machete the death.
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The British Commonwealth
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The steps leading up to the war and their consequences are as follows:\n1. Proclomation of 1763 which prohibited the colonist from living west of the Appalachian Mts.-made the colonist mad and many disregarded the proclomation.\n2. Britain raising taxes on the colonist to help defray the costs of the French and Indian War-the colonist protested and refused to pay the taxes.\n3. Boston Massacre in 1770 which was used as American propoganda against the British when in fact it was a large crowd threatening a small group of British soldiers who either fired accidently or out of fear for their lives\n4. Quartering of British soldiers in colonists homes-caused great resentment against the British.\n5. Boston Tea Party in which colonist threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest the monopoly given the British East India Trading Company causing the British to pass the Coercive Acts which severly punished Boston.\n6.  To show support for the Mass. colony all of the colonies except one met at the first Continental Congress and authorized colonies to raise militias, and to boycott British tea.\n7. Lexington and Concord April 1775-British troops attempted to capture Sam Adams and a store of arms and powder at Concord, Mass.  The British were met at Lexington, Mass. on April 19th by a small group of "minute men", resulting in the death of several colonist.\n8. Second Continental Congress-creates an army and names George Washington as commander.\n9. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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We have had two wars with Britian, the American Revolution and the War of 1812.  The American Revolution had many causes including taxes without corresponding representation in the British Parliament. Also resentment of the Quartering of British soldiers in colonist homes, the Boston Massacre, and the British punishment of Boston for the Boston Tea party. The War of 1812 was fought because the British were kidnapping American sailors off of American ships, and the British provoking Indians to attack Americans.
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The British colonies sent rice, tobacco, indigo, and furs to Britain. Britain sent cloth and manufactured goods to the West Indies.  The West Indies sent goods to the British colonies.\n\nThe West Indies sent sugar, molasses, and fruit to Britain.  Britain sent iron, cloth, and weapons to Africa.  Africa sent enslaved persons to West Indies. \n\nThe West Indies sent molasses to the British colonies.  The British colonies sent rum, iron, and tools to Africa.  Africa sent enslaved persons, gold, and pepper to the West Indies.
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The British Empire is only one in a long line of expansive failed empires.  We could look to Greece, the moors and the Romans to get examples of others.\nHistory is too much like philosophy in that there isn't always one right answer.\nIt is clear though that large empires are very hard to maintain. There is a natural tendency for such to become apathetic, ignoring a peoples natural tendency to resent foreign rule. This makes governing impossible.\nI would say Afghanistan is more a function of their support of the "Yanks" more than colonialism...remember the years of the IRA, the US stopped the group's funding maybe it was a payback.
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The most radical departure was the presidency, instead of a monarchy.  The British had the Magna Carta, and actually a pretty good judicial system (which we adopted to a great extent), and they had parliament which was not that different from congress.  But a monarchy that is inherited is vastly different from a presidency which is voted upon every four years.
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It was an act of treason.  Had the colonist lost the Revolutionary War those men certainly would have been rounded up and hanged.  We called these men Patriots.  In England, they were considered traitors.
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It's our own fault.  The French lost all legitimate claim to Canada in 1759 in the French Indian War.  England allowed them to keep their culture, language, government etc. rather then telling them that this is now a English controlled region under the Crown and if you don't do things our way you can leave.  We here in Canada ever since that time have allowed the French to complain and get what they want.  It got even worse under the Trudeau Liberal government in the 1970's...  Canada is and ENGLISH country under the Commonwealth of Great Britain, not France.  The sooner the French in this country come to that realization, the better off they will be.  Quebec can now be a nation within a nation but Quebec doesn't have any more autonomy over any other province.  The "Nation" of Quebec is just a name, nothing more.\n\nAnd to all the French in this country.. My Canada doesn't include Quebec.  It's not yours, the land belongs to the Government of Canada.