HILD 2A-B-C Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-2: Continental Army, Limited Government, Minutemen
26 Dec 2017
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As british subjects the colonists in north america still owed their allegiance to the british monarch. The american colonies existed for the economic benefit of great britain. Since there was great delay in getting the king"s order across the atlantic ocean the colonists could pretty much do what they wanted to. They grew accustomed to governing themselves through their representatives. In the mid-1700s the british needed the colonists" loyalty to counter the that of the french in. Canada, so the colonists agreed but only if they would receive self-rule and protection from the. Started as a struggle between the french and british over lands in western. By 1756 several other european countries had become involved as well. George iii had different ideas about how the colonies should be governed. Taxing the colonies taxes were levied on the colonies to help pay for the war (tea, sugar, glass, paper, other products)
