Essay On America's Independence From Britain

In the 1760s and 1770s, certain political ideals were beginning to take shape which kickstarted the American Revolution. In the 1760s, direct taxes were levied against the colonies for the import and use of goods, as payment for the costs incurred in the French and Indian War. Tensions increased between the colonies and the British over these issues, with the colonies espousing ideas of freedom and democracy (Brinkley, 2010). These tensions culminated in the Boston Massacre, the killing of six colonists by beleaguered British soldiers, kickstarting a breakdown in political goodwill and the beginning of revolution.
The colonists started to take measures to protest the British taxation of goods. The Boston Tea Party was a Patriot prank aimed at directly protesting the tax on tea that was being levied against the colonists. Furthermore, American politicians and scholars met for two Continental Congresses in order to discuss the increasing crackdown on assembly and human rights that the British started to engage in. Eventually, the king declared that the states were "in rebellion," and the Second Continental Congress write the Declaration of Independence, setting itself apart as a sovereign nation.
Because of these issues, as well as the increasing pressure of Great Britain to infringe upon what they felt were their freedoms, the founding fathers declared independence in order to create the United States of America. As a result of overt taxation, as well as the infringing of their rights to assemble and exercise their liberty, Britain was seen as an oppressor of its colonies, and revolution was the only option available to allow Americans to fulfill their destinies.