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yes i believe we could have avoided the violent against britain. however this would have taken a long time to accomplish. but then again you have to think about the people in the colonies. so many of these people believed in doing things their own way and having the british telling them what to do didn't settle with them. Anyways yes we could have avoided the violent revolution, it would have taken more time to achieve our independence and then we might not have created such individual rights and slavery and womens rights might have been different
This is a tough question. Part of me wants to believe that the violence could have been avoided, but then again the colonists wanted independence right then. They had come to the realization that they didn't want to be any part of England, if England was going to treat them differently than the English. The colonists had become accustomed to the freedom after the Seven Year's War and wanted to keep it.
MAYNARD*
I think that the violence was unavoidable in our revolution. The colonists did attempt at first passively try to gain some freedom and say in the government. The continental congress wrote petitions to the parliament about their unhappiness but parliament ignored it. The colonists disgusted with the mother country for taxation without representation and strict laws controlling their lives turned violent, which in my opinionen was nesacerry to break away from the stubborn, controlling, stuckup crown.
Yes i do think we could have avoided it. But i don't think it would of been the right thing to do. The colonists really wanted to separate from Britian and be there own country. And in order to get their way, they had to do whatever possible. In this case, they had to revolt against the British. If we wouldn't of done all this, today we would live in a totally different world.
I think that even from the beginning America was doomed to be the confrontational,war-hungry country we are today. The colonist could never have developed a good relationship with Britain because it's just not in the nature of America and its citizens. We and those who founded our country had this disposition to begin with, not to mention the fact that Britain seemed to be trying to tick the colonists off.
Yes i do think the war was inevitable. However i still think it was the right thing to do by going to war. The colonists were ready to seperate from Britain and maybe we could have peacefully broke it off but it probably would have been a long drawn out proces. the war was a quicker way to get our independence, which is what the colonies wanted.
Amarica almost from the beggining was giving the right to self govern themselfs. rights becaome habits. habits become a way of life. little by little the right to self-govern and making your own laws because common place and takin for granet.when things were takin away there would inevitably have a coup in the goverment. either the colonies would bend to the british monarcy or they would fight to keep there own self governed freedoms. french only came to a peacful independecne because they were underdirect controll by there king. they had no assemblys or trial by jurys. intolerance, stubbornece, and librety wernt fostered in the french colonies so its only natural that they opted for a peaceful route. esp. after getting there butts kicked by us in the frech and indian war. as a rule the colonies are a violent sort. if you look at bacons rebellion and the salem witch trials. if we want something we dont want to wait and we'll fight and kill for it.
Yes I do believe that the Revolutionary war was inevitable. The colonists couldn't have made a gradual peace with the British because they didn't understand each other. The colonists didn't have the aristocracy like Britain did, and the ocean separated the colonies from the British, so communication was terrible. With the lack of communication, Britain passed laws that hindered the colonists, and couldn't reason with the colonists quickly enough to put out the fires.
Casey:)
I think that the American Revolution was inevitable. I agree with Mandy that the foundation of the original colonies, was people trying rebel against the crown's religion, and people hungry for land they couldn't obtain in England. Britian had allowed the colonies to be on their own for so long, that it was impossible for them to regain control without violence. The taxes, which the colonists werent' used to by Britian, furthered their frustration with the crown. With so much angry and frustration on both sides, it was only a matter of time before a war came. The colonists fighting for their rights and freedoms, and the British for control.
I do not think that the American Revolution could have been avoided with the British. The British were big on having the high authority of the colonist and they wanted power over them and their trade. The only way to gain freedom from the British would have been to fight as we did and gain our freedom. It was impossible to negociate becouse the British were set in their own way and profiting from our colonies.
I think it was inevitable. Without the violence britain would've wanted to still rule us, and therefore we never would've gotten the freedoms that we still have today. I think that even over time without the violence proving that we were just as strong as them, shows that we would stil be under them.
Dillon Todd
i believe that it was avoideable.
But the colonist didn't like being toldwhat to do and how to do it. So after a while it was inavoidable. The colonist were upset and tried everything they could to get away. Most were in the colonies to get away from britian anyway. So the war was what had to happen. And what if they didn't revolt? We wouldn't be where we are today. And i'm much happier as an American. So to me, i'm glad we got away.
I believe that the Revolution was inevitable because we didn't know that we would have been able to wait it out like Canada did. With a Revolution you either win and gain independence or die. And most of the time the people who didn't did didn't want anything to change, so win-win in a weird way...
I do not think we could have avoided the american revolution. For one, every country has revolutions. Second, the english monarchy changed too often, which led to many differetn ways of doing things. The colonists would get used to one thing just to have another person come in and change things. Thirdly, america is too far away from england to be ruled by them, and the colonists knew that.
no i dont belive so i belive that the revolution was suppose to happen because it showed the rest of the world that they could fight back against the oppression because after our revolution other countrys begain to have the own
I think we could have avoided it but in our situation going to war was the right thing to do at the time. I also think that if we hadn't have gone through with the war we wouldn't have all the freedoms and rights that we achived over time along with our independence.
Hello all, I'm outside of your school, so pardon my intrusion, I am taking APUSH too this year, so I hope my additional comments are appropriate- I just wanted to reply to Stephanie about her first comment (the one about individual rights and slavery- and how we'd be unable to achieve it if we were a British subject)- the British empire had slavery eradicated 50 years BEFORE us and had Women's rights before us as well- so making the comment "it would have taken more time to achieve our independence and then we might not have created such individual rights and slavery and womens rights" is a bit inaccurate. American textbooks have a tendency to cast the British in a negative light (for good reason), but if we were a part of the commonwealth (as say-New Zealand was) we could have seen some revolutionary national action as early as 1893.)
Wishing you the best,
Emily Yarrington
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