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Rebellion in Colonial America

            Local self-rule in colonial America brought ideas of rebellion because people started thinking for themselves and started thinking about what was best for them. At first, wealthy white males were the only people making decisions in communities. People were having decisions being made for them. They were told what to believe in terms of religion and couldn't vote for any laws or decisions made for the people as a whole. Immigration brought new ideas to the colonies and people started to come together. The whole time they were doing what was in the best interest for their "mother country," then as it became more diverse, people had new ideas about what rights they should have.
             There are many reasons that people thought of the idea of rebellion. People did not have a say in any decisions made for their own community unless they were wealthy white men. Africans had no freedom and the economy was dependent upon slavery. With slavery being the main economic factor in the colonies the Africans could have rebelled by themselves with the growing number of them entering America at this time. Without slavery what would the colonies do for economic stability? .
             Laws that people proposed hardly ever were passed. I learned from lecture that less than 5% of the laws that were proposed from 1696 to 1763 were passed. So, obviously the people wanted to change some things, but would not be heard. People in their communities started to form political interest groups around this time. By doing this they would not be ignored anymore. .
             Religions in the colonies started to emphasize the ideas of individuals. People started thinking for themselves and about diversity. Parliament thought that they could raise the taxes in the colonies to make up for their problems. The sugar and stamp acts were protested. Ideas about American rights came after the stamp act was imposed. The writing of the U.S. constitution ended the sugar and stamp acts.


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