How Was The American Revolution Justified

The American Revolution had everyone on their toes, wondering what would be the outcome of this vital battle between the British and the American colonists. American colonists were furious at Britain for the way they controlled their every move, and applied tons of unfair restrictions on them, and all this madness is what started the American Revolution. Were the American colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain? The Americans were definitely justified by waging war on Britain, because the British had unfair acts and taxes on the colonists, had harsh restrictions, and also because British was very violent toward the Americans.
The American colonists were through with Britain's violent fighting, so they began a war with their rivals. “Our repeated petitions have answered only by repeated injury,” (Document E). This

“By keeping colonists contained east of the application mountains, the British could also more easily collect taxes from the colonists,” (Document A). As stated clearly here, the British told the colonists were they could and could not live, even after winning the territory of the application mountains. This was the Proclamation Line of 1763 which stated that even though the colonists won the land of the application mountains, the British said they could not live there because it was the native lands. Also, by controlling where the colonists live, British could easily collect taxes and watch over them. “The British Parliament told some American colonists that they must let the soldiers live in their homes,” (Document G). This evidence says that the colonists were forced to house and take care of the British soldiers, which was a completely unfair and harsh restriction. Having harsh restrictions was an important reason why America broke away from Britain, because they had no freedom under their