The Glorious Revolution

Question: Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies, intensified colonials resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values. 

Thesis: English colonists fervently believed in the rights given to the British during the Glorious Revolution  but when the policies established by the British imperial rule during 1763 and 1776 were placed upon the colonists, many felt disillusioned with the government and began to demand the republican values given to men in the mother country.

 

 

 

 

After King James I being made King after the death of Queen Elizabeth. The Glorious Revolution began in England when King James II was overthrown and William III  and Mary II came into power to replace King James II. The Revolution allowed colonists to recieve their rights and independence from Great Britain. Yet, the Parliament decided that every person under the rule of England was to be virtually represented. Which meant that even if their representation did not live in the colonies he could speak for them without knowing the real needs of the colonist. The Stamp Act, Currency Act, Sugar Act, and Tea Act passed by England and the virtual representation angered the colonists, as a result; resisted from the English rule. The English Bill of Rights introduced some rights to the English which inlcuded freedom of speech and freedom to petition. However, even after the revolution everything seemed to by the same all the promises all forgotten.