FINALE+QUESTION.+Do+these+things+justify+a+revolution?

 FINALE QUESTION. Do these things justify a revolution?

Chapter 1 through 3 showed that the Americans had numerous blames against the British with proper reasons behind them. At the beginning of this project, we have set the definition of a revolution as when “an overwhelming majority considers their lives, liberties, and the pursuits of happiness to be threatened”. The American Revolution was unique in that all three main social classes held one common enemy - the British.

Let's take look at a more detailed justifications for the each social classes in colonial America:::

Plantation owners, merchants, high government officials, clergy || Their right of representation was infringed. Taxation without any representation in the British Parliament. Financial reasons also prevailed. The new American aristocrats, such as John Hancock for instance, had money to lose under George Grenville’s rule. The Mercantilism policies of England favored the mother country over the American colonies, which heavy dissatisfied the Gentry/Upper Class. The best example would be the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts. All three acts levied taxes on necessities like sugar, paper, tea, lead, glass, etc. Although the colonists got to pay these taxes, they got nothing back in return. Adding on, the Prohibition Act also hindered the trading activities of the merchants which also dissatisfied them. || owners of small farms, skilled craftworkers, shopkeepers, and professionals such as doctors and teachers || Unlike the nobles, middle class citizens did not own huge grants of land. And they wished for more land and thus wanted to expand to the west. Yet the British government stopped them from their dreams with the Proclamation of 1763; they were prohibited by law from going over the Appalachians. They also realized that America was paying taxes without the right of representation. Taxes are worth paying when the tax payers get enough support, help, and privileges back from the government. No representation means they are paying taxes for nothing. The middle class became furious at George III and the British rule along with all the other social classes. || tenant farmers, hired farmhands, servants, unskilled workers, indentured servants, free blacks, and perhaps even slaves || Just like the middle class, the lower class also had some motivations for expansion, which was infringed upon. The lower class's right of representation was also ignored which angered the people. The lower class with no money still had to pay taxes, but the fact that they did not get anything back in return made them really unhappy. This grudge was later expressed in several activities including the Boston Tea Party. Some African slaves, even were hoping to gain freedom by participating in the massive repel against the British. ||
 * Gentry/Upper Class:
 * Middle Class:
 * Lower Class: