British Colonists in America Defeat Britain

The colonists were able to defeat the greatest world power of their time because of the tension between Britain and the colonies, the idea of a revolution, and the help they got in the Revolutionary War.
After the French and Indian War, the British didn't treat the colonists as equals. Great Britain was in debt and needed money and they decided to tax the colonists. They first established the Sugar Act and Quartering Act. Colonists complained about these but they didn't really resist them. Then, the Stamp Act came along and the colonists reacted badly and boycotted English goods. The Townshend Acts were then established which led to protest and violence. The colonists had no representative in parliament and this upset them a lot too. Events such as the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party followed. Then, the colonist started getting ideas about being independent and breaking free from British rule. They then put their foot down wrote the Declaration of Independence.
The British and colonists then started fighting in the Revolutionary War. With the help of France and Spain. The war was ended with the Treaty of Paris in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the colonies.
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Early Human Rights

Popular Sovereignty:
Popular sovereignty is when the people in a republic are supreme and the political authority in the society comes from the will and approval of the subject population. The government is of, by, and for the people.

Natural Rights:
Natural Rights are rights that are considered part of human nature and cannot be taken away. The rights grow out of nature of being a human and are essential to human progress. They are different from rights given to people by law because natural rights are universal whereas legal rights are politically relative.

Right of Self Determination:
The right of self determination is the right of a free choice of ones own acts and the right to decide how they want to be governed without influences of a country or outside force. In other words, it's the freedom of people to determine their own political status.

Right to Revolution:
The right to revolution simply means that the subjects of a state have a right to overthrow their government or revolt if the government does not fulfill its duties.

Social Contract:
A social contract is an agreement that people of a society make to protect their natural rights. In this agreement the people give up some of their freedom to the government so that they can protect their natural rights.

I chose this order of importance because it was the most sensible to me. I think the most important is that the government is for the people because that leads to getting rights. The second most important is natural rights. I think it is important that there is a basis for the rights that can't be taken away. The third most important is the right of self determination. I think it's important to make free decisions. It shows that the people somewhat independent. The forth most important is the right of revolution. It's important because if all else goes wrong, the people can just revolt and overthrow the government. Last but not least is the social contract. I don't see why the people should give up their freedom since that's what their trying to gain, but i do think it's important to preserve their natural rights.
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