Why were the Americans justified in fighting the British?

The
Americans were justified in fighting the British. There are several reasons why this is true.
One reason was that the British began to violate the rights of the colonists. When the British
passed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, the colonists didnt have representatives in
Parliament that could speak about and vote on these taxes. This is a right all British citizens
have. However, the Parliament still passed these laws without the colonists having
representation in Parliament.

The colonists were concerned that the British
were trying to control them. The Proclamation of 1763 restricted the colonists from moving to
the new lands that the British had gained from France in the French and Indian War. The British
also required the colonists to provide housing for the British troops that were enforcing this
unpopular law.

Eventually, events became more violent. Five colonists were
killed in the Boston Massacre in March 1770. When the colonists destroyed the tea that was on
the ships in Boston Harbor by throwing the tea into the harbor, the British responded with the
Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were designed to punish the colonists, mainly those in
Massachusetts, for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists began to form their own militias. When
the British marched to Lexington and to Concord in April 1775, fighting occurred with both sides
suffering casualties. After this event, many colonists believed it was only a matter of time
before they would declare their independence from Great Britain. This would lead to the
Revolutionary War.

The colonists were justified in fighting the
British.

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