Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05
THE HISTORIC CAUSES OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
(By Mabel NIartin)


prison. In zoos they escaped to
Holland, but did not desire to re
main there, for they did not want
their children when grown up to
intermarry with the Dutch. Then
they decided to remove 10 the
wilds of North America. Bradford
gave three reasons for this: %
an easier livelihood, especially for
their children; ~ the preserva-
tion of their religious principles
(3) the removal of their children
from what they considered the
loose morals of easy going Dutch
society. They started out sailing
in two boats, the Speedwell and
the Mayflower. On account of a
leak the Speedwell was compelled
TO return to England. The May
flower landed at Plymouth on De
cember 81, 1920. The first winter
in America was hard, and they all
suffered many hardships but they
did not give up.
The Puritans were also some
people who lived in England.
They wished to remain in England
to purify the Church. Then, hear
ing of the Pilgrims success, they
sailed for America, and landed
there in 1880. They settled Rox-
bury, Boston, and WATERFOWL. The
Puritans planned everything about
how their government was gong
to be before they started, but the
Pilgrims made their laws in the
cabin of the Mayflower before
they landed.
jamestown, Virginia, was found.
ed in 1907 by the London Com
pany, for commercial purposes.
Maryland was settled in 1852, as
a Catholic refuge, and Pennsylva-
mia, in 1850, by William Penn, as
religious experiment. Georgia
was settled by James Oglethorpe in
1882. 1t was to establish a refuge
for Spanish prisoners. Some 9th
er places that were settled were
North Carolina, South Carolina.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island
New York, New Jersey, Delaware.
and Connecticut. Georgia was the
last of the thirteen colonies to be
founded. So there were quite a
few colonies in America for Eng
land to rule.
The causes of the Revolutionary
War were very numerous. This
was the war which was fought by
England and America between the
years 1775 and 1888, in which the
Americans won their independ
enee from the mother country.
At the close of the French In
dian wars England was iubilant
for she had established an enorm.
GUS empire. and the long struggle
for American possession was at an
end. Her expansion and deyel-
opment during the last century
had been marvellous. With all
this success England got new
duties and new dangers. She won.
dered whether or not she colud
rule those colonial possessions
wisely. To succeed in that respect,
she must act with extraordinary
and Incompatible wisdom and
sense.
The English government nas
aristocratic and still believed ri
the doctrine that money must be
voted by the House of Commons.
or in other words by the peoples
representatives. Large cities could
not send members to Parliament,
while little boruughs could because
they had the right. Therefore.
England had to change her gov.
eminent TO bring it in closer rela-
tions with the people, in order to|
govern the American colonists. OnI
the other hand, the American II
conception as to representation
was different than that of fheI
mother country's. The people inI
America felt that they were fully
capable Of making their own laws
George I'll, who was then tbcI
king of England aimed TO control
Parliament better than had beenI
done before, SO he built up a party
of personal supporters. Tbe-el
were known as the king.
friends
England seemed 20 think thatI
she owned Che Colouists. So treat-
ed them with neither fairness nerI
consideration The external traIeI
Of The colonies bad been regulated
to certain extent By the EurIshi
government but tie colonies man