American Revolution Dbq Analysis

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What if your father came back into your life after all of these years he's been gone, and tried to tell you what to do? How you feel? You’ll feel enraged, or you’ll be upset. This is what the American colonist felt when Britain was controlling their rights as American citizens. But don’t you think the American colonist were overreacting? The American Revolution was not justified because Britain was not tyrannical, Britain was left with significant debt, and misperceptions led to unnecessary Revolution and Independence.
The American Revolution should have never happened. The British were not tyrannical, or oppressive rulers although the American colonists perceived them to be. In document A it states, “The Sons of Liberty on the 14th of August