Question

Explain why a peaceful settlement of differences was not possible between the colonies and Great Britain by 1776

Answer 1

There are several reasons to this: economy, laws, politics.

A peaceful settlement wasn't possible because differences were critical. As colonies, they must pay 'high taxes' to the crown, and British Empire wasn't able to quit to that money, because colonies purposes, from the beginning, was to maintain crown's power and economy.

Also, colonies had laws that limited them in so may ways, they weren't as free as the people in Great Britain, but they paid high taxes to some government that never visited their lands.

Answer 2

The British Empire controlled the colonies and they were considered an extension of the crown. The colonies had additional rights other that any other person had under the crown. The colonies were mostly funded by the crown so they were legally bidden through the laws of Great Britain. The colonies did not like pay taxes to a "king" that was thousand of miles away.

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