Part one of term paper
In practise the American colonies were self governing in 1776 ». If this is so why did they feel the need to declare independence in 1776. Whether the colonies were independent by 1776 is a question with numerous aspects that historians have debated over the last 300 years and which comes to the inevitable conclusion that they were, to ...

Part two of term paper
... to their « just and long enjoyed rights ». One also must not undermine, when looking at the extent to which the colonies were independent, the different degrees of freedom granted to the different colonies by the Crown in the view that the Declaration itself was signed by all 13 colonies. By 1776, Britain’s control was as Perry suggests a « light touch and with little or no control ». The colonies all had a different degree of independence so that some were more or less inclined to dec ...