Throughout history, many groups of people were put through oppression. Rather, it was the Jews, or African Americans, or the colonist different types of groups had to deal with the consequences and results of being put through oppression. So many times we have learned that we shouldn't put a whole group of people through this, but I guess history repeats itself. So let's start off with the first oppression in America’s time. The colonist being oppressed led to the revolution, it made them angry enough to pick up arms and fight for their freedom. It was so significant in American history, it was the first time we really recognized the importance of freedom. It all leads to the Americans winning and becoming a country. The founding …show more content…
Also another thing that gave England more power was that England won the French and Indian war so England could make the colonist felt they owed them. This made the colonist lives miserable. There were people who stayed loyal to the king, though they were called the loyalist. The loyalist identified as British citizens. In the middle colonies they felt the same as the northern colonies. The middle colonies actually did really well with farming and trade. The middle colonies were way more industrial than the other colonies. They were also known for having a lot more ethnic diversity. They also produced a lot of wheat, so they were known as the breadbasket colonies. The southern colonies also felt the same way as the other colonies. The lives of the southern colonies revolved around plantations. Agriculture ruled the southern colonies. Many cash crops such as rice, tobacco, and cotton were grown and sold to buyers in the colonies, the Caribbean, and England. A large part of the workers in the plantations were slaves. The lives of the African American in the northern colonies they were mostly on whom is the