Question

As the American colonists moved toward rebellion, a number of principles were at the center of their actions: consent of the governed, limited government, rule of law, democracy, or representative government. Which principle of American government had the greatest influence on the conflict between the colonists and the British government?
please help me, i've been stuck on this for an hour now :-(

Answer 1

Consent of the governed.

The main cause of the American Revolution was over the taxes that Parliament imposed on the colonists after the French and Indian War.

The problem with that was that their wasn’t any colonial representation in Parliament. The colonists wanted one of their own people to represent them because they felt that it was unfair that they were being governed by people that didn’t see from their own perspective.

Consent of the governed had the greatest influence on the conflicts that arose between the colonists and British because without the consent of the governed (aka taxation without representation) was the crucial key to the ignition of the American Revolution. If Parliament had just given the colonists the representation that they demanded, there would be no conflict and war MIGHT have been avoided.