Anti-Resistance Movement in North America

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Anti-Resistance Movement in North America
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The first primary source is ‘Colonialism and Ant colonialism’ a manual for the liberation in the
21st century. The source discusses the following units of importance concerning the resistance in
North America. These issues include; Decline of Roman/USSR/USA, Mexico and southwest, the
insurgency in Iraq and also crisis, conflict and resistance.
In this source, the anti-colonial resistance was to liberate the oppressed by giving them the
ultimate use and ownership of their land and at the same time full gain of their territories. It is
argued that, In North America, the anti-colonial issues were facilitated by both internal and
external factors (Ashcroft et al., 2013). These resistances led to the decline of the Roman
Empire, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) and also the USA.
Moreover, Ancient Rome which had risen over 1000 years collapsed due to the fact that it could
not resist the ongoing revolts by slaves and peasants. While on the other hand, the soldiers who
had been posted to the frontiers could not halt the growing tribal issues at that moment.
However, USSR was the second largest super-power after the USA but broke into a losing battle
which led to the wasting of billions and at the same time demoralization. Their economy ended
up worsening leading to the collapse and the declaration of the independence of many republics.
The USA faces both internal and external threats though seemingly appearing powerful.
Internally, it is more polarized characterized by a widespread rebellion and resistance. In the US
it is believed that the blacks have been the major initiators of the domestic resistance since at
least 1950s (Chrisman & Williams, 2015). Despite these rebellion issues, it is difficult to
conceive resistance masses to the system in North America under present social conditions (i
Berdún et al., 2010).

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The second primary source is “The Resistance movement of 1765-1776; Sons of Liberty” The
source discusses the resistance between Great Britain and its colonies and can be attributed to
developments that took place between 1764 and 1776. The first act that led to this was the
development of the Revenue Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 which was implemented to
raise revenue from the colonies in order to cut debts incurred from the French and Indian war.
These were in favor of Great Britain against its colonies.
Secondly, another issue that created tension was the attempt of the Great Britain trial of imposing
the remote rule and governs its colonies from abroad. These were due to the fact that the colonies
in North America had been subjects of the crown and had been previously granted flexibility and
also developed a greater false sense of autonomy (Young, 2016). However, when revenue-
generating and regulations act was imposed on the Colonies, rumbling of resistance began to
appear.
Moreover, On April 5, 1764, there was the enactment of the sugar act. Through the enactment,
Great Britain attempted to generate revenue from the colonies. The act was proposed by George
Grenville, who was the head of treasury. He was greatly concerned that the financial stability of
Great Britain was greatly diminishing due to the burden following the seven-year war. The
measure of bureaucracy created by the custom was taken to be an inconvenience by American
smugglers but was not an alteration to their activities rather it was the utilization of the Royal
Navy to enforce the regulations that created the greatest impediment.