During the 17th and increasingly in the 18th century, British colonists charged Great Britain with violating the ideals of rule of law, self government, and the equality of rights. Though this may be true to some extent, the colonists themselves violated those very ideals in their treatment of others. When one considers the harsh treatment of blacks, Native Americans, and even the poorer classes of white settlers in colonial America, the protesting colonists seem to be quite hypocritical. <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>
If the British monarchy was tyrannical in the views of the colonists, the treatment of blacks must be beyond oppressive. First of all, blacks did not come to America under their own free will. Many were kidnapped from Africa and sold into the American slave market. As slaves, blacks had no rights at all; they were merely regarded as properties of their masters. …
