British people came to the new world to find religious freedom and to start new lives. Once they arrived and began to form colonies they were successful in many ways. The British King still wanted to control the people and profit from their success. The King as well as Parliament enacted many taxes, such as the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts, to try to control the colonists. As time went on the colonists began to resent the King and rebelled against him. The Founding Fathers were justified in rebelling against the British government and declaring independence for the colonists, because they were being treated unfairly. The Sugar Act in 1764 was an early British attempt to raise money from the colonies. This act taxed
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This tax was the first attempt by Parliament to raise money through direct taxation. The colonists thought that the stamps were expensive, inconvenient and an unfair tax. The Stamp Act led to riots and demonstrations. Patrick Henry of Virginia appealed to Virginia’s legislature to protest the Stamp Act. He felt that the colonists should have a say over their own taxes. He also felt that Virginians should refuse to pay taxes that they could not vote for. Massachusetts organized the Stamp Act Congress. The congress met in New York to petition the King and organized the stamp boycott. The boycott was a protest in which people refused to support or participate in paying the tax. The Stamp Act protests let to the formation of the Committees of Correspondence. This committee was led by Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. The protests also led to workers and shopkeepers forming The Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty helped to lead colonial rebellions against the Stamp Act. Parliament was surprised by the strength of the colonial protests. The protests harmed British trade because the sale of British goods dropped when colonists refused to buy them. Parliament withdrew the Stamp Act in 1766, but passed the Declaratory Act which allowed Parliament to tax the …show more content…
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on imports of lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. Parliament started new ways of collecting taxes in order to force the colonists to pay them. Parliament also created punishments for the colonists who refused to pay the taxes. These taxes were widely resisted in the colonies. The colonists saw these taxes as a direct threat to colonial self-rule. These taxes made the colonists relationship with Britain even weaker. In 1768, merchants in Boston made a vow not to import British goods. Other colonial cities soon joined Boston in this “non-importation” agreement. The British sent troops to Boston to keep order and enacted the Quartering Act, forcing colonists to house and feed the troops in their homes. The female colonists formed the Daughters of Liberty around 1770 and they participated in the boycott of British goods. The British ended up repealing most of the Townshend Acts. The repeal was supposed to remove the troops from Boston. On March 5, 1770, the troops still hadn’t left Boston and this angered the colonists. Fighting broke out between the colonists and the troops. This became what is known as the Boston Massacre, even though only five colonists lost their lives. The massacre became a rallying point for anti-British feelings and many colonists attitudes toward the British changed
This tax was the first attempt by Parliament to raise money through direct taxation. The colonists thought that the stamps were expensive, inconvenient and an unfair tax. The Stamp Act led to riots and demonstrations. Patrick Henry of Virginia appealed to Virginia’s legislature to protest the Stamp Act. He felt that the colonists should have a say over their own taxes. He also felt that Virginians should refuse to pay taxes that they could not vote for. Massachusetts organized the Stamp Act Congress. The congress met in New York to petition the King and organized the stamp boycott. The boycott was a protest in which people refused to support or participate in paying the tax. The Stamp Act protests let to the formation of the Committees of Correspondence. This committee was led by Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. The protests also led to workers and shopkeepers forming The Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty helped to lead colonial rebellions against the Stamp Act. Parliament was surprised by the strength of the colonial protests. The protests harmed British trade because the sale of British goods dropped when colonists refused to buy them. Parliament withdrew the Stamp Act in 1766, but passed the Declaratory Act which allowed Parliament to tax the …show more content…
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on imports of lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. Parliament started new ways of collecting taxes in order to force the colonists to pay them. Parliament also created punishments for the colonists who refused to pay the taxes. These taxes were widely resisted in the colonies. The colonists saw these taxes as a direct threat to colonial self-rule. These taxes made the colonists relationship with Britain even weaker. In 1768, merchants in Boston made a vow not to import British goods. Other colonial cities soon joined Boston in this “non-importation” agreement. The British sent troops to Boston to keep order and enacted the Quartering Act, forcing colonists to house and feed the troops in their homes. The female colonists formed the Daughters of Liberty around 1770 and they participated in the boycott of British goods. The British ended up repealing most of the Townshend Acts. The repeal was supposed to remove the troops from Boston. On March 5, 1770, the troops still hadn’t left Boston and this angered the colonists. Fighting broke out between the colonists and the troops. This became what is known as the Boston Massacre, even though only five colonists lost their lives. The massacre became a rallying point for anti-British feelings and many colonists attitudes toward the British changed