Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain

developments were being fought for as well. The American Revolutionary War pitted Great Britain and the Thirteen British Colonies against each other where the end result was independence for the United States of America that was declared in 1776. There were also political and social aspects included that made other countries align themselves with the Thirteen to earn their freedom. Prior to the Revolutionary…

colonies from Great Britain. It was predominantly caused by the colonists’ opposition to being taxed without being represented in Parliament. Britain had placed a tax on the colonists’ tea; this caused the tension between the colonists and Great Britain to rise until it came to a head in the Boston massacre and soon led to the Boston Tea Party. Tea had been frequently imported to the colonies. Britain tried to take advantage of this by imposing a tax on the colonies, to pay off the debt Britain…

or dangerous. Through their existing power over the colonists, the British Parliament gave total monopoly to the East India Company, who were then able to sell their tea at immensely cheap prices to compete with smuggled tea being sold in the Colonies. This led to radical Bostonians dressing as Indians and boarding English tea ships to capsize cargo into the Boston harbor, which was known as the Boston Tea party. This act of rebellion was taken both positively as well as negatively from both…

Recently, the British government has started taxing us, unfairly I might add. The British Parliament decided, on March 22, 1765, that it is a great idea to tax all of our paper products that we buy from England. It finally started on November 1, 1765. This tax money is going to be used to help pay for defending us in the colonies. This is not right because they did not have approval from colonial legislatures. The problem is, we are only allowed to buy products from England. I have decided that…

Navigation Acts, the French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, the Townshend Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts. These are the taxes and regulations that the British placed on the colonists. Soon, the colonists will become angry and feel that these are costing them their rights and opportunities. However, this all started with the Navigation Acts. Paragraph #2 Navigation Acts…

century Britain was a place experiencing massive change in almost every facet of life. The industrialization of the country radically altered its economy, attempts to close the wage gap altered it socially, a century of wars and complex foreign affairs altered its geopolitical landscape, and calls for equality among the citizens changed it politically. More specifically, these calls for equality drastically changed the electorate of Britain and led to more equal representation in Parliament and…

trading. In other words, mercantilism is where the colonies were forced to only trade and sell to Britain, in trade the colonists will be given manufactured goods from Britain if they kept to their end of the bargain. In result, the colonists made progress in both their population, and their financials. Britain however, gained much from the fact the colonists was only allowed to sell and trade with Britain. The colonies will soon build resentment for their mother country, for the fact that they…

Seven Years’ War, dramatically effected Great Britain’s treasury. In order to pay for war debts following the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Britain imposed several harsh regulations on the colonists. Had Britain not force these acts towards the colonists, the Revolution of 1775 may have never occurred. Britain’s first notion towards taxation was the Sugar Act of 1764. Recommended by Prime Minister George Grenville, the Sugar Act was an indirect tax on sugar. The act was ratified during a time of…

in the New World had been established before Great Britain, with the addition of Scotland, itself, without even the consideration of representation(Novanglus 79). Yet Scotland, when adopted, was given the right to representation immediately, as well as their own parliament to govern themselves. In the Novanglus Letter, Adams makes the argument that this treatment is unfair and inconsistent. Not only had the colonies been established before Great Britain, but they consisted of roughly one quarter…

of the Stamp Act Congress (1765) The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held in New York City on October 1765. This meeting consisted of representatives form some of the British Colonies. This gathering of elected colonial representatives was a protest against the new British taxation passed by Parliament. This taxation was the Stamp Act which required colonists to use only special stamped paper for all business in the colonies. The Stamp Act Congress met in October, but the Stamp Act would not…