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The Colonists During The 1600's

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Kylie Lambert
Professor Menke
October 11, 2017

First Essay The Colonist during the 1600’s, up until the 1800’s, did not agree with the British government controlling them. Great Britain had an impact on the colonies and their development by setting multiple laws, applying taxes, and forcing religion on the Colonists.
In 1607, the first American settlers settled in Jamestown, where the town had to established company charter to show that the town had permission to exist. In this time period, tobacco was the most profitable crop to buy and trade. Colonists started to trade fur and other goods between each other, which was important to the colony’s development because now they were importing and exporting their own goods between themselves, …show more content…

The “ 7 Years War” lasted between 1756 to 1763. To help pay for the devastation and deaths during this war, Britain enforced the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act restricted the colonists to having to print all their paper items, such as letters and newspapers, on paper that had the British stamp on them. The colonist had to pay taxes on these papers, beginning “Taxation without Representation.” Colonist only wanted to pay taxes that were documented and weren’t brought up spontaneously to be enforced. After colonists tried rebelling, British Parliament enforced the Declaratory Act. The act was put to show the colonist that England was in charge of their legislative and making their laws. The British started to enforce taxes on everything, including tea. In 1773, a group of Bostonians got together and went to Boston Harbor to rebel against Britain by dumping $18,000 worth of tea into the water. To be punished for the colonists’ actions, British enforced another law entitled “The Boston Port Act”, to try and gain control back of their Colonies. The Boston Port Act, was a law that stated that the port would be closed to all ships until the colonists paid for the tea they had wasted. This act, was the start of the Intolerance Act. The Intolerance Act, were 5 acts that were enforced on the colonists to help stop the rebellious behavior. The 5 acts included, The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration to Justice Act, Quartering Act, and finally The Quebec Act. These five acts helped tremendously in the revolution of the Colonies because the colonists all came together to help fight against the British to

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