There were many events leading up to the revolutionary war but the Stamp Act and Sugar Act had its impact. These two acts are a part of what got the conflict started between Great Britain and America; The Sugar Act, was a law that imposed taxes on certain imports and the Stamp Act, is a law that levied new excise taxes. The colonist posed such strong opposition against the taxes the British government were implemented that it was
Overall, I think that the colonists needed to make a stand for themselves and successfully did. The colonists came up with a plan to disguise themselves as British soldiers. Then on December 16, 1773 they would go onto the Dartmouth, Eleanor and the Beaver to dump the 342 crates of tea into the water. The Sons of liberty were the colonist group that decided a change was needed and created this plan.
The colonies also called for a continental congress, in the first meeting they made decisions basically defending themselves from anything Britain could possibly throw at them: military preparations in case the British in Boston chose to attack, boycotting in hopes of abolishing trade with Great Britain, rejecting a colonial union under British control, the basically wanted nothing to do with Great Britain because Britain abused their power over the colonists to begin with. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the official turning point for the colonists, they had colonists prepared with guns, minutemen, that were ready to fight at a seconds notice and they kept close eyes on Boston just in case the British chose to attack. William Dawes and Paul Revere were keeping watch for any British movement. When the British came the colonists were ready and by the end of the battle the British had lost many of their troops in this revolutionary war. This war was definitely the beginning of the fight for independence for the colonists, thy showed the British that they could stand up for themselves and that they deserved better treatment.
The British act finally pushed the colonists from protests was the Tea Act of 1773 proposed by Lord North was placed. It began when the East India company almost was in bankruptcy since their tea was barely bought; much of Britain's money was used for the French and Indian War and was not able to help the company get out of their crisis. The Tea Act of 1773 lowered the prices of tea and also added tax to it to the point it created monopoly and it caused colonial merchants to lose money since they were no longer able to sell tea within the colonies anymore. It also allowed the East India Company to be the only one to ship to the colonies which meant that the company was the only way for colonists to get tea from.
Colonists vs. British: Rising Tensions The great American Revolutionary War may not have ever occurred if it had not been for the dense tension between the American colonists and the British. The colonists and the British had numerous negative encounters with one another, and these encounters helped pave the way to the American Revolutionary War. “Thinking that the colonies should help pay for past war debts and for the future cost of keeping English soldiers for the defense, Parliament passed a series of acts to raise money from the colonies”(Benson 182). Parliament passed two acts on the colonists including: the Sugar Act, an act in which placed taxes on wine and molasses, and the Stamp Act, an act in which required stamps to be placed on
Meanwhile, these acts removed jurisdiction in the vice-admiralty courts and forcing colonies pay additional taxes against colonists will. No doubt the Parliament ignored colonists’ citizen right and show no respect and mercy to the colonists were part of British citizen, to maximum their power to limit or control colonies’ economic activities only service British government’s interests. Therefore, colonists boycotted the new duty on tea and protested British’s East India Tea Company a monopoly on the colonies’ tea trade the later on Boston Tea Party, showed colonies no need to royal to a government that show no respect to its people and seeing colonists as tool to solve its financial problem, satisfy their greatest selfish to benefit the Crown and British merchants. Forth, revolution was necessarily to protect their collective freedom from property and rights no continue harmed by imposing more additional acts and taxation to the colonists without their
The colonists mostly considered and described the English Parliament as cruel and unfair. “It is reasonable to assume that at the start of the war more than one-half of all Americans were willing to accommodate their differences with Great Britain in a peaceful manner (course packet 58)”. The Revolution also got the ball rolling for larger changes in American life. This particular war encouraged Americans to attempt to rebuild their society that related to republican ideas. The Revolution brought question to many Americans about slavery.
The British were quite ruthless and only intended on advancing their economy and power. The empire levied heavy taxes on many of its’ colonies and this caused great stress. Taxes on items such as tea, sugar, bread, and paper. This infuriated many people as it kept them from ever “getting ahead” economically because the price of everything was so high. Due to these taxes, there was a rebellion in Boston in which crates of tea were thrown off a ship, and this today is known as the Boston Tea Party there was a rebellion in Boston in which crates of tea were thrown off a ship, and this today is known as the Boston Tea Party.
3a. The American Revolution affected everyone in American society in a variety of ways in men, women, Patriots, Indians, loyalists, and slaves because of the series of events that had taken place. The events included the Seven Years’ War, which ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the Sugar act of 1764, the stamp act of 1765. The sugar act of 1764 was the first in a series of acts that attempt to execute more strict way of rules of trade within the British Empire. The Tamp act of 1765 imposed direct taxes on many items including newspapers and legal documents.
There were rebellions, pro-patriot groups, and a rising sense of colonial/national pride around this time period. With organizations such as The Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty helping the nonimportation agreement colonial uprising caught the attention of Britain. The British had known of certain riots and rebellious act, even some tamer forms of almost begging for a change, such as The Stamp Act Congress, Boston Tea Party, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, and decided that they must be taught to obey their homeland’s government. Britain sent over some troops to take the weapons of colonial militia men yet the trained soldiers were met with an armed militia not ready to be taken as naïve
he American Revolution was a very important event in the course of our history. One of the conflicts between the British and the Colonists took place during the year of 1773, when colonists protested the use of tariffs on tea placed by the British. This protest was one of the main reasons why the American Revolution was fought. The Boston Tea Party was significant to the American independence, because this was one of the many protests of British rule over the colonies. This finally led to a war which in the end granted the colonies their independence.
They put taxes on things such as paper, sugar, and even tea, which angered the colonist because they were not will to pay tax without representation in the government. These events ultimately caused the colonist to revolt against the British monarchy and declare its independence. A revolution is a radical change in society and its social structure. The American Revolution was revolutionary because it transformed America politically and socially; however, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness weren’t necessarily improved for the all people in this revolution.
War is a state of armed conflict that most countries have gone through or are currently going through. The United States has had their fair share of experience with war. Two of the most notable wars that the United States has experienced are the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War. In the Revolutionary War the United States gained independence from Great Britain. In the Civil War America faced an internal battle between the North (Union) and the South (Confederates).
Franklin, Locke, and many others used Great Britain as a topic to connect and unite the colonies. Many used events such as Bacon’s Rebellion, which showed how Britain refuse to protect their people in their time of need, and shut them down when they tried to fight back for themselves, taxes set by the British to make the colonies pay for the Seven Year War, the Seven Year’s War, which was a war that the colonists had to fight, but was more between the French and the British, and the Proclamation of 1763, which restricted the colonists from moving westward. Events such as the ones listed above were the reason many used Great Britain as a way to influence the colonists to unite. Great Britain was a common enemy among the colonists because of all of the “injustice” they caused to the colonists, such as the stamp act, which was the first direct tax on the people. By showing the colonists that the only way to have control over what happens to them and to have a say in what taxes are imposed upon them, they must unite to achieve their goal of either becoming free from Britain, or gaining rights as to what happens to them, most colonists seemed to agree with the idea of
A few of the things they were fighting for were, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, equal rights in comparison to British soldiers, a self regulated economy, etc. This was the first major upset of the ruling elites, which helped influence many future events. Within 10 years of the ending of this American Revolution, the French Revolution was in full swing. The French people were fighting for their own rights, and replacing their King/Queen. The French people fought for many of the same exact ideas, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, better regulation of the economy,
