Summary Of Give Me Liberty By Eric Foner

According to the book Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner, the government of London imposed a new set of taxes on the Americans. The Chancellor of the Exchequer; the cabinet’s chief financial minister, was the one who established the taxes on Americans. His intention with the taxes was the pay the salaries of American governors and judges, as well as freeing them from dependence on colonial assemblies.

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During the Seven Years War, also known as the French and Indian War, national debt was increased by the British government due to low income of the war. In result, Colonists were being taxed on sugar, coffee, tobacco, tea, etc.

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This increased revenue for the British Government and served to increase the taxes paid by the colonists. The colonists believed they shouldn’t be paying their way. They needed to make money to pay off their debts from the British imports but weren’t allowed to be given paper currency due to the 1764 Currency Act. This made it harder for them to pay off their debt. Samuel Adams chimed in and opposed the efforts of the Parliament of Great Britain’s taxations on the colonies. His group and himself protested much against this. His mob tactics provoked an outbreak which then resulted in the Boston Massacre that later on guided towards the American Revolution as

They were a religious minority group that believed the Church of England needed to be purified of Catholicism. They believed strongly in Christianity. In 1630 a group of Puritans decided to move to the New World to find a new colony. The goal of these puritans was to create their own home and to prove to England that they can have there own beliefs and church on their own elsewhere.

The puritans were restricted from changing the Anglican Church’s beliefs from Catholic to Christian. They believed the church should follow exactly what the word of the bible said. Although they were denied of such wishes, they were still open-minded and pursued their views. They believed in salvation and Christ determining their life.

Women puritan beliefs/rights were limited. They were usually housewives, who couldn’t vote or go to work. There were exceptions but not often. Many puritan women, however, did get an education but in the schools men were still more superior to women.

Puritan women stayed home to cook, clean, obey their husbands, and raise the children. They didn’t have much say in anything they did. They couldn’t even divorce their husband if they