During the 1700s, the British Parliament used their authority to make laws regarding tax collection. One of these was the Molasses Act of 1733, but it did not work well. This was because the tax was not collected and people refused to pay it. During King George the third rule the Sugar Act, which was passed on April 5, 1764, replaced the Molasses Act. The background, purpose, and effect of the Sugar Act must be explained to understand the economic impact on the American colonies.
During the colonial era of America, Great Britain was able to reek the benefits of this royal colony’s success. This was in large part due to the fact that Britain was able to integrate this society into its imperial system. English leaders understood that the American colonies represented a marketplace for goods, a safety valve, and a place in which competition flourished with other leading empires. One of the most important reasons why Great Britain established colonies in America was to create another form of revenue. This can be seen through the gradual engagement between Great Britain and America.
This Act required Taxed Stamps to be placed on printed materials. These stamps had to be purchased using the British sterling coin, which was not prevalent in the colonies. Colonist saw the pitfalls of this act and began to seek equal liberty with British Parliament. Not yet seeking independence, the colonist wanted British leaders to rethink how government worked. Opposition continued to rise as these ideals were rejected by Royal Rule.
One of those major causes was the Boston Tea Party. The Boston tea party was on December 16, 2014. The cause of the action was by the Tea Act. Tea act was created on the 1773. The parliament gave a monopoly on tea to the East Indian Company, which benefit them.
In February 1765, Parliament enacted the Stamp Act, an act forcing colonists to pay for every piece of paper they purchased. This included legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, and other paper products. The Stamp Act was the first direct tax to be imposed upon the American colonies. The King needed to pay off his 130 million pound debt from the French and Indian War, so he decided to tax the colonists without their consent. The people of Great Britain were already being taxed heavily, while the colonists had the lightest taxes of the entire British Empire.
This war caused the final sparks needed to stir up a rebellion by the Colonists in America. Many Americans were ready for the war and learned some interesting tactics from fighting the French and Natives, such as guerilla warfare. The war also heavily exhausted the British of vital resources which would have made them unfit for another war so soon. Without the French and Indian War, there was no way the Americans could have succeeded against the British in the following
How did the United States expand over the years and why? The expansion of the United States was a vital part of America’s history and greatly affects how we live today. America's early days only started in 13 states and then progressively grew to 50 states in total. The time throughout the 1800’s and what happened throughout that time greatly impacted how America expanded land, resources, opportunity, trade, and money. Two of many main causes that evoked American expansion was the amount of opportunity that America could take, the idea of Manifest destiny, and the amount of power that the US had on other countries.
The war of 1812 pitted the young America against the large empowered force of Britain, as well as many native Americans. This war was a huge influential factor in the growth of America from that point on. Britain's tyrannical rule over America and Canada eventually brought America to war. Although they suffered many casualties, American troops pushed the redcoats back and boosted the nation's confidence. The outcome of this war affected America’s foreign policies, economy, and society as a whole.
This came in time of economic depression in the American colonies. It raised concern about the bad intent of British Parliament among the American colonists which later on supported the growth movement of American Revolution. Second, the Stamp Act passed on March 22nd, 1765 applying stamp duties and other reasonable duties in Great Britain colonies. This law objective is to help pay the costs of British military troops camped in North America protecting the colonies which wasn’t needed. A dirty trick of Great Britain to get money without the awareness of American
The context of this important event are almost as important as the event itself; British parliament enacted legislation that went against what the American colonists considered being fair (this, of course, is a generalization of the situation, but it still holds true for what the majority of people thought back then). The Tea Act of 1773 ignited the colonists to stage a destruction of tens of thousands of pounds of tea (belonging to the East India Company), which then caused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts in 1774. In the year 1773, American colonists were becoming wary of Britain having too much power, due to the Tea Act of 1773;