The Opium Wars

The Stamp Act caused Americans to protest and refuse to buy or import British goods. The tax lead to tax buildings being burnt down and the boycott of British materials. Overall, the taxes put upon the Americans caused them to distrust the

Then they had no representation of saying whatever they wanted and they couldn’t speak their mind because they weren’t allowed, however they could start a rebellion to speak to the British and make their voices be heard. Then the Stamp Act was passed on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act was a time when the british crown raised taxes and made the price of living go up. Which was a burden on the Americans. In March 1774 60 men had boarded a ship and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor, then the Americans started to boycott the

In Great Britain, instead of spending their own silver, they sold opium with Chinese citizens for silver to be used to trade between governments. Great Britain was exploiting China for its products while also smuggling in illegal drugs. After China ordered the opium to be taken away in 1839, merchants were outraged and asked the British government for assistance. The British soon attacked along the Chinese coast in June of 1840, and with their old military technology, China lost to the British. Britain made China agree to pay a large fine, open five more ports to foreign trade, give British citizens special legal rights in China, and offer the British a 99-year lease for the island of Hong Kong.

After the French and Indian War, Britain needed money to pay for the war debts. So, they decided that to raise money they can tax the colonists for lead, glass, paper, tea, and much more. Many acts were passed that said that the colonists have to pay for certain goods. The colonists thought that Britain did not have the right to tax them. So, they started protesting, boycotting, and many things that can have negative effects for the British.

Before Britain became the dictatorial power clouding any American effort to speak up, they were involved in a series of four wars. The last of them, the French and Indian War, occurred on American soil and the British victory handed England a pile of debt and a huge land dispute between the Indians residing in the territory the British gained through the Treaty of Paris and the colonists eager for new land. This started the ferocious turmoil between Britain and the American colonies. From the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, British antagonistic policies only added gasoline to America’s resentment of British rule, and sparked their unity and dedication to colonial republican values. The end of the French and Indian War, signals the beginning of harsh

In 1767 Parliament went on to levy another list of taxes on lead, paints, and tea. To prevent any protests from the colonists the Massachusetts governor requested assistance from the British army (sparknotes). Five colonists died when an angry mob clashed with the army, this is known as the Boston Massacre (sparknotes). The Boston Tea Party was a famous moment during the road to Revolution. On December 16th, 1773 sixty men dressed as Native Americans dumped an entire shipment on tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the laws and taxes imposed on the colonies.

The many Imperial Policies placed on the colonists by England between 1763 and 1776 resulted in mass protest from the thirteen colonies. The colonists resisted the many Acts and Taxes placed on them by forming rebel groups and using many methods to try and undermine British authority. They also did not agree with England’s government and sought to create their own. An analysis of British Imperial Policies in the late 1700s reveals that they intensified colonial resistance to British rule and fortified their commitment to republican values. The British were firm in their belief that the colonists should pay debt that resulted from the Seven Years’ war that lasted from 1754-63 because the British soldiers defended them during that war.

Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. The demonstrators, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed a Technology can also be the cause of negative effects on youth social skills too. When youth are addicted to the Internet it causes more time away from friends and family causing depression, entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. The British government responded harshly and the episode escalated into the American Revolution.

Immaturity In 1773, a group of men, known as the Sons of Liberty, rebelled against the Tea Act, which put a tax on tea. As a form of rebellion, the Sons of Liberty, threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, destroying millions of dollars worth of tea. Samuel Johnson, an author at the time, was not pleased by the actions of the Sons of Liberty. Samuel Johnson was also an intelligent man, he studied at Oxford, but had to transfer because of financial issues. As a response to these men’s actions, Johnson stated, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”.

This political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston disguised themselves as Native Americans and destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by East India Company. The British government responded harshly which escalated to the American Revolution. This act of civil disobedience was in protest to taxes being imposed on the colonies even though they had visual representation, which in simpler terms meant they had no representation. The colonist saw that the taxes being imposed was unjust, this caused the Boston Tea Party to throw all of the tea that was taxed. In the end of the American Revolution they fought against unjust taxes and improved social progress amongst the

In Conclusion, there were lots of things that made the colonist unhappy and angry. George Grenville 's plan to attempt to pay off the British debt which started a series of triggers that made the colonist revolt and become rebellious. There was the Sugar Act of 1764 which taxed sugar and molasses, then the Quartering Act of 1765 which the British wanted the colonist to house and feed the British soldiers and that upset them. The Stamp Act was the most unpredictable of all the Acts because it upset the colonist (Mellion, 2012). They placed a stamp on all official papers such as diplomas, marriage license, wills, newspapers and playing

1, 129). Colonists began to boycott all British goods but this would not work considering most of their imports came from Britain. Following these events, the Boston Massacre occurred. A group of protestors crowded around British troops and one soldiers gun reportedly misfired into the mass; this caused the rest of the soldiers to believe they were ordered to shoot resulting in the death of five men and the wounding of six (Goldfield, The American Journey, vol. 1, 130).

In 1767, the British Parliament passed the "Townshend Acts", the North American colonies of a variety of imported goods (glass, lead Dan, lead white, paint, paper and tea) tax. Colonial residents responded with violent demonstrations- one of the riots that led to the Boston massacre- and the boycott of the British goods again. In 1770 the British abolished all taxes except the tea tax; the retention of the tea tax was a symbol of the British taxation of the North American colonies. 1773 British Parliament passed the "Tea Act", abolished the England tea import tax, but retained the North American colonies. This practice angered the North American patriots, they will be three British merchant loaded with tea poured into the Boston Port, Known

The Revolutionary war had begun after three British ships were delivering tea and were ambushed by American colonists disguised as Native Americans. The disguised enraged colonists dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor. This act occurred when colonists were furious the British had raised taxes to outrageous prices for things such as tea and postage stamps. The British had increased tax prices for colonists when the French and Indian war had put them in debt. The French and Indian war had commenced when the French and the British fought over land from the Mississippi river to the Appalachian mountains.

The Intolerable Acts: The Breaking Point Two hundred and forty-one years ago, British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts which not only punished the colonists’ defiant behavior but also sparked a war that would change the world forever. The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts that punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, they would be restricted until they paid for the tea they dumped into the harbor. The Coercive Acts are a series of acts that were in direct response to the Boston Tea Party that punished the colonists for this event, led to the need for another continental congress meeting, and ultimately impacted the decision for the colonist to declare independence. First, the colonists were punished for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists were punished for the