Imagine this. BOOM! Your father comes home and slams the door shut. Your mom rushes to your father’s side as he stomps angrily toward the table. As he shoves off your mother’s hand, you can smell the stench of alcohol cloud over your head. You immediately question, in your mind, what’s wrong. Then he speaks. Slurring his words, he says, “More taxes..” You know immediately what that means. But, she can’t. You know for a fact that you won’t be eating big meals anymore or getting a bunch of gifts on your birthday or Christmas. “I should have known,” says your father, “The day he told us about the first taxations…” You remember it like it was yesterday. On March 22, 1765, You wake up to your mom making breakfast. You walk into the kitchen and find …show more content…
Many British troops were placed in the colonies to prevent the French from recovering Canada . They were also stationed there to protect the colonists from the Cherokee Indians. This made many people in England believe that the colonists should pay for the support of the troops(“Stamp Act,” 2015). Therefore, King George the Third and the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765. The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act that placed taxes on all paper documents such as newspapers, legal documents, paper, playing cards, and even dices (Cuviello). Some taxes costs as much as 3 cents. Even though that doesn't sound as much now, it was a lot back in the 1700s. So, imagine this, you are being taxed a lot of money to support troops that are stationed around your community, who are probably sloppy, nasty young men, from someone who is miles and miles away from you (“Stamp Act,” 2015). Not only did it sound complicated, it made the colonists strongly oppose it . They were furious and objective. They knew that you couldn’t just talk to the King about how the government isn’t fair. So, they took matters into their own hands. At first, colonists boycotted a lot of goods. They boycotted for a short time. Soon, the boycotting turned to riots. One scenario of a mob riot occurred in Boston, where the Sons of Liberty marched through Boston streets carrying a model of Andrew
“In the summer of 1764, new Prime Minister George Grenville warned colonial governors that his government was considering a stamp tax in the colonies”(Mellen 75). This tax was “imposed to help pay the debt incurred of the Seven Years’ War” and would help keep “British soldiers on the frontier to protect colonists” (Mellen 75). Grenville’s introduction of this tax was based off a tax that “had been in effect since 1712” in Britain (Mellen 75). The tax required all “legal and business documents to be printed or issued only on a paper with a royal stamp” which meant that colonists would have to pay more to print and to buy paper products such as newspapers (Mellen 75). Grenville’s assumption was that this tax was beneficial to both parties, since it would grant America security with the presence of British troops, meanwhile also paying off the debt from the Seven Years’
During the time period of 1750 to 1776, the colonists, to a moderate extent, identified as American. In determining why a vast majority identified as American and why some didn’t, one must look into detail the social, political and economic standpoints that led to such divide. Throughout all 3 points, Thus, the identification of being “American” and its usage depended on the view the person had of Great Britain. In the economic standpoint, due to the “No taxation without representation” slogan being violated by the British, most of the colonists weren’t against the anti-British sentiment boiling up due to the conflict. The ensuing increase in tax acts later led to the practice of tar and feathering tax collectors, and, to a bigger scale, the Boston tea party.
The colonies are currently paying a large amount of money in taxes for the resources of themselves. Not only are the people unable to afford it, but the people are not used to paying so much of their hard earned money on taxes. The Stamp Act is the first direct tax that the colonists have
In 1765 George Grenville proposed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was meant to help Great Britain to help solve their debt problems. This legislation required all valid legal documents, as well as newspapers, playing cards, and various other papers, to bear a government-issued stamp, for which there was a charge (Goldfield, pg. 96). This act was one of many others that Great Britain had already impose to the colonist.
The cost of the war was over 75 million in 1754 and 133 million by 1763. Because of debt, the British needed to find ways to pay it off. One of many ways was to impose taxes on settlers and the colonists. Whether it was on items, materials and/or land, tax was imposed without the people’s permission. This action and others ultimately led to dissatisfaction of the colonists and resulted in rebellions and revolutions across the land.
1) In 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which was the first internal tax on the colonists, At the time, Benjamin Franklin was a colonial agent in London. As colonial opposition to the Stamp Act grew, Franklin found himself representing these views to the British government. Franklin made a testimony against the Stamp Act describing the role of taxes in Pennsylvania and the economic relationship between the colonies and England (94). According to Franklin colonists were paying many, heavy taxes. They were paying taxes for estates, polls, offices, professions, trades, and businesses depending on their income.
Ship’s papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and playing cards were taxed. The Stamp Act wasn’t necessarily that big of a deal except for the fact that most taxes were used to regulate commerce and not to raise money for The British. It was viewed as an attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval of the colonial legislatures. If this tax were allowed to pass without resistance then in the future would have a lot more troublesome taxations. The money was supposed to be used to help pay for the cost of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains “they should contribute to the Preservation of the Advantages they have received…”(document1) not to have England raise the money for them to pay off their debt.
Today March 22nd, 1765 is a very harsh day for us Anderson’s in South Carolina. Without asking us, British Parliament had passed a Stamp Act that affected more than half of the colonists in South Carolina. I overheard my Mother and Father discussing this topic, “These Lobster backs are taxing us to pay for their French and Indian War debts, why do they make us pay for it?” Dad sounded very frustrated and irritated about this. My little brother John and I could not understand why the British hates us so much
“They 're probably thinking it 's “absurd” as well, and they 're probably in opposition to the Stamp Act, as well.” “That 's a good point, Papa, but what do you think they 're going to do about it?” asked Sarah. I laughed as I took a bite of a slice of bread. “Who knows what they 're going to do?”
One day there was a whole family sitting down discussing many different topics and they remember that March 22, 2015 marks the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act, Which was passed by the British Parliament in November, 1765. The new tax law required all colonists to pay a tax on every printed piece of paper they used. The Stamp Act was viewed by the colonists as “Taxation without Representation.” This family talked about the Stamp Act for hours at a time. The role the family played in organizing the colonists against the British King and Parliament was The Stamp Act was designed to force all the colonists to use the special stamped paper.
“The history of present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations [unlawful seizures], all having in direct object the establishments of an absolute Tyranny over these States. ”(Document E). The British taxed just about anything they could; like tea, paper, legal documents, and stamps “Committees are appointed into the characters and conduct of every tradesman, to prevent them selling tea or buying British manufactures. ”(Document I) The British were taxing the American colonists to pay what Britain lost in the French and Indian war.
The colonists wanted representation when it came down to being taxed, but the British government would not allow it. The government wanted full control over the people, so they made sets of acts and laws that were placed on taxation. For example, the Stamp Acts of 1765. These acts taxed all papers, pamphlets, newspapers, and cards. The Townshend Acts of 1767 were also a large part of taxation.
Financial stability of the colonial people was often thought to be put at stake with the introduction of new taxes and regulations which caused much frustration. Before Parliament had laid out any questionable taxes (i.e. stamp act), the citizens appeared perfectly content with Parliament 's power (Doc C). The stamp act required that every document, used by the colonists be stamped and taxed. One can see why this would anger people (as paper was the “big thing” before modern technology). Chaos ensued, the colonists were not fond of tax collectors whatsoever.
As a result of this tax, colonists in Boston rioted and destroyed the house of the stamp distributor. News of the protests spread and inspired other colonies to protest. As the taxes angered more of the colonists, they began to boycott all British goods. Boycotting of British goods and ending trade with the colonists would greatly hurt the economy in Britain. When the colonists started to boycott, Britain's economy was not strong enough to sustain itself without trade with the colonies.
It was a Saturday morning and I sent my eight children of to play with their friends. I was worried about the latest news that has been the most infuriating new I’ve ever gotten, the news of the Stamp Act. Why would they choose to tax all of the documents that have to do with paper? We are well of as a family, my husband is a lawyer and I only sometimes work as a seamstress but other than that I just do the housework. As a lawyer, Henry is very frustrated with how he will handle this tax when it takes effect.