Jessica Pehush Mr. Polanis The French and Indian war that lasted from 1754-1763 proved to be a very expensive war. By the time of the French surrender and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Britain was in considerable debt and began to compensate by increasing tax regimens on the colonies in America. The occurrence of the new levying of taxes created great distress between the colonies and Britain's already rocky relationship. The British began to become more and more involved and controlling of all the colonies affairs, and it ended salutary neglect of its colonies. Due to this new asserted control and later agitations, the colonists were ultimately driven away from reconciliation and towards rebellion and assertion of their independence …show more content…
The act placed a considerable tax on all paper goods. At this time the colonies were not in the mindset of wanting to break away from the British crown. They would have rather reconciled with it. The colonists however did detest the new tax and they created a Resolution Of The Stamp Act Congress in 1765 in which they directly contacted the King himself to plead their case. The Colonists created a letter in which they sought to remove the taxation due to the fact that they had no representation in British parliament. (doc 1) However the response they were provided with was that they had valid representation because all of Britain's subjects are virtually represented in parliament. This didn't sit well with many of the colonists. They showed their anger by tarring and feathering British officers who enforced the taxation. Many letters such as the one written by John Dickenson were also passed around amongst the colonists urging the separation from parliament. (doc 3) He as well as many other colonists believed that without salutary neglect and if parliament was to be in full control, the Americas could never truly …show more content…
Parliament created the declaratory act and then later the Townshend duties. The colonists despised these new implications and many overlooked the declaratory act and colonists boycotted, petitioned, and used news papers to attack the Townshend duties. This did not sit well back in Britain due to the colonists evident defiance of the crown. To collect the taxes that the colonist were supposed to be paying in Boston Britain sent in red coats to collect the crown's money. By the crown doing this the colonists banded together and began rioting. One thing lead to another and in 1770 the troops fired on the crowd as they feared for their lives, 5 colonists were killed and this tragic occurrence became marked down in history as the Boston Massacre. (doc 2) although this occurrence outraged the colonists they still weren’t looking to break away from the crown. However once the tea act was passed colonists were infuriated. A large group of colonists banded together, dressed up as native americans and went on to British ships containing tea and they threw the tea into the Boston harbor. This put the crown into debt and the Coercive/ Intolerable Acts were passed. The colonists once again wanted the act repealed and they boycotted British goods as well as formed the First Continental
Over the past few years, we colonists have been getting more and more annoyed with the English King and want to form our own country. Over the last few years, the king of England has treated the colonists very unfairly. The first reason why we should secede is because of the Sugar Act. During this event, we were forced to buy sugar and molasses from England. Then, the king heavily taxed us for buying these goods.
The French and Indian War between Great Britain, France and Spain had a large impact on the colonial- Britain relationship. The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the war leaving Great britain with a immense amount of debt. Great Britain mistreated the colonies by heavily taxing them and imposing unfair acts. Great Britain also became Great Britain aimed to control the colonies, soon heavy taxation and began to alter the relationship between the two. The most immediate effect felt by the colonists was the proclamation of 1763, Issued by King George 3, the goals were to establish governments for their new territories gained after the war, to encourage peace between the colonists and remaining tribes and to keep colonists confined to the coast.
Britain also had to pay for more armies in order to protect the colonies against French and Native American attacks. Since Britain was constantly losing money, they began taxing the colonies. “British leaders believed the colonists should pay part of the debt” (page 146). In order to do this, Parliament passed many acts. The Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, and the Declaratory Act upset the colonists, so they protested.
The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Year’s War, was a global war between Britain and France that occurred from 1754- 1763. It took place in North America and Europe, and “it was sparked by French and British competition for the ancestral Indian lands in the vast Ohio Valley” (America a Narrative History pg. 157). This was a decisive war as the winner would gain control of the entire North American continent because of the control of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Ultimately, the British won the war and was given many valuable landholdings in North America, which was stated in the Treaty of Paris of 1763. As a result of the French and Indian war, colonies were affected by policies in the form of economic taxes and acts issued by
Reaction assumed revolutionary proportions in Boston, in the summer of 1768, when customs officials impounded a sloop owned by John Hancock, for violations of the trade regulations The Boston Massacre 1770 Colonists taunted and hurt Boson soldiers. The result in that is British soldiers retaleated in physical action. British soldiers fired into the crowd of colonists killing 5 of them. Colonists protested and go to court for this and loose.
The colonists were not too happy about these new acts, they argued that they could only directly taxed by their elected representatives. In response, the Parliament repealed the Stamp act, at same time they passed the Declaratory Act declared its right to govern the colonies. Following, the Parliaments passed series of acts to raise more revenue. These acts raised tensions between the colonists and the British. The colonists began to protest against these new acts as they set up their own
After the French and Indian war, there were a lot of problems that lead to the undoing of Britain’s hold over the colonies. Among many other reasons, one big problem the colonists had with Britain after the war was the fact that they kept good relations with the Indians. This angered many colonists because of the atrocities done to them by the Indians. These relations ended up leading to many conflicts including Pontiacs Rebellion and the Paxton boys’ retaliation. The three major reasons the British Empire started to disintegrate after the war though were: The problem of paying the massive debt of the war, the peace treaty and the argument of whether to purse French possession in the Caribbean or Canada, and how to administer new lands gained
The American War of Independence, better known today as the Revolutionary War, happened between 1775 and 1783. The initial goal in this was to defeat the British after tensions rose because they wanted to raise revenue by taxation in the colonies. In response, the colonies wanted independence from Great Britain. Of course, this was a trigger to the overall war and how it truly all began. The battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill is where we get into the conversation of black Americans’ engagement in the Revolutionary War.
Before the Boston massacre we had the Townshend Acts in 1768. Lord Townshend was in charge of raising revenue in a way that wouldn 't upset the colonist. Which in their eyes will be a external tax rather than an internal tax such as the stamp act. They are going to charge for imported and manufactured goods from Great Britain. Such as paper, paint, glass and led.
The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, was an intercontinental dispute over land. The war was fought between the British, the British colonies and their Native allies, the French, the French colonies and their native allies. The dispute of land was over the Ohio Valley, more specifically the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. The consequences of the war were crucial to American history. The French and Indian War set the stage for the American Revolution.
The Stamp Act was established by the Parliament in 1765. The tax was made to pay off a large burden that Britain owed due to the fact that they had recently fought in the French and Indian war. When the English sent troops to the colonies their debt increased, England getting deeper into debt. The Stamp Act taxed all sorts of paper products bought by the colonists. Almanacs, pamphlets, newspapers, advertisements, marriage licenses, and even playing cards were all taxed.
Colonists during the 1700’s were controlled by England without representation in Parliament. King George III passed multiple acts in order to pay debts from the French and Indian War. There were laws that placed taxes on daily items and required stamps on any legal documents in the American colonies. England felt they could tax their colonies and create a monopoly on trade, however, the colonists felt this violated the rights they had. In order to gain rights, the colonies wanted to be recognized as independent.
The Stamp Act was passed in 1765. The British Parliament decided to tax all printed items in the U.S. Colonies. For example, newspapers, cards, and legal papers had to bear a stamp. The stamp was sold by the British to raise money. The colonists protested.
This act led to the boycott of English goods and also led to violence as tax collectors were tarred and feathered regularly. Luckily the Stamp Act was repealed, however it was soon replaced by the Townshend Acts. The goal of the Townshend Acts was to decrease tax in Britain and increase taxes in the colonies. They are soon repealed as they are overwhelmingly rejected, except one. The Tea Tax was left in place as the British, of course, wanted to leave their foot in the door making sure the Americans knew that they could tax them however they like.
The American Revolution: The American Revolution started between the British and the thirteen colonies of the United States of America, and was called the American war. The British were the ones to start it. The British brought unwanted laws and regulations into the colonies, which angered the colonists. The colonists felt that these laws and taxes were violating their rights because they had no say or vote in deciding them.