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Mercantilism And Conflicts In 1763

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In 1763 conflicts began to occur between the American colonists and British policy makers. The issues began as George Grenville, prime minister, believed that the colonists should have to obey more laws and pay a part of the expense for defending and administering the empire (Brinkley, 2012). This was an attempt to apply the principles of mercantilism to the colonies (Brinkley, 2012). From 1763 until the Revolutionary War began, the British kept making decisions of enforcement that caused more and more resentment from the American colonies. On his quest for more control over the colonists and to gain money from them, the Sugar Act and Currency act were passed in 1764. The purpose of the SugarAct was to stop illegal trade of sugar from occurring …show more content…

This meant that newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, deeds, will, and licenses all required a stamp. This angered the colonist, not specifically the money part of it because it was not expensive, but because it was an aggravating process. In 1765 the Mutiny Act was also passed which required the colonists to maintain and assist the army with provisions (Brinkley, 2012). Though the colonists had already been doing this, the Mutiny Act angered them because it now became mediatory for them to do so. Another conflict that we saw during 1765 was that the British restricted the colonial manufacturing so they would not have to worry about competition (Brinkley, 2012). During 1766, it was then decided that the stamp act was repealed (Brinkley, …show more content…

This is what lead to the quote Taxation without Representation, this British did not understand this. As things seemed quite the Americans still kept a revolution in mind and would have meetings in churches, schools, town squares and taverns to discus politics (Brinkley, 2012). The talk of revolution was a chances for ordinary people to be head, for their ideas to be discussed, and for them to learn about new ideas. Custom commissions still remained in the colonies and were very arrogant they harassed colonial merchants and seamen (Brinkley,

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