Essay #2 There are a total of five types of colonial societies, which essentially, played important roles in the events leading up to the American Revolution and the establishment of the Constitution. One of the various types of colonial societies is the new england merchants, who were involved in the boat building industry, importing and exporting goods. The merchants were the New England rich upper class group of people that lived in the city that could afford buying a ship and putting a crew together for voyage in order to sell and buy goods. Secondly, there were the southern planters, who were involved with growing certain type of crops such as tobacco and cotton. They sold these goods to the new england merchants as a way to
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Essentially, it was the split of this group that led to a series of events that resulted in the outgrowth of the American Revolution. Taxation laws were passed for commerce such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act, put a strain on the the merchants and planters because they were heavily invested in these commercial interests. According to American Government: Power and Purpose, New England merchants and southern planters broke ties with the royalists and decided to form alliances with the shop keepers, artisans, and small farmers. The shopkeepers, artisans, and small farmers were known as the radicals, who kept continuing fighting against the political injustice and wanted the social structure between the colonies to change. This led to relentless boycotts of British goods and protests which, resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770 (Lowi et al, 2014, p. 36). Another leading event, that led to the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party, the merchants got the radicals on their side to dispose of all the East India Company’s tea into the Boston Harbor. It caused the radicals to form a widespread support for independence against the British supremacy by boycotting their goods. This led to the reprisal of the British government by passing laws that officially ended and closed off the Boston port from trading, famously known as the Intolerable Acts. In return, it hurt the southern planters that relied on the port to have entrance to the west for importing and exporting goods. This resulted in the movement towards American independence by the collective resistance against the British government, which led up to the eventual result of the Declaration of
Essentially, it was the split of this group that led to a series of events that resulted in the outgrowth of the American Revolution. Taxation laws were passed for commerce such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act, put a strain on the the merchants and planters because they were heavily invested in these commercial interests. According to American Government: Power and Purpose, New England merchants and southern planters broke ties with the royalists and decided to form alliances with the shop keepers, artisans, and small farmers. The shopkeepers, artisans, and small farmers were known as the radicals, who kept continuing fighting against the political injustice and wanted the social structure between the colonies to change. This led to relentless boycotts of British goods and protests which, resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770 (Lowi et al, 2014, p. 36). Another leading event, that led to the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party, the merchants got the radicals on their side to dispose of all the East India Company’s tea into the Boston Harbor. It caused the radicals to form a widespread support for independence against the British supremacy by boycotting their goods. This led to the reprisal of the British government by passing laws that officially ended and closed off the Boston port from trading, famously known as the Intolerable Acts. In return, it hurt the southern planters that relied on the port to have entrance to the west for importing and exporting goods. This resulted in the movement towards American independence by the collective resistance against the British government, which led up to the eventual result of the Declaration of