This Revolution helped shaped the history of the modern world. It is the story of the of the foundation of one of the most powerful nations this world has ever known today, The United States of America. There were many other powerful ideas that shook in the colonists feel of pride, honor and wiliness to fight for what they felt was right. It was also story of a new colony, new land, and of people thriving to unite in this new land, as they itch for fairness and freedom of government oppression and a country that ruled them from afar. The American Revolution originated from the colonies desire for proper government representation, fair and equal taxation, and freedom from oppression. The colonist faced many threats way before the start of the
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Debate in what seems to be a very small shift in colonial policy running the overseas provinces, seems to be becoming very expensive. This was called The Stamp Act, because taxed items will have to carry a stamp, paid for by the user. Test pressing are made and the new tax is set to go into effect in the fall of that year. It takes six weeks by sailing ship for news of the tax to cross the ocean. When it arrives, the news creates a fire storm up and down the continent. For the colonial elite, the men who run the local legislatures, the stamp act is an outraged. It seems to confirm their worse suspicions, that they’re are not respected in England, not even worth been consulted about this change in policy. George Washington is a delegate, sitting in the Virginia legislature. “The stamp act imposed in the colonies by the parliament of Great Britain is an ill judge matter, parliament has no right to put their hands into our pockets without our consent.” Even royal appointees like highly regarded Thomas Hogenson chief justice of Massachusetts are upset. “You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves, parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as whole.” The colonists higher meaning of their life was wrapped up in being British people, they were proud not to be Dutch, not to be
Debate in what seems to be a very small shift in colonial policy running the overseas provinces, seems to be becoming very expensive. This was called The Stamp Act, because taxed items will have to carry a stamp, paid for by the user. Test pressing are made and the new tax is set to go into effect in the fall of that year. It takes six weeks by sailing ship for news of the tax to cross the ocean. When it arrives, the news creates a fire storm up and down the continent. For the colonial elite, the men who run the local legislatures, the stamp act is an outraged. It seems to confirm their worse suspicions, that they’re are not respected in England, not even worth been consulted about this change in policy. George Washington is a delegate, sitting in the Virginia legislature. “The stamp act imposed in the colonies by the parliament of Great Britain is an ill judge matter, parliament has no right to put their hands into our pockets without our consent.” Even royal appointees like highly regarded Thomas Hogenson chief justice of Massachusetts are upset. “You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves, parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as whole.” The colonists higher meaning of their life was wrapped up in being British people, they were proud not to be Dutch, not to be