Apush Dbq Research Paper

The whole conflict between the colonies and the mother nature was almost absolutely rooted in economics. In this time period, England was trying its hardest to get money they so desperately needed after the French and Indian war. They were so deep in debt that they decided it was necessary to put tax upon tax on their American colonies. In document H, we can see there the American colonists setting fire to a certain individual, who is more than likely the representation of either America or the king, with certain acts such as the Quebec Bill, the Boston Port bill, and Massachusettes Bay. They used these certain events to help stoke the fire because these acts were heavily enforced on the colonies. Along with these, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, and even …show more content…
It tells that this act is imposing on the rights of the colonists to have representation before taxes are levied on them and how these circumstances are going to be terrible burdensome and the payments impractical to make. This did not sit well with the British as they were not making the money that they wanted to.

In Document E and Document D, they both mention how the colonies were forced into restriction on foreign trade and manufacturing of steel to force them to only come to Britain for the neccessities. They wanted to keep their hold over the colonies to make sure they would be the ones to benefit the most out of the profits the colonies were making, as was obviously shown when they passed the Navigation Acts to try to deter trade with other countries. Parliament even passed the Declaratory Act to bind the colonies in many specific cases so that they would be able to control the movements of their colonists in