Becoming America
Have you ever had a thought in your head that you felt like everyone should know yet find yourself preaching it on a daily basis? Have you ever seen people lose complete contact with each other trying to explain something that one would consider being common knowledge? Most would agree that usually these are petty fights that mean nothing at the end of the day. This is where the neutralist would stand by. In a world not so much different yet completely unlike the one we are living in today, America was split into three different kinds of people the loyalist, the patriots, and the neutralists.
On the brink of revolution, the American colonists were torn between supporting the revolution and remaining loyal to their home …show more content…
What the colonist did not expect was unfair treatment and unjust taxes to the colonists after they had just helped win the war for their respected country. Starting with the Sugar Act, many colonists felt as if they were under a threat to their daily lives and could not bear the idea of the government taxing them on their goods, which ultimately lead to the famous quote by James Otis “taxation without representation is tyranny.” (Faragher 132) This was the first form of voice to the protest that would continue on for the entirety of the revolution of America. Many colonists saw many of the Governments next acts to be completely bogus and didn't see why they were the targets of unfair taxation and treatment along the New …show more content…
The British Parliament made some laws that eventually caused the neutral colonists to turn their heads the other way. It did not take a very intelligent man to see that the British Government were taking advantage of them considering they were the ones to see their own tea prices and other essential needs increase in price. The act that caused most of the neutral colonist to part ways with the British was the Stamp Act. The parliament required a special paper for things such as newspapers, legal documents, ships’ papers, and etc. This affected nearly every citizen living in the colonies. They reacted by saying it was “miserably burdening and oppressed with taxes,” (Faragher 132) which was in all seriousness very true. No man in the right state of mind is content with more taxes. Another reason why most neutral people began to look another way was the fact that no one from the colonies had any representation in the Parliament. They felt as if they had no say and were merely a form of “virtual representation.” This angered the colonist because they were not able to show their discontent in person at the
Have you ever had a thought in your head that you felt like everyone should know yet find yourself preaching it on a daily basis? Have you ever seen people lose complete contact with each other trying to explain something that one would consider being common knowledge? Most would agree that usually these are petty fights that mean nothing at the end of the day. This is where the neutralist would stand by. In a world not so much different yet completely unlike the one we are living in today, America was split into three different kinds of people the loyalist, the patriots, and the neutralists.
On the brink of revolution, the American colonists were torn between supporting the revolution and remaining loyal to their home …show more content…
What the colonist did not expect was unfair treatment and unjust taxes to the colonists after they had just helped win the war for their respected country. Starting with the Sugar Act, many colonists felt as if they were under a threat to their daily lives and could not bear the idea of the government taxing them on their goods, which ultimately lead to the famous quote by James Otis “taxation without representation is tyranny.” (Faragher 132) This was the first form of voice to the protest that would continue on for the entirety of the revolution of America. Many colonists saw many of the Governments next acts to be completely bogus and didn't see why they were the targets of unfair taxation and treatment along the New …show more content…
The British Parliament made some laws that eventually caused the neutral colonists to turn their heads the other way. It did not take a very intelligent man to see that the British Government were taking advantage of them considering they were the ones to see their own tea prices and other essential needs increase in price. The act that caused most of the neutral colonist to part ways with the British was the Stamp Act. The parliament required a special paper for things such as newspapers, legal documents, ships’ papers, and etc. This affected nearly every citizen living in the colonies. They reacted by saying it was “miserably burdening and oppressed with taxes,” (Faragher 132) which was in all seriousness very true. No man in the right state of mind is content with more taxes. Another reason why most neutral people began to look another way was the fact that no one from the colonies had any representation in the Parliament. They felt as if they had no say and were merely a form of “virtual representation.” This angered the colonist because they were not able to show their discontent in person at the