The reasons why the colonies rebelled, was because the British were overtaxing the colonies because the British were in debt. Because the colonies were acting violent since the colonies were being taxed on everything they dumped chests of tea in the water which made the British angry. The colonies rights were soon taken away. After the Boston Tea Party, the intolerable act was created. The intolerable act was created to punish the colonist for throwing away hundreds chests of tea into the water, this seized all trade and communication in the outside world by closing the port of Boston.…
As a result of Britain’s ever-growing debt the Parliament in acted additional acts on top of the Sugar Act. These new acts included the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, and the Townshend Act each of these acts the colonist responded uniquely. With some acts there was protest such as harassing officials and in some there was complete boycotting of goods. In contrast some acts such, as the Declaratory Act was not protested at all.…
The colonists started to think about how they could rebel. The merchants boycotted all documents, which is what they had to pay a tax for. This was important because it made England lose money, which was what they were trying to avoid doing. There were many things being said about Britain in the colonists’ households, but a major topic was rebellion. They wanted to get back at England for being so unreasonable and greedy.…
The tea act led to an event called the Boston Tea Party, this is a big role in the decision to declare Independence. They also had the sugar act, paying for sugar. They were also taxed on molasses, glass, lead, and paint. The colonist were denied rights.…
The destructive French & Indian War, the North American theater of the global Seven Years’ War, dramatically effected Great Britain’s treasury. In order to pay for war debts following the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Britain imposed several harsh regulations on the colonists. Had Britain not force these acts towards the colonists, the Revolution of 1775 may have never occurred. Britain’s first notion towards taxation was the Sugar Act of 1764. Recommended by Prime Minister George Grenville, the Sugar Act was an indirect tax on sugar.…
The act that angered the colonists the most was the Coercive/Intolerable Act Mass. Government Act and Admin of Justice Act. This act seemed to control the colonists the most. Anytime the colonists wanted to meet other colonists or people, they weren’t allowed to unless the government approves them to meet. It also stopped imports unless given permission to continue. The colonists would most likely get frustrated by this act and would get angry at it.…
Everything started to go downhill for the colonists relationship with the British when Lord Bute and his supporters did away with the age old practice of avoiding the enforcement of trade laws that supported commerce with Great Britain. Lord Bute felt that the laws needed to be enforced aggressively and began to use the…
The colonists indeed had a good reason to be furious with how the British Parliament treated them. The Sugar Act was just a way that the British were expressing their power. When the colonists…
For example, after the 1765 Stamp Act, Americans throughout the country mobilized and boycotted the usage of stamps on printed documents. It was the colonists' first organized resistance movement, though some colonists - such as Benjamin Franklin - had agitated for independence from Britain a decade earlier. Consequently, civil disobedience drew the colonists together and fortified them, instilling within them a sense of patriotism and an idea of justice. The Boston Tea Party further galvanized colonists, especially when the acting English government, as retribution, implemented the Intolerable Acts. The act of resistance resulted in a pushback that ironically helped strengthen the opposition and their belief in justice.…
Throughout history, the process of protest has influenced the present the past and will continue to influence the future. It has created the world as we know it and has been a force that is undeniably changed the course of history. The Boston Tea Party protest is an early example, it helped form our nation. The civil rights movement showed us that with careful planning change can be forced. Throughout this essay, it will discuss the history of protest, how it has influenced change, the current situation of protest, why it 's not working , and how protest could be transformed to reflect the current times.…
Road to Revolution The American Colonies were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because of the unconstitutional laws placed on them by the British Parliament; as well as the tyrannical rule the Britain enforced over them. The American colonialists had every right to rebel against Britain because of the unconstitutional laws being enforced over them by said Parliament. The Stamp Act was a law passed by the British Parliament on the Colonies in 1765 which required a tax to be paid for the approval of any printed and sold document; such as: newspapers, playing cards, legal documents, posters, etc.…
The colonist who were so used to being taken advantage by the King and England wanted to make sure that the new government in the new country could not abuse their power like King George III. In the Declaration of Independence many of the grievances against the King are used to form the new government in the Constitution that prevents the new government from being able to perform these same grievances on its citizens. One direct influence is that the colonist were weary “of the dangers of a tyrannical, overpowering government” (Conceived of Compromises: Creating the U.S. Constitution 8), which led them to have a balance in power with checks and balances by dividing up the government into three branches. During this time the King had not allowed…
The Coercive Acts pushed the colonists to rebel further. The acts restricted the colonists more than they were already. They were restricted from using the Boston Harbor until the city paid for the tea that they threw over the boat. Because the harbor was closed, there could be no trading. Having no trade hurt the Bostonians and their trade business.…
The Boston Massacre The Boston massacre was a significant event that didn’t happen until March 5, 1770. The colonists used it as propaganda. The Boston massacre only lasted about twenty minutes. Shortly after the Boston massacre the Boston tea party took place.…
Sugar Act The Parliament of Great Britain passed The Sugar Act on April 5, 1764. It was created so that they could collect revenue from the British colonies and from America. Imported sugar and molasses were taxed. This negatively affected New England’s rum production. Sugar Act Definition (h2)…