After the French and Indian war, the British Government found itself in a financial bind, having spent abundantly to fund the ongoing conflict. British Parliament, with no other alternative, placed a tax on the American Colonies. This sparked an outrage amount the colonists. Colonial leaders were infuriated that they were being taxed without any consent whatsoever. The phrase “no taxation without representation!” became the rallying cry in the thirteen colonies. Although the anger from the colonies was felt an Ocean away in Great Britain, Parliament passed more taxes, adding to the resentment. The work of men such as Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, along with many future publications and organizations such as the Stamp Act Congress, and Thomas
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The Virginia House of Burgesses responded to the outrageous tax with this, “…imploring his Royal Protection of his faithful subjects, the people of this colony, in the Enjoyment of all their natural and civil Rights, and Men, and as Descendants of Britons; which rights must be violated… taxation of themselves are imposed upon them by any other power than that derived from their own Consent…” The legislative body of Virginia was saying that colonists have civil rights as British citizens and that taxation that doesn’t come from within the colonies was a violation, and furthermore, the King has a duty to protect the rights of the colonists. The Crown, however, did little to nothing to protect its citizen’s rights. Colonial leaders as well as average citizens began to cry out that it was extremely unfair to be taxed without any representation in the British Government. The Sugar Act was just the first of many acts that would start to light the fires of revolution and create a desire for democracy and choice of law in the …show more content…
The push for revolution was growing stronger and the idea of democracy was gaining supporters. In response to the famous “Boston Tea Party” in which many men from Boston disguised as Indians and dumped British Tea in to the Boston Harbor to avoid paying taxes, Parliament passed the “Intolerable Acts”. Joseph Warren, a man from Boston said this about the worsening of the relations between the Colonists and the Crown in 1772, “And as it was soon found that this taxation could not be supported by reason and argument, it seemed necessary that one act of oppression should be enforced by another…” Joseph Warren is saying that the initial taxations placed on the Colonies had no merit, or reasoning behind them whatsoever and that since the taxes were irrational, Parliament saw fit to place more atrocious taxes on top of the ones already imposed. Many colonists felt by this point that war might be the only way to save the rights they believed were being taken away by the British, many attempts were made by the Colonies, both peaceful and violent to stop the atrocities, but made no progress. The Second Continental Congress met to discuss why there is a need for war against Britain in 1775, and said this in “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, “They [Parliament] have undertaken to give and grant our money without our consent, though we have ever exercised an exclusive right to dispose of our own
The Virginia House of Burgesses responded to the outrageous tax with this, “…imploring his Royal Protection of his faithful subjects, the people of this colony, in the Enjoyment of all their natural and civil Rights, and Men, and as Descendants of Britons; which rights must be violated… taxation of themselves are imposed upon them by any other power than that derived from their own Consent…” The legislative body of Virginia was saying that colonists have civil rights as British citizens and that taxation that doesn’t come from within the colonies was a violation, and furthermore, the King has a duty to protect the rights of the colonists. The Crown, however, did little to nothing to protect its citizen’s rights. Colonial leaders as well as average citizens began to cry out that it was extremely unfair to be taxed without any representation in the British Government. The Sugar Act was just the first of many acts that would start to light the fires of revolution and create a desire for democracy and choice of law in the …show more content…
The push for revolution was growing stronger and the idea of democracy was gaining supporters. In response to the famous “Boston Tea Party” in which many men from Boston disguised as Indians and dumped British Tea in to the Boston Harbor to avoid paying taxes, Parliament passed the “Intolerable Acts”. Joseph Warren, a man from Boston said this about the worsening of the relations between the Colonists and the Crown in 1772, “And as it was soon found that this taxation could not be supported by reason and argument, it seemed necessary that one act of oppression should be enforced by another…” Joseph Warren is saying that the initial taxations placed on the Colonies had no merit, or reasoning behind them whatsoever and that since the taxes were irrational, Parliament saw fit to place more atrocious taxes on top of the ones already imposed. Many colonists felt by this point that war might be the only way to save the rights they believed were being taken away by the British, many attempts were made by the Colonies, both peaceful and violent to stop the atrocities, but made no progress. The Second Continental Congress met to discuss why there is a need for war against Britain in 1775, and said this in “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, “They [Parliament] have undertaken to give and grant our money without our consent, though we have ever exercised an exclusive right to dispose of our own