A stack of papers slammed onto the table as a man growled angrily, “I cannot believe we are being taxed for paper! I had to pay ten extra pounds for a stamp! What are we --COMMONERS?"
This house among many others were outraged by the stamp act, claiming to feel like commoners, being taxed without their knowledge or consent. On March 22 , 1765 an act was passed by the British Parliament, forcing colonists to pay a tax on every piece of paper they bought, including things such as playing cards. It was common for peasants to be taxed without their consent, but the wealthy landowners of the colonies were not used to this. They were outraged and felt as though they were being looked down on. The British government had decided to tax them because …show more content…
She spoke to the owner of the main store in their neighborhood. Her husband had been thrown in jail without a jury, for refusing to pay for a stamp. He along with many others had been arrested, causing more conflict in the colonies, being jailed without a proper jury impeded their rights as people. A sort of hate began reverberating through the colonies in regard to the tax, and England in general. Representatives from many of the colonies began to meet in New York, this was the first time something like this had happened. The colonies had, kept to themselves before, never speaking to anyone from outside their colony. The group that met in New York was called the Sons of Liberty. They wanted to maintain American's rights. They quickly grew in members, and many members published works against the stamp act in public newspapers, the papers normally did not bear the required stamp. Many people read the papers and the number of followers against the stamp act grew. The House of Burgesses was another group located in Virginia. They wrote an article called the Virginia Stamp Act Resolve, that declared that every American should have the same rights as any Englishman. It stated that only the leaders of the colonies could decide who was taxed, how much, and who would pay. The representatives from the house exhibited violent by boycotting, burning the stamped pieces of paper, and claiming anyone who was with the Stamp Act was an enemy of the
This house among many others were outraged by the stamp act, claiming to feel like commoners, being taxed without their knowledge or consent. On March 22 , 1765 an act was passed by the British Parliament, forcing colonists to pay a tax on every piece of paper they bought, including things such as playing cards. It was common for peasants to be taxed without their consent, but the wealthy landowners of the colonies were not used to this. They were outraged and felt as though they were being looked down on. The British government had decided to tax them because …show more content…
She spoke to the owner of the main store in their neighborhood. Her husband had been thrown in jail without a jury, for refusing to pay for a stamp. He along with many others had been arrested, causing more conflict in the colonies, being jailed without a proper jury impeded their rights as people. A sort of hate began reverberating through the colonies in regard to the tax, and England in general. Representatives from many of the colonies began to meet in New York, this was the first time something like this had happened. The colonies had, kept to themselves before, never speaking to anyone from outside their colony. The group that met in New York was called the Sons of Liberty. They wanted to maintain American's rights. They quickly grew in members, and many members published works against the stamp act in public newspapers, the papers normally did not bear the required stamp. Many people read the papers and the number of followers against the stamp act grew. The House of Burgesses was another group located in Virginia. They wrote an article called the Virginia Stamp Act Resolve, that declared that every American should have the same rights as any Englishman. It stated that only the leaders of the colonies could decide who was taxed, how much, and who would pay. The representatives from the house exhibited violent by boycotting, burning the stamped pieces of paper, and claiming anyone who was with the Stamp Act was an enemy of the