The Role Of Colonists After The Declaration Of Independence

For many years following the colonization of the New World, Britain retained a loose grasp on the colonies despite colonists still seeing themselves as Englishmen. After the Seven Years ' War, Britain was in heavy debt and decided to impose taxes and enforce legislations on the colonies as reparations since at least half of their money was spent on protecting them. This startled the colonies who were already adjusted to salutary neglect by their motherland and led to protests. Before long, colonists had no choice but to seek independence through the Declaration of Independence since their social, political, and economic rights were being taken away. The charges leveled against the king taking away their political rights was valid because town meetings were disbanded when colonies were getting taxed without representation. The Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts passed in the Colonies angered colonists as they weren 't represented in Parliament. This led to Samuel Adams organizing town meetings through …show more content…
A significant one of these was when the Quebec Act was passed in 1774, which guaranteed conquered French subjects the right to keep their Catholic religion and retain other customs and traditions. These customs did not include a representative assembly or trial by jury in civil cases, which angered colonists that were denied such ancient English traditions. Another social right was seized by the acceptance of Indians by Quakers. According to the Paxton Boys, the Indians brutally killed colonists and were protected under the government (Document A). This disrupted colonists ' right to protect their loved one 's from murdering Indians since they were protected under the government appointed by King George III, not allowing them to achieve justice. These actions violated the social rights of colonists, which led to the justification of charges in the Declaration of Independence against the