It sure is a hard time to be a patriot. Tax after tax! It all started with the French-Indian War. It was fought between England and France in 1754 and 1763. It resulted in British rule over Americans. The Treaty of Paris ended the war. It gave control of the land of the French in North America to England. And that’s how it affected us. The Proclamation of 1763 was then given. It was a law that prohibited colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains which prevented war between the British and Native Americans. That was a problem the British had and handed down to us as they ruled. In 1764, angered colonists stood by as parliament passed an act that taxed sugar, coffee, and molasses known as the sugar act. Also, in 1765, Colonists then
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However, the Stamp Act did not hold for long anyway as the parliament released the Declaration Act in 1766 which canceled the Stamp Act but we were not out of the gutter yet as the British Parliament then had the right to make decisions for the colonies with no representation resulting in the boycott of British goods. This is also where taxation without representation comes to play. The Townshend Act of 1767 followed by the Quartering Acts of 1767 taxed lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea and forced colonists to give housing and supplies for the British soldiers. It all resulted in the Boston Massacre in 1770. It was a fight between the soldiers and colonists. They were unhappy about the Quartering Act causing some to lose their lives. Three years later, the tea act was passed which repealed the tax on tea and created a Monopoly by stating that all tea must be bought from the company of East India. Leading up to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, where The Sons of Liberty boarded a ship with tea dressed as Mohawk Indians and destroyed 45 tons of tea which caused the parliament to pass the Intolerable/Coercive acts of 1774 to punish the Boston Tea
However, the Stamp Act did not hold for long anyway as the parliament released the Declaration Act in 1766 which canceled the Stamp Act but we were not out of the gutter yet as the British Parliament then had the right to make decisions for the colonies with no representation resulting in the boycott of British goods. This is also where taxation without representation comes to play. The Townshend Act of 1767 followed by the Quartering Acts of 1767 taxed lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea and forced colonists to give housing and supplies for the British soldiers. It all resulted in the Boston Massacre in 1770. It was a fight between the soldiers and colonists. They were unhappy about the Quartering Act causing some to lose their lives. Three years later, the tea act was passed which repealed the tax on tea and created a Monopoly by stating that all tea must be bought from the company of East India. Leading up to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, where The Sons of Liberty boarded a ship with tea dressed as Mohawk Indians and destroyed 45 tons of tea which caused the parliament to pass the Intolerable/Coercive acts of 1774 to punish the Boston Tea