Was Colonial Grievance Justified

Why the Colonial Grievance Was Justified When the English first came to the colonies, they were given freedom to flourish on their own. Then as time went on, England suddenly taxed them for all the goods. The Colonial Grievance was justified because of the unnecessary taxation and brutal injustice. One of the main reason the colonies’ outrage was justified is because of the taxation acts. One of them is the Quartering Act, which required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops (pg. 119). England said to provide the colonies with protection, yet none of the Red Coats were in the front line but instead stationed in the less dangerous area to watch colonies’ loyalty to England (1). Most sickening of all, the colonies were paying taxes for the unwanted British troops. This is upsetting because not only the colonists’ freedom are taken away but also the taxation for the unwanted soldiers that force them to relinquish that freedom. …show more content…
This act gave all rights to French Canadians in the most profitable British trading region in the West (pg. 126), while the British wanted restricted the colonists from expanding to the land according to the Proclamation of 1763 (pg. 113). Sure, the colonists started the French and Indian War (pg. 107), but it was necessary to expand so that profit could be made for England due to the Navigation Law of 1650 (pg. 118). Therefore, the Quebec Act was injustice because after all the times the colonies were exporting goods to the mother country, England insulted them by giving the Catholic French Canadians rights to the rich trading