Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain

Revolution would have eventually happened. The American Revolutionary War happened because the people of the American Colonies, who considered themselves citizens of the British Empire, grew dissatisfied with the taxes being imposed on them by Britain’s Parliament. In The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik writes that he thinks the American Revolution was not necessary and the conflict in the colonies could have ended rather peacefully: “The Revolution, this argument might run, was a needless and brutal…

America and Britain started in a symbiotic relationship until tensions arose, causing America to branch off politically, economically, and socially. The colonies first started in the 1600’s, when many residents of Britain decided to come to America for a better chance at success. For many years after this Britain and the colonies were in a strong relationship. Britain helped and protected the colonies, and the colonies supplied Britain with raw materials. Tensions later arose in the late 1700’s.…

was the philosophers during the time period that is often referred to as “the age of enlightenment.” Also during that time, the first government in the newly discovered world was being created off the coast of New England. As time progressed, Great Britain began to treat the colonists in America unfairly and so an attempt at rebellion was made. This unjust treatment eventually led to the colonists to declare themselves separate from England. Because of this, new government had to be made. The…

needed to prove their freedom to Britain, though not all of the people handled this in a humane fashion, and the English officers did no better. King George as well, seemed to have no care to reach an agreement with the colonists, or “New Englanders,” (Doc 4). However, the American people deserved to break away after dealing with such tyranny, unrelenting and unexpected taxes, the refusal…

drowning in debt. The year was 1763, and Britain had defeated France with the aid of the colonies. Their victory, however, had been obtained at a very high cost and now they had to pay it back. Parliament decided that the colonies should help pay off the debt because they were protecting them and their land. The colonists would have been in danger had it not been for Britain their “motherland.” The first tax that they imposed on the colonists was the Sugar Act of 1764 (Ayers, Gould and…

Have you ever wondered why Great Britain’s colonies decided to separate from their mother country? Why did the colonists feel like Great Britain was no longer interested in what’s best for them? When the colonies were first settled in 1607 King James I assured the settlers that they would have all the rights and privileges of a natural British citizen; so what changed? Was it only because they raised taxes, or was there more to it than that? The American colonies felt that the British government…

The Stamp Act, passed by Parliament in 1765, was an act that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid. The purpose of the Stamp Act was to raise income to pay for the military presence in the American colonies to enforce the new taxes. It also implemented new taxes on paper documents. The Stamp Act was enacted on March 22, 1765 by Parliament of Great Britain. People were taxed on everything that was on printed paper such as diplomas,…

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…

themselves. While the opponents argued that Great Britain gives the colonies political protection and economic security. In Letter of a Patriot it said “ To enforce this unconstitutional and unjust scheme of taxation, that our British ancestors established against arbitrary power was violently thrown down in America, and their right of trial by jury was taken away.” Great Britain tried to find a way to get out of its 140 million debt, one of the ways was the Stamp Act. Which made it were you…

There are many great turning points in United States history from the earliest days of European exploration and the conquest of the New World to today. As the British and French were in a war throughout Europe the conflict eventually reached America and this became known as the Seven Years War. In the 1700s, the Seven Years War also known as the French and Indian war marked a major turning point in American relations with Great Britain. This ultimately marked a major changes because tension…