Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain

Since Britain was left with immense amount of debt from the war, they were seeking ways to impose taxes. Britain imposed taxes on many different things. These are the examples: sugar, currency, stamp, tea, and many other imported items. The Boston Tea Party had several effects. During the process of blocking Boston Harbor, British army was sent to enforce the process. Also, this disabled merchants from Massachusetts to sell their goods through the harbor. These were all under the Coercive Acts,…

that the British Parliament would not address American complaints that the new laws were onerous. During the second half of the eighteenth century, tension arose between the British government and its transatlantic colonies. To maintain the peace of 1763, the British government stationed troops on the frontiers of the colonies. It argued that because the troops were protecting…

In 1764, the Sugar Act was passed placing customs duties on sugar and non-British imports. This angered the colonists in New England and the Middle Colonies, because it made smuggling more difficult. However, there was little protest, because the tax only affected a small amount of people in the colonies. In 1765, the British passed the Stamp Act, which required all paper used to carry a purchased stamp. The purpose of the Stamp Act was to increase income for the British Empire…

Indian war costed him his death and made colonists question their perception of the British. During the war, colonist soldiers were treated inferior to arrogant British citizens (Doc D). After the war, many colonists doubt their place and worth to Great Britain because of their treatment. Others are grateful for Britain’s victory and are eager for the opportunities that lay ahead (Doc E). However, because of their treatment after the war, more colonists felt like lower class citizens compared to…

the French and Indian War ending around 1763, pressure increased between Britain (Mother Country) and her American colonies. Truthfully, I believe the America colonies were justified for waging war and breaking away from Britain because they were trying to defend themselves from unfair Parliament standards (usually tax acts) that were forced on them with and without any say from the people. The only way that Great Britain thought they could regain their money that they lost during the war was…

would anger Great Britain which would retaliate by passing the coercive or intolerable acts in 1774. These acts were a disciplinary action taken by Britain in order to keep the colonies under control. It also closed down the ports in Boston, weakened the local governmental institutions and strengthened the British general who commanded the British forces in that region. The colonists indeed had a good reason to be furious with how the British Parliament treated them. The Sugar Act was just a…

American society, but most importantly it agitated the relationship between the colonists and Great Britain. The French and Indian War was fought in North America amongst colonial Great Britain, colonial France, and both of their Native American allies. Across the seas, the Seven Years War was taking place simultaneously, and the combination of the two wars led to severe burdens. Economically, Great Britain substantially enlarged its national debt and began to experiment with taxes to pay it…

late 1770’s. King George of Great Britain ruled over his colonies from across the sea and imposed rules and regulations that upset the colonists. When the colonists complained about the unfair taxes, rules, and conditions, he responded with tyranny and violence. The colonists reacted to this by holding protests, forming groups, and ultimately drafting the Declaration of Independence. Considering the values of the American colonists and the policies of Great Britain, the colonists were…

1783. At the start of the revolution, the citizens of these colonies were beginning to get tired of the British rules. Eventually, the American colonies fought for their independance from Great Britain because the colonists felt mistreated by the British, the tax laws were unfair, and they found the Intolerable Acts to be unjust. The colonists believed that the British were treating the colonists unfair and later on that was a result of them being unhappy. This all was because the colonists…

Question One Great Britain engaged in it would seem several wars throughout history. By the 1700s Great Britain was in jeopardy of continuing to maintain a strong union of military defense. The British had no outside allies, would join forces with in an effort to push the French out of the Mississippi Valley. Therefore, British, its colonies, and Native Americans had to go to war against the French alone. On May 18, 1756 British declared war known today as the “French and Indian War. This war…