No taxation without representation

the Patriots: the Boston Tea Party and the Making of America, the Tea Party was sparked by four key factors. Britain’s taxation without representation was evidently the colonists’ primary grievance. To further elaborate, the British government imposed taxes on the colonists, despite the colonists not consenting or having an actual representative deliver their views when the taxation decision was made. Such a tyranny over the colonies would not have perpetuated much longer, even if it wasn’t for…

1765). This demonstration sent a very blatant message for both those who participated and those who dared to publish it- the colonies would not stand for the continual economic abuse of the Crown. They had chosen to declare their objection to British taxation in a way that rejected the power of the British to control the affairs of the colony. Though the debt created by the French and Indian War was a legitimate cause for a higher income, the colonists believed that the right to levy taxes in…

The Articles of Confederation marked the death of the 13 Colonies and the birth of the United States of America, a country of it’s own after fighting with a superpower for so long. After being controlled and constrained by Britain for centuries, the now-Americans were afraid of the government becoming a second Britain. The new American government drafted the Articles of Confederation in 1777, the first law of their new country, and to avoid creating another restrictive government, the Articles…

Boston Tea Party. In Boston when the tea arrived on the Dartmouth the colonists refused to pay the duties in order to have the tea shipped back to England. This was to show England that their tea was unnecessary and that the colonies could survive without its aid. The Boston Tea Party was sparked when this proposal was declined by the consignees and Governor who were appointed by Britain. “In 1773 some colonists in Boston, Massachusetts demonstrated their frustration by dressing up like…

Women began to realize their potential and need for equal representation in direct correlation with an increase in education and the motivation of powerful women who were fully aware of their present injustice. During this time, many male and female abolitionists alike were willing to fight for the cessation of slavery…

mentioned or compared with the New England colonies. Since 1764 the colonists in the colonies, and Boston especially, protested against the British taxation in the aftermath of the French and Indian war, from the Stamp act in 164 and then against the Townshend Acts in 1765. Most American’s did not believe that Britain had a right to tax them without representation in parliament. After the Quartering Act in 1765, many Colonists felt violated by the force of the soldier's presence and wanted them…

century, and carried against Britain, the empire that the sun never sets, and that was colonize a wide part of the new world, and led after unanimously for the independence of what has become known in the United States for the British Crown. It goes without saying, that it is important consequences for the geographical disclosures movement which culminated in exploring Christopher Columbus unknown continent, that flowed wide waves of immigrants from Europe towards the new land, and the…

government. Democracy ensures that capitalism and industry can thrive without the need for a King’s approval. Social classes are penetrable unlike in England, where heredity or oppression decides. And in order to become prosperous as a nation, America cannot continue feeding its sponsor. As Jefferson explains, England gets in the way by imposing British law over the states, interference with legislation and excessive taxation, among other offenses. As Paine argues, the expenses of the taxes will…

British Government began to feel that the colonists should pay their share of the costs of the colonial administration. They decided to tax the colonists because this would protect them. The colonists did not like this so they said, “no taxation without representation.” The outbreak of war in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord gave the King what he wanted, the opportunity to proclaim the colonies in open rebellion. At dawn on April 19, fewer than 100 Minutemen had gathered to face the Redcoats.…

By not being able to vote you have no say in what your hard earned money is going towards. This is taxation without representation because you are not represented by the government and have no decision.People can say that these teens are represented by their parents but teens can have different thoughts or opinions than their parents and when it all comes down to…