Pete Townshend

After fighting in the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), Britain was left with an immense debt on their shoulders (Chapter 4). It was up to George Grenville to help reduce this debt and save England from a disastrous future (Chapter 4). His plans were set into motion when parliament passed acts that they hoped would raise money to pay off the debt (Chapter 4). However, they did not foresee that these actions would lead to the American Revolution. Although the change in British imperial policy…

The American colonies were becoming more separated from Britain every day. By 1763, their relationship was weak and the next thirteen years would do nothing but make it worse. Colonists were not initially resistant to British rule, but after years of being stripped of their freedoms they shifted toward the idea of separating from Britain and creating their own government that would incorporate Republican values. After the Seven Years’ War, British troops remained in America. The cost of…

England, therefore we choose not pay those unjust tariffs and taxes. Minister Townshend also wished to use a portion of the taxes raised from The Townshend Acts to pay for colonial officials (The Townshend Acts). Customarily, we have held the right and authority to pay our own colonial governors. Directly paying our colonial officials ensured that our voices would be heard, and gave us a fair advantage as citizens (The Townshend Acts). Changing the dynamics of the situation surely prompts…

should be. The parliament could continue establishing laws to the colony if they wanted to. People form colonies could not accept these laws because they thought the new law was the access to tax more revenues in these colonies.(David, page 127) Townshend Duty Act of 1767 raised the tax on a lot of import goods shipped from the England. These items including glass, tea, paper, lead and print. (David, The American Journey, page 122) Townshed knew that the British’s debt still be unpaid. To…

The Boston Massacre; A Bloody Night March 5th, 1770. It’s a cold, wintery night and the British Redcoats have set up camp right in the middle of Boston, Massachusetts to enforce more tax laws. A group of angry, drunken colonists gather around all sides of the British troops for a not so peaceful protest. Clunk. One of the colonists had thrown a wooden club and knocked a British soldier off his feet and onto the ground. “Fire!” Captain Preston Thomas exclaimed. What was the Boston Massacre…

The American Colonies started showing signs of strain in the early 1700’s. Until then, England was mainly focused on civil conflicts and an ongoing war with France. This allowed the American colonies to carry out their trade with little help or interference. As a result, the colonists developed a sense of independence. When England started taking actions that suggested that the colonists did not have the same right as British citizens, the American Colonists began to question the authority of…

Bruce Ingram Granger’s main argument throughout the article “The Stamp Act in Satire” is that the colonist’s disapproval of the Stamp Act is the force that unified the colonists the most before the revolution (granger, 1956, pg. 368). The article focuses on the effect that the Stamp Act had on the colonies in relation to each other, the press came together and published writings to voice their resistance to the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act brought the colonists together because they felt that the…

The Real American Revolution The British American colonists believed that as full British citizens they were equally entitled to the rights and privileges of the British Constitution,but in Great Britain they disagreed,they thought of the colonists as subordinate not equal and that the colonists were intended to serve the mother country.The colonists were frustrated that they were not being recognized as true Britons and felt they were being deprived of their “English Liberties”,quarrels over…

The American Revolution. It 's what finally seperated America and defined us as own country. Now what caused this movement that finally made the colonies snap and take control of their own lives and destiny. That is what the book “Origin of the American Revolution:1759-1766” by Bernhard Knollenberg discusses. How it came to the American revolution. WIth major influences such as the tea act and some not so influential parts, but enough to move us towards the actions that got us here. In this book…

which required the colonist to purchase a stamp for all printed goods. The colonist believed that they were being mistreated by the English because they were being forced to pay these taxes. The colonist also lost many of their rights due to the Townshend Act which allowed English soldiers to search any colonist for contraband. Even though there were many reasons that the colonist withdrew from the British and started the American Revolutionary War. I believe that it is because the British would…