Pete Townshend

Angry colonist In colonel America between 1763 and 1774 the British taxed the colonist and made multiple acts that made it hard on the colonist. The colonist did not like this and said it was “taxation without representation”. Many ask why taxes could cause such anger and rebellions. In my opinion they had a right to be angry take a look at some of these acts and taxes places on the colonist and what they did about it. The British placed many taxes and Acts on the colonists such as the Sugar…

barracks. Housing the British also meant using up valued resources to feed them. Imagine the common enemy moving into your home because it was law; it would agitate you and it surely upset agitated the colonists. Townshend Acts Chancellor of Exchequer Charles Townshend proposed the Townshend Acts in 1767 in which all glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies was to be taxed. Although Townshend’s intent was to resolve Britain’s debt, colonists viewed it as an abuse of power.…

The American Revolution, fought from 1775 until 1783, was a turning point in American history which gave us our independence from Great Britain. Was this conflict beneficial to the American Colonies, or would it have been better to remain loyal to the crown? We will attempt to provide a number of logical illustrations both for and against revolution allowing for the reader to make an informed opinion. One of the primary causes and foremost reason for the American Revolution was the unfair or…

The boston Massacre was not a spur of the moment kind of thing. There had been tension between the British and Colonist for a while. The Colonist think that the British have been abusing their power and using it for putting many taxes over the colonies. There was many debates on British taxes, especially the navigation and sugar act. As the British kept piling on taxes the Colonies had enough and finally decide to have the protest which led to the Boston Massacre. Many documentations or pictures…

In their action of separating from the British, the colonists were justified. They were unfairly treated, taxed, and constantly had demanded the same rights as the other British subjects, but never had received it. When the british decided to tax the colonists to raise money, the colonies had grown even more angry. The Stamp Act for example, required colonists only in North America, to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac. This made…

Also British soldiers had to live with the colonists. The colonists didn't like the acts that the British were doing. like the Stamp Act and how they were taxed on every piece of printed paper they used. Another act the British did is the Townshend Act.The Townshend Act was when there was a series of Acts named after Charles Townshend.Also the Boston Massacre led up to the American Revolution because It made people mad and wanted to fight for freedom against the British.This is what led up to…

and helped grow and inspire the sense of resistance that was already out there. “As the political controversies surrounding the Sugar, Stamp and Townshend acts fluctuated in the late 1760s, the presence of large contingents of British troops in NY and Boston became a constant source of irritation” (Ghere and Spreeman 10). The stamp, sugar and Townshend acts all created by the government created a shift in the way people viewed…

England had control of America. It was like a mother-daughter relationship, but in this situation the mother was unfair. This was because in 1763, when the French and Indian War ended, Britain started to tax America. This caused a rift between Britain and the colonies. Since this happened, some people started to believe America should declare independence from England and some disagreed with that. I think that America should have declared independence from England. One reason America should…

Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." That quote often comes up in the context of new technology and concerns about government surveillance. Simply put; and I'm paraphrasing here; but Ben Franklin essentially said at one point, those who would exchange self-government for a bit of security deserve neither to be self-govern nor security. The quotation is considered to come from a letter…

Road to Revolution Exam Directions: You are going to pretend that you are an American Colonist in 1775 who is frustrated with all of the events that have happened since the the French and Indian War. You are going to finish writing the letter below to King George to explain why you are so upset. Write a short paragraph (5-6 Sentences) that explains why each of the following events caused frustration among the colonists. The first one is done for you as an example. What you write will appear…