Tea Act

tax. The time period of events leading up to the war took place from 1764-1775 and is known as the “resistance movement”. The Intolerable Acts started off with the Stamp Act of 1765 (Gilje). This act required a stamp to be placed on all paper goods from newsprints to legal documents. The people of the colonies began refusing to buy the stamps and the act was later removed only to be replaced by more. The colonist would again refuse and rebel to any tax that was placed on them. Another event…

countries as a result of the tension created by different documents that taxed the colonists such as the sugar, stamp, Townsend duties tea and intolerable acts that served for the British’s main concern; money. As numerous attempts were made by British to also get the colonists to pay taxes, the colonists became furious as acts continued to be repealed and replaced by harsher acts. While the two sides continued to have differences of what was considered “fair”, the inability to settle these…

of 1763, the British taxing the colonists without representation and the enforcement of the Intolerable Acts. The British government decided not to grant access to the colonists past the Appalachian…

were being taxed on everything they dumped chests of tea in the water which made the British angry. The colonies rights were soon taken away. After the Boston Tea Party, the intolerable act was created. The intolerable act was created to punish the colonist for throwing away hundreds chests of tea into the water, this seized all trade and communication in the outside world by closing the port of Boston. This was meant to continue until all of the tea was paid for, although that didn't happen.…

inordinate. For example, the Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament in 1765, which demanded the Colonists to pay taxes on every legal document purchased, therefore paying for British soldiers to remain stationed throughout the colonies. Furiously, the colonists responded by boycotting British merchandise, and riots in the streets. Another example of the political vendetta was a result of British Parliament enactment of the Townshend Act in 1767. The Townshend Act sanctioned the taxation all…

Navigation Acts of 1660 restricted the colonies of trading abilities, with the exception of trading with ships which belonged to England. • The Navigation Acts of 1663 acknowledged that all ships must pass through England before reaching colonies, in which England would have the power and ability to tax the products on the ships. • The Navigation Acts of 1673 added tariffs on overseas trade within the colonies and claimed that England would nominate its own representatives to administer the…

This act places taxes on imported glass, tea, lead, paper, and paint. The money being raised from this act would help pay for the war debt. British Officials used writs of assistance to basically enforce this act. Colonist hated this act because they felt as if it violated their constitutional rights. Therefore, colonist decided to boycott on British goods AGAIN! They hoped this actually got Parliament's attention. This led to Samuel Adams writing a letter saying that the acts were actually…

The mother country is taking these natural rights away from us by imposing unnecessary acts and attempting to create a stronger political force here in the colonies. Among my accomplices and me, these taxes have been straining my family and me. As a lawyer in Boston, the taxes have been heavier on me than anyone else. It is just not right. The worst taxes of them all are the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts.…

their debt off. They started passing acts to increase tax on the colonies. This caused a change of opinion the leaders of the colonies to change their opinion. The British had forced them to completely change their direction for government in twenty years. To help…

Alexus Corley 4 & 5 Notes Chapter Four Notes: What is Enlightenment? The Enlightenment is the time in the history of western thought and culture, stretching roughly from the mid-decades of the seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, characterized by dramatic revolutions in science, philosophy, society and politics; The Age of Enlightenment was a time when there was a major movement involving Western Europe . The Albany Plan of Union is something that was brought forward in 1754 in…