The Americans declared their independance from Britain more for political reasons rather than for economic reasons.The reason why this is true is because the British government did not protect the Americans rights and because they taxed the Americans without their agreement. This claim is true because the British government did not protect the American’s and their rights. The first reason this is true is because according to the Declaration of Independance “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government.” This quote explains because the British government did not protect their rights, they have the right to change the government, get rid …show more content…
The first reason this is true is because the British did not allow the Americans “full Power to levy War”. This quote explains how the British didn’t allow the Americans to declare a war on their own, but the Americans wanted that freedom, so they decided to part from Britain. The second reason the British restricted Americans from allowing to make decisions on their own was because the British did not allow the Americans full power to “conclude peace”. This quote explains how if the Americans were in a war that Britain was in charge of, they weren’t allowed to be the ones to make peace with the other side, but the Americans wanted this power. The third reason the British restricted Americans from allowing to make decisions on their own is because the British did not allow the Americans full power to “contract alliances” This quote explains how if the Americans wanted to have another country join their side, they were not allowed to make that decision. The Americans were not allowed to make decisions on their own because they were under the British …show more content…
The first reason this is true is because the sugar act “had been so high that any merchant who paid it would have been driven out of business. This quote explains how the Americans had to pay tax from Britain called the sugar act that would make them lose all of their money. The second reason some people believe that the Americans declared their independence from Britain for more economic reasons is because the stamp act “placed new duties on legal documents such as wills, diplomas, and marriage papers” This quote explains how the Americans had to pay taxes on all of their important documents which gave the money from America to Britain. The third reason some people believe that the Americans declared their independance from Britain for more economic reasons is because the townshend acts “taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.” This quote explains how the British taxed everyday items that Americans used. The fourth reason some people believe that the Americans declared their independance from Britain for more economic reasons is because the tea act forced Americans to buy tea from the British East India Company. This explains how the British were trying to force the Americans to buy something, but the Americans wanted to make their own
The main reason for the severance of the colonies from Britain was the lack of equality in parliament and the disregard for colonial needs. Whether it be forcing someone to pay for a war they did not fight or want, limiting one’s need for land, or piling on the taxes, all of these factors played a part in the dissolving of British-colonial ties. The colonists were only human and had the human reaction of defiance to injustice. If the colonists had not of had the audacity that they did, today’s America would be a very different place. Breaking away from Britain was the greatest thing the colonists could have possible done.
Leading up to the time of the Revolutionary War, seven policies were passed by Britain in hopes of controlling the colonies. These acts culminated in the Quebec Act which persuaded many Americans into supporting the revolutionary effort. The Proclamation of 1763 was the first policy passed by the British. This forbid any settlement west of Appalachia because the British feared conflicts over territory in this region. The proclamation, however, infuriated the colonists who planned on expanding westward. The Sugar Act was passed shortly after in 1764. This act sought harsher punishment for smugglers. The next act to be passed was possibly the most controversial act passed by Britain. The Stamp Act passed in 1765 affected every colonist because it required all printed documents to have a stamp purchased from the British authority. The colonist boycotted British goods until the Stamp Act was repealed but quickly replaced by the Declaratory Act in 1766. The British still held onto the conviction that they had the right to tax the Americans in any way they deemed necessary. The Declaratory Act was followed by the Townshend Acts of 1767. This imposed taxes on all imported goods from Britain, which caused the colonies to refuse trading with Britain. Six years passed before another upsetting act was passed. In 1773, the Tea Act placed taxes on tea, threatening the power of the colonies. The colonies, however, fought back by pouring expensive tea into the Boston harbor in an event now known as the Boston Tea Party. The enraged Parliament quickly passed the Intolerable Acts, shutting down the port of Boston and taking control over the colonies.
After the French and Indian War, Great Britain was in tremendous debt and had additional land to rule. By cause of their debt and their obligation to their new land, they began to put taxes on the colonists living in that land. The colonists were enraged because they were getting taxed without representation in British Parliament. Two acts that caused some of these reactions are the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts. Overall, British actions after 1763 caused numerous reactions from the colonists, which led to the American Revolution.
The idea of independence from Great Britain, it is something that is so commonplace a thing that I think very little of it on a day-to-day basis, but there was once a time when it was not so common, there was even a time when many thought the idea of fighting for independence was a foolhardy or reckless move and we were better off under the rule of Great Britain. This was not necessarily an incorrect way of thinking as Great Britain had provided the colonies with resources that would have taken far longer to develop for themselves. In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense a pamphlet that encouraged this new way of thinking and urged the people of the thirteen colonies to fight for their independence from Great Britain, as their help was now seeming to become a hindrance.
In the 1760s King George III enacted the Sugar Act and the Stamp act to gain extra revenue from his colonies. King George III decided to enact heavier taxes to put money back into the empire that had been lost after the French and Indian War. This act levied heavy taxes on sugar imported from the West Indies. The Stamp Act in 1765 required that many items have a stamp to prove that the owner had payed for the taxes on the item. The problem the colonists had with it was that it increased the presence of English troops in the Colonies and they felt it was unneeded and only meant to put more control into Great Britain's hands.
The first reason for independence is the injustice Americans have faced due to Britain’s faulty government. The initial argument for Britain having a flawed government was posed in the statement “though we have been wise enough to shut and lock the door against absolute monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough
...eir independence from Great Britain because the British stopped using salutary neglect and started to employ laws, they passed the Proclamation of 1763 which violated colonists’ rights, and the colonists were not represented in Parliament, but still had to pay taxes. The colonists broke away from Britain because they were isolated and became used to self- governing. Once Great Britain tried to take control, the colonists were angered. Also, when Great Britain tried to limit the westward expansion of the colonies, the colonists felt that their rights were being infringed. The lack of representation in Parliament played a gigantic role as well. The British taxed the colonists even though the colonies did not have an American representing them in Parliament. These reasons were certainly enough for the British colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.
Without colonial consent, the British started their bid to raise revenue with the Sugar Act of 1764 which increased duties colonists would have to pay on imports into America. When the Sugar Act failed, the Stamp Act of 1765 which required a stamp to be purchased with colonial products was enacted. This act angered the colonists to no limit and with these acts, the British Empire poked at the up to now very civil colonists. The passing of the oppressive Intolerable Acts that took away the colonists’ right to elected officials and Townshend Acts which taxed imports and allowed British troops without warrants to search colonist ships received a more aggravated response from the colonist that would end in a Revolution.
Some of these acts included the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, the Townshend Duties, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts. These acts all had different goals, but were all extremely unfair to the colonists. The Sugar Act, also known as the Revenue Act, was passed by parliament in 1764. This act’s goals were to make custom regulations more strict and laid new taxes on foreign items that were imported into America, to the colonies. The Stamp Act, passed in 1765, was a tax on all printed materials, which includes: newspapers, stamps, playing cards, if you made your will, ect. This act basically put a tax on all materials that had to be printed, which is a lot of items and can add up in price. If the language being printed was foreign then the price of the tax was doubled. Another thing that was mandatory w...
After the Seven Year War, Britain now needed to find ways to generate money, and felt that since the war was fought on American land that they should help pay for its cost, and they decided to issue new taxes on the colonies trying to offset some of the cost of the war. One of the first acts they presented was the Sugar act in 1764, lowering the duties on molasses but taxed sugar and other items that could be exported to Britain. It also enforced stronger laws for smuggling, where if prosecuted, it would be a British type trial without a jury of their peers. Some Americans were upset about the Sugar Act because it violated two strong American feelings, first that they couldn't be tried without a jury of their peers, and the second that they couldn't be taxed without their consent.
The early Americans had been under British rule for quite a time, the founders of America had feared possible abuses of governmental powers. Our founders only wanted one thing, that is American liberty. They did not want to necessarily have a higher foreign authority ruling their colonies. Eleven years after the Declaration of Independence, Alexander Hamilton wrote, “Give all power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all power to the few, they will oppress the many.” This is saying that if you give power to one class or one group of people, they will not please the others and will continue to tyrannize them. The other way around, will also be the same result. This is mainly because all of mankind is power-hungry. Alexander Hamilton
2.) The French and Indian war was a tough war for Britain to win. With the war being fought overseas to protect their American colonies the British empire spread themselves thin. They have a huge national debt that they had to get rid of. The policies that were created in the colonies was to help crush the national debt. The British empire started taxing the colonist at an all time high. This was the time when the Sugar act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp act came into effect. Britain felt that the colonist had to pay for the protection that they British gave them. The quartering act was to help keep more soldiers in the colonies to protect them from the Indians. It helped keep costs low for the empire to house soldiers in the colonies The Sugar was a tax specifically on molasses which enforced the law created in 1733. The stamp act was a tax on any printed item. This raise in taxes was all in an effort to reduce the debt from the French and Indian war.
The most fundamental reason for the American Revolution was the colonist’s outrage over taxation which led to a tax revolt launched by people who were tired of the burden of paying unfair taxes. The king placed taxes known as Townsend Acts, on the colonist’s tea, paper, paint, lead, glass, and many other items that were used daily and the colonists were against this taxing. The purpose of the Townsend Acts was to help pay the cost of government in America. Lawyer James Otis and other colonist rebels referred to King George as a tyrant. As stated by James Otis in The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1763), . . . “The very act of taxing exercised over those who are not represented appears to me to be depriving them of one of their most essential rights as freemen, and if continued seems to be in effect and entire
The committee assigned three intellectual founding fathers, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin, to the challenging task of creating the Declaration of Independance. The first draft touched on the basic points and consisted of dull language. So, the crew had to dive back into their writing and add sensational word choice and proper language. They had to make sure that every sentence and idea was precise. John Adams and Ben Franklin were both considered unfit or controversial to be labeled as the “author”, and because of that, Jefferson was their last hope. But unfortunately, Jefferson was enduring major writer’s block. All he could do was pace frantically around his room praying that some inspiration would hit. His landlady witnessed
...erall, Great Britain wanted to rule colonies to benefit themselves and only concerned for their own welfare and not that of the American people.