Political Issues During The Revolutionary Period
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Throughout the revolutionary period, much happened affecting the world to come. Issues took place in political aspects, socioeconomically aspects, and cultural aspects. Some political issues include acts, battles, Dunmore, etcetera. Some socioeconomically issues include woman’s revolutionary movement, boycotts, etcetera. Cultural aspects include paintings, clothing, … During the Revolutionary time period, a lot of political issues went on in the world. It all started with George Grenville. He was a prime minister who ordered a detailed investigation of colonial revenues and way unhappy to discover that American customs’ duties produced less than $2,000 a year. Grenville was determined to enforce existing laws and enact new taxes to bring in additional revenue. The first step in Grenville’s new program was the Revenue Act. This was known as the Sugar Act. This act lowered the duties colonists had to pay on molasses, but taxed sugar and other goods imported to the colonies and increased penalties for smuggling. The Massachusetts lawyer James Otis attacked the Sugar Act as a violation of the rights of Englishmen. Colonists complained they shouldn’t be “taxed without representation.” Britain reacted to the colonists’ …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that during the revolutionary period, much happened affecting the world to come. issues took place in political, socioeconomic, and cultural aspects.
- Describes how george grenville ordered a detailed investigation of colonial revenues and enacted new taxes to bring in additional revenue. the revenue act lowered the duties colonists had to pay on molasses, but taxed sugar and other goods imported to the colonies.
- Explains that britain reacted to the colonists' resistance to sugar act by imposing another, harsh tax, the stamp act. the resolution of the stamp act crisis did not eliminate britain's financial need for colonial revenue.
- Explains that the townshend acts levied taxes on glass, paint, paper, and tea imported in the colonies. they prompted americans to clarify their views about taxation.
- Explains that although parliament repealed most of the townshend acts in 1770, relations between the colonies and britain remained strained. colonists continued to demand the traditional rights of englishmen.
The Townshend Acts were named after Charles Townshend who was an ambitious British finance minister. Townshend misinterpreted the Stamp Act protests. He believed that colonists opposed internal taxes targeted at commerce within the colonies, but that Americans would accept external taxes such as custom duties that affected trade between the colonies and other parts of the British Empire. The Townshend Acts prompted Americans to clarify their views about taxation. John Dickenson’s pamphlet Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was an important statement of Americans views. Since Americans had no representation in Parliament, that institution could not tax
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