Due to all of the events that occurred and the brittle relationship between Britain and the colonies, the war was inevitable. There were multiple factors as to why the colonies disfavored the rule of Britain and why the idea of separation was emerging. The most significant reason of inevitable separation was the distance between England and the colonies as well as the salutary neglect done by the British. The distance between the British meant that the Americans would have to take responsibility for themselves. This would eventually lead up to the need for independence from Britain. There were also a number of chain events that led up to the war. The events that led up to Revolutionary War could be split up into three categories. The first …show more content…
All of the acts were passed by Britain to create taxes to benefit their own economy. The first two acts that were passed were the Sugar Act and the Currency Act. The Sugar Act put a tax on molasses, which had served as a source of income for the colonies. It also placed a tax on foreign goods such as coffee and wine. The Currency Act let the British take control over the colonists’ currency system and prohibited the production of new bills. These acts showed how Britain wanted to have superiority over the colonies. They presented unjust taxes which angered many of the colonists. Another act that occurred was the Stamp Act that the British Parliament passed. It placed a tax on all printed documents, deeds, and wills. Tension began to arise because the colonists were stripped of their money and were oppressed by the British. They also began to stop printing newspapers so that the British could no longer benefit from the taxes. At this time, many of the colonists were confused because they believed that they were British subjects and they were equal to the people in Britain. They did not understand why they were being unjustly taxed while the people of Britain were not. As a reaction to the Stamp Act, the Stamp Act Congress was put together by James Otis in 1765. Delegates were called together and they discussed how they could get the Stamp Act repealed. At the congress, the delegates believed that there …show more content…
They were angered by Britain and all of the unfair taxes imposed on them. During those three years, three significant revolts occurred. The Boston Massacre was the first revolt that occurred in 1770. It occurred in Boston, Massachusetts and resulted in the death of 5 patriots. This was considered the first event leading up to the American Revolution that involved violence and fatalities. It brought attention to how brutal the British could be to the patriots. The second revolt was the Burning of the Gaspee which happened in Rhode Island. John Brown lead a group of patriots to burn down a British ship which was carry taxed goods. That action showed how they were willing to defy Britain and fight for what they believed in. The last and most famous revolt, was the Boston Tea Party. The patriots had to go to extreme measures to have the British notice them. That showed how little the British actually cared about the colonists and their needs. The Boston Tea Party reflected on the refusal of the patriots to adhere to the Tea Act. It also showed that the patriots would not let Parliament control their taxes without proper representation. It was necessary part of the patriot effort for resistance. After all of the revolts that occurred, the first political reunion among the thirteen colonies was formed. It was known as the Committees of Correspondence and was set up by Samuel Adams. It encouraged
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.
When the British passed the Stamp Act, the colonists reacted in various ways. The Stamp Act, passed in 1765, put taxes on all printed goods in the colonies. Specifically, newspapers, legal documents, dice,
The British were facing economic difficulties after the French and Indian war; therefore, they passed taxes on the colonies to help repay the debt. Initially, the British introduced the Sugar Act in 1764. The colonists did not approve of the British taking control over them. The colonists opposed the Sugar Act because they had to pay three cent tax on sugar. In addition, the Sugar Act increased the taxes on coffee, indigo, and wine. This act was the start of colonist frustration. Subsequently came the Stamp Act the following year in 1765. The Stamp Act was the mind changer for many colonists known as the Patriots. The Patriots started forming as a result of England enforcing acts. The patriots believed the colonies should go to war and separate
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.
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.
The Stamp Act was an act that was passed by the British Parliament that was to go into effect on November 1st, 1765. This act was created to help pay the costs to govern and protect the American colonies. The Stamp Act required stamps to be placed on all legal and commercial documents and various articles. Many colonists did not want the act to be implemented. For that reason, Samuel Adams put together the Sons of Liberty to help abolish this law. Then the Stamp Act Congress was composed to completely repeal the act. The Stamp Act was one of the many taxes that the British Parliament put on the colonies as a source of wealth. This act made it necessary for colonists to put stamps on almost all written documents and other various articles.
The imperial tactics of the British Empire were exercised on the colonists through heavy taxes trade restrictions because of their mercantilist economy. The Stamp Act taxed the colonists directly on paper goods ranging from legal documents to newspapers. Colonists were perturbed because they did not receive representation in Parliament to prevent these acts from being passed or to decide where the tax money was spent. The colonists did not support taxation without representation. The Tea Act was also passed by Parliament to help lower the surplus of tea that was created by the financially troubled British East India Company. The colonists responded to this act by executing the Boston Tea Party which tossed all of the tea that was imported into the port of Boston. This precipitated the Boston Port Act which did not permit the colonists to import goods through this port. The colonists protested and refused all of these acts which helped stir the feelings of rebellion among the colonists. The British Mercantilist economy prevented the colonists from coin...
The British also implemented new taxes. The Sugar act of 1764 sought to reduce smuggling, which occurred partly as a result of the earlier Molasses Act. This gave British possessions in the Caribbean the upper hand in sugar trade, which in the British view helped the empire as a whole, but to Americans, and especially the merchants, this put limits on their opportunities. The Currency Act, passed about this time forbade the printing of colonial currency. British merchants benefited because they didn't have to deal with inflated American currencies. The Americans felt they were at an economic disadvantage as very little sterli...
The Boston Tea Party was significant act of civil disobedience that worried the Americans about the issue of taxation, but it helped spark the Revolutionary War. The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773 and it created the issue of taxation causing the Tea Act to appear. I chose the Boston Tea Party because it is an odd
The Boston tea party was a brief incident among many, composing, economic, and political crisis that ultimately caused a revolution. These events consisted of The French and Indian war, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Revenue Act, the Tea Act, and of course the Boston Tea Party. The incident caused by the colonies infuriated the British government therefore as punishment parliament responded to the abuse with the Coercive Acts of 1774 . When the thirteen colonies once again decided to resist the British troops revolution spread. “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” This act later on lead to the American Revolutionary War, were years later independence was
The first cause that started the revolution between America and Great Britain was the Stamp Act of 1765. It was an act that was devised by George Grenville to gain revenue from the colonies. The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. The stamp act placed taxes on businesses or import related documents, for instance, ships papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards. Parliament believed that since the British people had been living with taxes for many years, they would just accept it and not revolt against it. Furthermore, parliament also believed that since British armies were protecting America’s interests they should have American support from their colonies. The tax collected was to be used by the British troops to help pay the cost of defending and protecting the American frontier.
The Boston Massacre was a critical point in American history and fueled the American Revolution. It caused the Royal Governor to evacuate the occupying British troops from Boston. The Boston Massacre united the colonies in their fight for independence which, along with continued propaganda, led to the Revolutionary War.
To get out of debt, they decided to pass the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act made the American colonists have to pay taxes on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonists were extremely mad about this. They felt like it was another form of taxation without their consent. One way to not support this newfound British taxation idea, the colonists came up with different ways to send and receive their mail.
The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 after the French and Indian war. The taxes brought about by the Sugar Act were different than the previous colonial taxes because they were not put in place to support the British economy but to replenish Parliament’s empty treasury. According to Revolution, an article written by Eric Foner and John Garraty, the act was intended “to prevent trade with the French West Indies” because Parliament “passed a prohibitive tariff on sugar, molasses, and other
Colonist realized Britain was beginning to abuse them with power. The Act that had the biggest affect on the colonies was The Stamp Act in 1765. (Taxation in the