The Stamp Act of 1765, put a tax on most all printed documents in the colonies such as, newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, deeds, wills, and licenses. The colonists didn't approve or like the new tax but they found it very difficult to resist them because they needed/wanted the things that were taxed. Also this tax requied you to show an official stamp showing you had paid. The British approved of the tax because they were getting much more money than before, so how could they dislike it.
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. Several days earlier, there had been an intense fight between workers at a ship-rigging factory and British soldiers who were trying to find work there. So on March 5, a crowd of dockworkers, liberty boys, and others began throwing rocks and snowballs at the soldiers in front of the customs house. Captain Thomas Preston quickly lined up several of his men in front of the building to protect it, and several of the soldiers fired into the crowd - killing five people. The colonists were very angry at the British soldiers, and felt that they were not guilty of only unlawful manslaughter, (as a jury of Massachusetts claimed), but murder. They spread the story to other states, and used it to emphasize the brutality of the British soldiers. The British captain, however, claimed that he did not give the order for his soldiers to fire - although there were many disagreements as to whether or not he really did.
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a modified edition of the previous molasses act in wich merchant had to pay a tax of about six pence per gallon of foreign molassses. The new version took the tax down to three pence saving merchants money. The new act didn't just put a tax on sugar but also other foreign goods like coffee, pimiento, cambric, printed calico, also many wines. Of course the British considered the ta reasonable to regulate trade. Thay also made a fair gain in profit because of the act although many colonist did not enjoy the taxation which made the hatred toward the British even more substantiale.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was mostly caused by the colonist's anger towards the Boston Massacre, stamp act, Townsend acts, and the Tea Act of 1773. Though Parliament reduced the duty on tea the colonists were not happy. They believed that if they paid the small duty it would acknowledge that Parliament had a right to tax him which did no go along with the issue of taxation without representation. In other states the ships carrying tea were not allowed to dock and in Charleston the tea was stored in a public warehouse. On Thursday, December 16, 1773, three companies of 50 men disguised themselves as Mohawks and armed themselves with small hatchets and clubs. These men went to Griffin's Wharf where the Dartmouth and the Beaver and Eleanor ships were. They began to dump 342 casks or 90,000 lbs of tea worth an estimated $10,000 into the Boston Harbor. The reaction to this act and the colonist’s refusal to pay for the destroyed property were four acts in 1774. They closed the port of Boston, reduced self-government, allowed royal officers to be tried in England as well as other colonies and quartered troops in colonist’s barns and empty houses. These acts were called Coercive Acts and in America the Intolerable Acts. To the colonists the Boston Tea Party was better than giving up their belief in no taxation without representation.
The colonists reacted violently towards the Stamp Act of 1765 protesting against the idea that they could be taxed without being represented in Parliament. When Prime Minister Grenville, who had enacted the Stamp Act, was replaced by Rockingham Benjamin Franklin was invited to speak to Parliament about the Stamp Act. Parliament agreed to repeal the act with the passing of the Declaratory Act which basically gave Parliament to change the laws of the colonies as they saw fit, but the colonists were too distracted with their victory to notice. the Declaratory Act was passed on March, 18, 1766
The Townshend Acts were passed on June 29, 1767 by Parliament after being suggestedd by Charles Townshend. The acts placed a tax on such items as lead, paper, glass and tea when imported into the colonies. The taxation was an attempt to get the colonies to pay the debt that England saw fit from the Seven Years War. It was in opposition to this that James Otis came up with the famous line "No Taxation Without Representation."
14 comments:
I'll take the Boston tea party of 1773 please
I'll take the Boston Massacre of 1770
i want the stamp act
I will take the townshend acts
I will take the Proclamation Act of 1763.
Declaratory Act
ill take the sugar act mr. howe.
I'll take the FCC
The Stamp Act of 1765, put a tax on most all printed documents in the colonies such as, newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, deeds, wills, and licenses. The colonists didn't approve or like the new tax but they found it very difficult to resist them because they needed/wanted the things that were taxed. Also this tax requied you to show an official stamp showing you had paid. The British approved of the tax because they were getting much more money than before, so how could they dislike it.
The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. Several days earlier, there had been an intense fight between workers at a ship-rigging factory and British soldiers who were trying to find work there. So on March 5, a crowd of dockworkers, liberty boys, and others began throwing rocks and snowballs at the soldiers in front of the customs house. Captain Thomas Preston quickly lined up several of his men in front of the building to protect it, and several of the soldiers fired into the crowd - killing five people. The colonists were very angry at the British soldiers, and felt that they were not guilty of only unlawful manslaughter, (as a jury of Massachusetts claimed), but murder. They spread the story to other states, and used it to emphasize the brutality of the British soldiers. The British captain, however, claimed that he did not give the order for his soldiers to fire - although there were many disagreements as to whether or not he really did.
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a modified edition of the previous molasses act in wich merchant had to pay a tax of about six pence per gallon of foreign molassses. The new version took the tax down to three pence saving merchants money. The new act didn't just put a tax on sugar but also other foreign goods like coffee, pimiento, cambric, printed calico, also many wines. Of course the British considered the ta reasonable to regulate trade. Thay also made a fair gain in profit because of the act although many colonist did not enjoy the taxation which made the hatred toward the British even more substantiale.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was mostly caused by the colonist's anger towards the Boston Massacre, stamp act, Townsend acts, and the Tea Act of 1773. Though Parliament reduced the duty on tea the colonists were not happy. They believed that if they paid the small duty it would acknowledge that Parliament had a right to tax him which did no go along with the issue of taxation without representation. In other states the ships carrying tea were not allowed to dock and in Charleston the tea was stored in a public warehouse. On Thursday, December 16, 1773, three companies of 50 men disguised themselves as Mohawks and armed themselves with small hatchets and clubs. These men went to Griffin's Wharf where the Dartmouth and the Beaver and Eleanor ships were. They began to dump 342 casks or 90,000 lbs of tea worth an estimated $10,000 into the Boston Harbor. The reaction to this act and the colonist’s refusal to pay for the destroyed property were four acts in 1774. They closed the port of Boston, reduced self-government, allowed royal officers to be tried in England as well as other colonies and quartered troops in colonist’s barns and empty houses. These acts were called Coercive Acts and in America the Intolerable Acts. To the colonists the Boston Tea Party was better than giving up their belief in no taxation without representation.
The colonists reacted violently towards the Stamp Act of 1765 protesting against the idea that they could be taxed without being represented in Parliament. When Prime Minister Grenville, who had enacted the Stamp Act, was replaced by Rockingham Benjamin Franklin was invited to speak to Parliament about the Stamp Act. Parliament agreed to repeal the act with the passing of the Declaratory Act which basically gave Parliament to change the laws of the colonies as they saw fit, but the colonists were too distracted with their victory to notice. the Declaratory Act was passed on March, 18, 1766
The Townshend Acts were passed on June 29, 1767 by Parliament after being suggestedd by Charles Townshend. The acts placed a tax on such items as lead, paper, glass and tea when imported into the colonies. The taxation was an attempt to get the colonies to pay the debt that England saw fit from the Seven Years War. It was in opposition to this that James Otis came up with the famous line "No Taxation Without Representation."
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