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The Stamp Act further increased the duties on almost any printed material. The amount of mass defiance and rioting, especially in the major cities, that followed shocked the British government, they have never seen this amount or scale of discontent before with their subjects in America. As time went on, so did the riots, mostly in New York, Boston, and Newport, Rhode Island. Finally in March 1766, after a long debate, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act only to pass the Declaration Act, which stated that Parliament could enact laws for the colonies in all cases. Only now most Americans began to realize the power parliament had over controlling their basic rights. England further angered the colonists in June of 1772, when they announced that instead of having a legislature put into place by them, England would pay the governors and judges. Even though it would save the colonists money, they had the mindset of if the judges were paid by England, then they would obey them and what they said. In response, Boston created a Committee of Correspondence to win the sympathy of other colonies, by the end of 1773, all but 3 colonies had Committees of Correspondence. The final step before revolution started was taken in 1773 when the Parliament passed the Tea Act, which allowed the East India Company to ship tea directly to North America with a tax to the colonists, but the merchants who competed with the company announced this as

During the 1790 the country was split up over the rise of political parties. There were the federalists led by alexander hamilton and the democratic-republicans led by Alexander Hamilton and the democratic republicans led by tomas jefferson. The federalists and democratic-republicans have different views on many things, including the interpretation of the constitution, strong parts of the nation's economy and if the alien and sedition acts were important to have in our country.

American colonists mainly descended from England and were loyal to the British Crown, however, politically the decisions made in the Continental Congress and the stopping of salutary neglect angered the colonists, socially, as a result of unfair taxes, colonists from all the colonies began to rebel and thus have their interests aligned which developed a sense of social unity, and economically after many unjust acts were carried out by the British Empire, the colonies began to help one another, therefore between 1750 to 1776 colonists began to cease their loyalty towards England and develop an independent American identity.

For many years America has been under the British rule with egregious taxes and an abundance of rules that were difficult for any man to follow. With the British taking charge of the Colonists they began to think of ways to rebel and oppose the British. They started with the Boston Tea Party; a historical event that changed the colonies forever. Patrick Henry gave a speech to the delegates using persuasive elements such as ethos, logos, and pathos, to push these men into a war against the british to one day be a free country.

Many immigrants came into the United States during the nineteenth century; some of them being Chinese. They came here through Angel Island to find better lives than in China, but it did not work out that way for most. These people faced much discrimination in this new country, such as working cheap jobs and being treated unfairly, but eventually they began trying to conquer these unfair acts towards them.

For many years, the American colonists have tried to fight for their independence from Britain. The British needed financial support because of the debt of the French-Indian war and looked towards the colonists. The British taxed in various acts including the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act, which taxed daily goods and all stamps. At the same time, the Boston Massacre and propaganda news was being spread causing even more uproar. All of this uproar, would have never happened if the British were justified for their actions.

They formed many groups and executed riots to protest against this serious disregard of human rights and pride. One way they combated this crude injustice was The Boston Tea Party. At this time, Britain was taxing America’s tea heavily, an imposition that the colonists did not agree to. Rebels involved were members of The Sons of Liberty, colonists vying for freedom and individual rights. The rebels dressed as Native Americans and stormed an incoming boat carrying a fresh load of tea. They dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor as a form of protest; a refusal to pay Britain’s taxes. John Adam, in The Boston Tea Party (Doc. 2) concludes that Britain’s actions have created a much larger and public form of protest. More rebels were coming out into the open as the revolution gains momentum. This proves that the taxation aggravated the colonists as the abuse accumulated, urging them towards rebellion. Colonists also took up tarring as a form of discipline as a response to taxes created during the Stamp Acts. Angry Americans poured hot tar over tax collectors and covered them in feathers to express their displeasure at the imposed taxes. Those fortunate enough to avoid this public humiliation fled or became too scared to go about their collecting duties. In a letter from John Hancock regarding the Stamp Act (Doc. 4), he stresses that these taxes wrongly pressed upon them didn’t have to be

The 1790s and 1800s was a time surrounded by partisan tension and increased political participation and discussion in America. This was largely due to development of the Federalist and Republican parties in the 1790s. The establishment of these parties helped fuel expansion of the public sphere, as advocates of both sides wish to air their opinions on the other. This became especially true of Republicans, who became increasingly more critical of Federalists ideas and values. Eventually this led to the Federalist party, under the power of John Adams, to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. These pieces of legislation not only censored American citizens, but made the lives of immigrants harder by threatening dissenters with deportation and

On December 1773, the parliament makes a law that forced the colonist to organize a group of people to fight against wrong behavior, the British treated the Americans like a second-class citizen, they increase their taxes, force some things that is not forced on the British upon them. The Americans rebelled against the British because they see them as wicked because they are not treated fairly, they discriminate among them. However, they are doing all those acts to gain more profits from the colonists. In 1774, the intolerable Acts was passed that closed Boston to trade until they reimbursed the Boston Tea

Americans were very loyal to the British government in until, Britain started taxing them without their consent, this led the American government to rally for freedom and eventually by 1775 the Americans were no longer loyal to Britain. Britain was in deep debt because of the French and Indian war and expected the Colonists to pay without warning. This caused the colonists to start to defy the the British rule. Then people were convincing the Colonists who were so loyal to the crown to defy by writing persuasive things, like Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. Britain did not approve of this and still wanted America to be under their control and their control only. This inspired groups and movements to fight for freedom from the British.

In the year 1765, the British Parliament passed an act on the American colonists for taxing the use of legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and more. This was decided after the French and Indian War to help pay for the debt. The colonists were outraged at the acts standard. It seemed ridiculous to tax such minor things, however, what they did not understand is that the British Parliament almost had no choice. Of course anyone would be upset at such a tax like this, so the colonists had a right to be upset. According to George Grenville

In 1773, colonists living in the British Empire led an uprising and revolt against the British Government. They resisted the heavy taxation that the British Government had charged in order to raise revenues. The colonists objected the taxation with protests and boycotts, claiming that this act is forbidden according to the British Constitution. They felt that taxes are collected to provide services and shouldn’t serve as a way to earn revenue. The government eventually eliminated much of the taxes, but left a tariff on tea intact. Tea was a popular commodity at that time, and people saw this levy as an intrusion. The revolt escalated and eventually led to the War of Independence. The American Revolution, as it is often

After Britain won the French and Indian War, American colonists were proud to be British. In the years directly after the war, the 1760’s and 1770’s, this attitude changed completely. Britain needed to pay off the debt from the war, so they turned to the North American colonies, an area that had not received much attention from the mother country until this point. Soon, the increased British scrutiny led to laws, policies, and taxes that grated on the colonists. The British response to any form of protest from the colonies was generally even more controlling than the previous measure. Resentment and bitterness in the colonies grew until a change seemed inevitable. The major source of contention was how the British continued to take away freedoms and rights from the colonists. Harsh British control of the colonies caused the American Revolution.

The colonists felt that their rights as Englishmen were being. These taxes impaired the colonial economy and left the colonists with a bitter feeling towards their mother country.

The british were very unfair and very unattractive to the american colonies mostly because of power and money the american colonies just wanted independence and self ruling for their own colony that's why we had the american revolution. In the 1760s, shortly after the conclusion of the french and indian war, the british parliament passed a series of laws and taxes on the american colonies.They created unfair laws and taxes on the british.The colonist disagreed with great britain on the fairness of these laws and taxes which led to conflict between the two sides.Eventually, this erupted into the American Revolution.(doc 1) The american colonies wanted to make there own decisions and have their independence.But the british wanted to rule and make laws and taxes for the american colonies also to punish the americans for their wrong doings.The american colonies do organized protest in spite of these laws and actions.Patrick henry responds to the stamp act patrick says in one of his speeches king George is a tyrant he breaks rules he is a threat to his own people.When Patrick Henry puts that in his speech it really lets you know that what they were doing was wrong and for king George to be leading it makes it even worst because he knows what he is doing and did not really care alongs as the british colonies were getting money for the debt they were in after the French and Indian war.