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As Colonial Virginia entered into the 17th century, it was a land marked with opportunity to make a new and also, most importantly, profitable life in the New World. (Cutter Lecture) When the century began, however, it was not the citizens as a whole hoping to make a profit from this new land but rather a small group of greedy landowners profiting off of the work of their indentured servants. (CL) Sure the indentured servants were given a chance to fulfill their contract and one day become free to pursue their own dreams, but the likelihood of this in the beginning was next to none due to harsh living conditions. (CL) According to Richard Frethorne in 1623, "nor is there nothing to be gotten here

Second theTownsend Act gave the British the right to tax the colonies. This was truly unfair as it states in document 2 by John Dickenson a letter from a farmer in Pennsylvania “the Townsend Acts, were placed not for regulation of but, for the single purpose of leving money upon us. “ Colonist did not want to live under such strict leadership as though they were still in England.Colonist had come such a long way to start a new life only to be put under total monarchy by a country that did not represent them well.

Before the colonies became states they had a few issues. They had a statement that said “no taxation without representation” this means that they believed that the parliament could not tax them and that only their own government could tax them. After the French and Indian war, the British had a really bad debt from the war and they were already having everyone in England pay enough so they decided that they were going to tax the colonists. The first thing they passed was a law called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act taxed anything that was printed that included legal documents, bills of sale, calendars, pamphlets, contracts, ships papers, donations, diplomas, certificates (including marriage), Any kind of decelerations, official documents, advertisements in papers, licenses including liquor, playing

The King in his right mind has total control and power of the colonies and can do whatever he deems necessary to control them. With that said, The king of that time, not thinking about the peoples feelings went ahead and instead of making the people happy did whatever he could to make the government better. Which in the long run was to make money. Well every time the king mad a law to make up for another law that the people didn’t like, it

There were several acts that were passed without the consideration of the colonists that would force them to pay a ridiculous amount of taxes to the British mainland. One of these acts was named the Stamp Act, which was enacted in 1765, forced the colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper that they used. This would include legal documents, license, commercial contracts and newspapers in the tax. This tax mostly effected the wealthier and influential of the colonists and would force them to unite in opposition. There were several other acts that would be passed that would force the colonists to pay undue taxes to the British, such as the Quartering Act and the Tea

Document F successfully enhances on this topic. The document discusses how Britain informed the colonies that the taxes were not efficient enough to pay for the necessary expenses and that there would soon be a small change. Britain was very swindling on finding ways to take money from the colonies. After the French and Indian War, Mercantilism became a large aspect in the policies of the colonies. Britain enforced that the colonies were not to import any non-British goods nor export any goods to any other country then Britain. Britain needed another means to collect money and they turned to a new idea- directly taxing the colonies. The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by Britain to tax the colonies on all printed materials such as pamphlets and newspapers. This put the colonies through a great anguish. In Document H the illustration displays the dislike of the new act. Colonists felt that this act somewhat “buried them in their graves”. This tax was too expensive to the colonist’s wallets and many began to lose faith in a better tomorrow.

England passed a series tax laws and demanded the colonists pay back the debt. In 1764, the Sugar Act was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, reducing smuggling yet increasing the cost of imported goods in the American colonies and decreasing exportation to non-British markets. The Currency Act of 1764 did not forbid colonies from releasing paper money, yet it did ban paper money from being used to pay of private or public debts. In 1765, the Stamp Act was established in order to raise revenue from the American colonies by taxing stamps which were required on all legal or commercial documents, newspapers, licenses, and diplomas. Great Britain benefited from the passing of the Stamp Act which enriched their economy. The colonists, however, believed that the Act was taxation without representation and the power to tax is the power to destroy. In 1767, a series of laws known as the Townshend Acts placed taxes on tea, glass, paper and other materials. This again benefited Great Britain and upsetted the colonists because of the high payments enforced on these

All of the money that the British collected from this tax was used to pay for defending the colonies and paying off Britain’s debt (Stamp Act Powerpoint). Britain’s debt was caused by the French and Indian War, where the colonists were not allowed to have the land they had won. The colonists did not benefit at all from the taxes they paid. In the U.S. now, our taxes are used to pay for maintaining our roads, schools, libraries and other public facilities. We benefit from our taxes. The troops were supposedly there to protect the colonists, but they feared the army might be used against them (Quartering Act Powerpoint). They felt they did not need to be protected, especially since there were no British troops in the colonies before the French and Indian war. They had been unharmed without protection before, and did not understand why they needed it then.

The colonists did not mind the taxes as much because some of the items that were taxed were unnecessary, however they did mind that the British were using their power as an excuse to tax the people for no reason (controlling them). The people’s money was not used in a useful matter, it was used for nothing, just extra money for the British to have. “The raising of revenue… was never intended… Never did the British parliament, (until the passing of the Stamp act) think of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising a revenue. The Townshend Acts claim the authority to impose duties on these colonies, not for the regulation of trade… but for the single purpose of levying money upson us.” (Document 2). The British just decided one day to just tax the colonies for no reason and the people had no say in it. Also, the British soldiers would come to Boston and take the Boston colonists jobs. Men and women would lose their jobs because the British would take it away from them, they were stealing people’s jobs. The British were taking their money and now their jobs after all the colonists did for them in the French and Indian war. That is not fair for them to run the people like that and it had to be

When Great Britain controlled the colonies, the Colonists could not live the life they wanted to. They had low paying jobs, were not treated well by the king and his soldiers, and on top of that Britain posted extra taxes on goods. The colonists were already poor from low pay jobs, so taxes just added

In an excerpt from the Second Continental Congress, the colonists questioned, “What is to defend us against so enormous, so unlimited a power?” (Document 5). They felt as though they were unprotected under British rule. King George of England acted as a tyrant, freely taxing the colonies for no good reason. John Dickinson, a leader who served in the Stamp Act Congress, stated, “Never did the British parliament, (until the passage of the Stamp Act) think of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising revenue” (Document 2). After the Stamp Act, none of the taxes were justified; the colonies were being taxed simply to create income for Britain. With the unlimited control and absurd taxes, the colonists were bound to start a

Parliament had put them there to keep peace between the colonists and Native Americans. Since the money was being used for their gain, they saw no reason why the tax would not be tolerable especially since it was not a very large amount of money. Also, some of the money from the tax went towards paying off the debt from the Seven Years War. Since the victory had benefited the colonies because they had endured intermittent warfare with the French for eighty years. They considered them British subjects, so they naturally they assumed that they should help with the cost just like every other British citizen. “If they are not subject to this burden of tax, they are not entitled to the privilege of Englishmen.” (George Greenville). After the French and Indian War, exports to America achieved a high on twenty-five percent of total British exports. Therefore America was sufficiently equipped to pay for its own defense, yet they still refused to do so. Smuggling in the colonies was excessive, and the enforcement of the trade laws was not closely watched. Deferring a new tax would give the Americans more time to form opposition, so the faster it is enacted the more likely the chance of success. The colonial people had the privilege of the rights of Englishmen and were given the freedom of their own government and raising

In 1764, the British Ministry stated that they were initiating a tax requiring the colonist to pay for the stationing of British troops. This act, which got its name from how it was carried out, placed a stamp on items such as Newspapers, Legal Documents, diplomas, etc. George Grenville stated that, “If they are not subject to this burden of tax, they are not entitled to the privilege of

This imposed a tax on all imported goods. The colonists were more angry about the fact that they had no representation in parliament. They wanted to be represented in government if they were going to be paying taxes. To make matters worse in 1765 The Stamp Act was passed which required almost all papers to have a stamp on them as proof that the tax was paid. This included legal documents, playing cards and even newspapers. Again the colonists were resentful of the fact that they were being taxed without representation in parliament. Eventually The Stamp Act was repealed, however the colonists remained

“The Revenue Act of 1764 did not bring in enough money to help pay the cost of defending the colonies. The British looked for additional sources of taxation. Prime Minister Grenville supported the imposition of a stamp tax. Colonial representatives tried to convince Grenville that the tax was a bad idea. Grenville insisted in having the new taxes imposed and presented to the parliament. The parliament approved the tax in February 1765. The colonies responded with outrage. It was considered a “shocking act”.(2)