Boyer Dbq Teacher Guide

In the wake of the French-Indian War in the 1750s to the early 1760s, the British accumulated a large amount of imperial debt that resulted in an increased involvement in the mother country’s colonies. This involvement began the Imperial Crisis of the 1760s and 1770s. During this crisis, the British began seeing the colonies as inferior, rather than their equals, and become obsessed with the many ways that the colonies could be used to financially benefit Britain. As tensions grew, colonists were left with few choices due to the controlling nature of the British government. This justified the colonists’ decision to seek independence from the British, as well as their lack of representation in Parliament, the enforcement of unjust taxes and

In view of the possible advantages of a declaration of independence from England, what factors caused the colonies to proceed with great caution? (They were giving up the

After the French and Indian War, Britain went into debt. To pay off this debt they taxed the colonists. The colonists were not happy with these taxes because they didn’t have representation in Parliament. The Stamp Act and the Tea Act were two acts that Parliament passed. There were multiple actions of the British government after 1763 that caused anger in the colonies, leading to the Declaration of Independence.

The American colonies were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because the British Parliament was over taxing the colonists. In document B it states, “The raising of revenues was never intended, Never did the British Parliament, (until the passage of the Stamp Act) think of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising revenue.” This textual evidence show that some colonists felt

The first reason colonies claimed their independence from britain was the king was taxing without the consent of the people. This happen because the sugar act, stamp act, tea act, and the french and indian war had a lot of debt and lost items with very high prices.The british did not take the complains of the colonist so the people rejected all the taxes from each of the events. According to

Provide an appropriate, explicitly stated thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question and does NOT simply restate the question.

| Demonstrates some understanding of descriptive and value assumptions and value conflicts, identifies some and provides satisfactory explanation of their effect on the argument. May have some confusion over definitions, but generally demonstrates understanding of the concepts.

One of the reasons the Founding Fathers had written the Declaration of Independence was because they wanted America to be free so that Britain could stop taxing the citizens. There were many acts going around such as the Tea Act, the Sugar Act, and the Stamp Act. The colonists had no representation in any of it. Sparknote had stated in their article, "the King interfered with the colonists' right to self-government and for a fair Judicial system." This had ticked the colonists off along with the acts. The King had also "instituted legislation that affected the colonists without their consent." This wasn't fair to the colonists and it would be understandable that they wanted independence.

Using you knowledge AND the documents provided, write a well-reasoned essay on the following prompt:

the colonists and protect them against heavy taxation by the British. In reaction to the

After 100 years of British colonization in the new world, a new sense of loyalty was developing. With merchants making riches in thirteen English colonies, wealth increased in the new world. Without taxation, salutary neglect fostered independence and self-sufficiency. However, these colonies were supposed to make the British Crown wealthy. Suddenly, the British entered a war with the French and money was drastically needed. In order to pay off the debts, the British Crown turned towards their colonies for financial support. With increased and forced taxation, these colonists refused to pay taxes. As the British continued to demand taxes, these colonists continued to refuse to pay. Suddenly, the colonists had to determine or not to remain

frustrations of the Colonies and that taxes were imposed on them by the Parliament without

In the following paragraphs I will try to show you reason for all three opinions.

2. What are the possibly different main claims/positions related to this topic? (There will be at least two (2) possibly different claims/positions, but there could be more; however, one of them will be YOUR claim/position.)