The Coercive Acts were the next challenge to the colonists sense of free will. These acts ignited conflicts across the colonies. These acts affected almost all aspects of life, from taxation to social and political factors. The Coercive Acts mainly consisted of five separate policies. The first act was the Boston Port Act, which effectively closed the port of Boston. This caused famine in Eastern Massachusetts,
The Sugar Act George Grenville, a newly elected prime minister, passed the Sugar Act in 1764. He passed it in hopes of increasing tax revenue. This act lowered the tax on molasses imported by the colonists. He had hoped the lower tax would make the colonists want to pay the tax instead of smuggling. Sugar, textiles, coffee, wines, indigo, and other imported goods were taxed. It also allowed officers to take goods from smugglers without going to court. The Stamp Act Parliament
There were many causes that brought on the start of the American Revolution. A great deal of the civil unrest was brought on by the acts that followed the end of the French and Indian War. At the end of the war, most of which was fought on American soil, England had incurred a dept almost double that of when William Pitt took office. Because the war was fought for the colonists, much of England believed that that they should be the ones to recoup the great financial loss that England had suffered
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, etc. It was “taxation without representation.” Many people wrote about what colonists should do. John Dickinson wrote “The Letters From a Pennsyvlanvia Farmer” and Thomas Paine wrote “Common Sense”. Both were the actions that they believed that colonist should take and their opinion on the matters. Americans rebelled with the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773 [CITE]. This caused Great Britain to enact the Coercive Acts. The Coercive Acts
British passed the Intolerable Acts, a law that created a punitive tax for the destruction of Tea in the Boston Harbor. Though the British saw the Intolerable Acts as a compromise in dealing with the vandalism, the American colonists were enraged. Their anger led to the creation of the First Continental Congress and paved the path for the conflict of the American Revolution. The American Revolution lasted from 1754 to 1788 with the commission of the intolerable acts occurring in the midst of this
1770 the British troops arrived in the colonies to enforce these Acts,this made the Americans angry. The protest became less about saving money and more about ‘’taxation without representation. In 1773 Britain defeated France in the French and Indian war.The colonists had secretly been bringing in tea into the area from dutch, the tea was cheaper and not taxed, this helped many families in America. It caused parliament to be short of money. In effort to replenish. Victory in the french and indian
the colonists had to pay taxes on every thing they bought from the British government. It was expected that this tax would raise 60,000 pounds annually. The colonists despised this and tried to buy as little as they could from England. After this act the colonists realised that the British government was revenue-raising. The colonists felt that the British Government should be helping to protect ones property not to take it. The colonists argued that they had no say or representation in the government
John Parker lined up his handful of men on Lexington Common, the revolution itself was not a battle of bullets but a battle of opinion that began in the early 1760s.” These contributing factors include: The Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act, and the Coercive Acts. As these factors are stumbled upon chronologically, hostility between the Americans and British grows in a snowball effect which leads to the battle of Lexington and Concord. With this in mind, the British were
Americans) $900,000 worth of tea at that time In response, Britain passed the Coercive (Intolerable Acts) Massachusetts must pay for the tea, port of Boston was closed until the damages were repaid, MA charter was voided, and town hall meetings were outlawed - British coming down hard on Boston colonists, not being leniant The Continental Congress Responds the continental congress was formed in response to the Coercive Acts 12 colonies (not Georgia) sent representatives to have grievances redressed
raise funds for such expenses, the Stamp Act of 1765 was issued. It required that every sheet of legal document had to have a stamp on it showing that tax had been paid. Every copy of a liquor license, a land deed, a will, a newspaper, even playing cards were taxed. Moreover, those caught disobeying the law were to be tried in courts where there was no trial by jury. This act by the British was an attempt to cripple the colonists with taxes. The Stamp Act: Meant that they had to go to a special