Factors And Consequences Of The Sons Of Independence

Many colonists were angered because of high taxes England chose to enforce on them. These taxes were a result of the British participation and victory in the French and Indian war. However, what made the colonists even more angry was the fact that they were being taxed without representation in England’s Parliament. The colonists thought that, in order to be taxed by the British, they should have representation in it. They saw it as unfair to be taxed by a government they had no say in. As Patrick Henry said in his speech made to the Virginia House of Burgesses, “We can under law be taxed only by our own representatives...The Stamp Act is against the law. We must not obey it…” (Doc. 1). Since many colonists thought this taxation broke the law, some of them chose to protest by going to the House of Burgesses, boycotting imports, or simply not paying it in response. This response is justified; if

During the time period of 1600 to 1776, the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed massively. The relationship between Great Britain and the colonies changed greatly because of three main reasons: the relationships that the colonies and Great Britain were built on, the struggles that the colonists faced because of their relationships with Great Britain, and the anger that the colonists expressed because of the ridiculous taxes that they had to pay. Once the colonists realized that they were suffering under British rule, most of the colonists became eager to be independent from Great Britain. The colonists’ Second Continental Congress believed that the acts and taxes created by the British Parliament were unconstitutional, unjust, and unfair towards the colonists and because of that belief, the Declaration signers forever changed our country.

     There was another by-product of the war for Britain; her national debt more than doubled during the course of the conflict. At a time when Britain was starting to bend beneath the weight of the debt, it was only a matter of time before parliament looked to the colonies to help shoulder some of the price incurred in their defense. The Sugar and Stamp Acts were the first of many measures to tax the colonists. The Townshend Duties and the Tea Act would follow. While these measures outraged the colonists because of their monetary implications, it was the constitutional implications brought on by the Acts that were most offensive to the colonists. Until after the Seven Years War, the colonists had been left to essentially tax themselves. Now the colonists had a rallying cry, as they deplored the idea of no taxation without representation. In 1765 the Stamp Act Congress was held, and in a bid of utter defiance the representatives agreed that the colonial legislative assemblies alone had the right to tax the colonies. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but only after agreeing to pass the Declaratory Act, which informed the colonies that Britain did in fact have the right to legislate for the

The Sons of Liberty started to group together around in about 1772. The Sons of Liberty were a large group of colonists that rebelled against the Stamp Act. They were everyday, ordinary men, depending on what source you are looking at, they could be rebels, colonists helping to smuggle goods so they can try to avoid taxes, or merchants and artisans, or they could just be a group of people standing up for what they believe. . The thing is, the Sons of Liberty were all of these… they did all of this. No matter what, their main goal was to not pay any taxes, rebel against the taxes , or more likely to intimidate the tax collectors. They tried to rebel against the taxes, because almost everyone did not approve of the taxes, and to do this,

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

America, unlike Great Britain, had the colonists pay light taxes to the colonial government, allowing for whatever needed to be done, to be done, by taxing themselves. Britain’s taxes were for regulation, and not for profit, unlike America up until 1764 when the British Parliament changed all policies and enacted laws to make money from the colonists. This new imperial system consisted of three goals: the ability to provide for colony security, the reassertion of authority over the colonies, and the shift of financial burden of war debt and

Since the first civilization Jamestown, the colonists slowly adapted and improved the environment of the land and gained more and more people due to the rapid overpopulation in England. But as the more advanced and smarter the people got. They began to import and export goods to other countries as a growing country, the British began to levy all kinds of trade regulation and taxes, all to stop the aid it was giving to other world power country that British was enemy and the selfish greed British had to only be the one gaining from the colonist. Therefore causing unsettling feelings of the colonies towards them, as they felt they are been treated unfairly and taking away what they felt is their own right and own money.

What made the taxations so unfair in the eyes of the colonists, was the fact that they had no representation in the parliament and no one was looking after their interests when the laws were being passed in England. The colonists felt left out, their own country was treating them as if they were foreigners and using them to improve the economy of mainland Britain at the expense of their own. Rebellions continued and independence talks began. "No taxation without representation!" Was a common phrase that echoed around the colonies.

Around 1763, Britain was in immense debt from funding the 7 Years War (French and Indian War). Britain was lacking revenue and they decided that the colonists were responsible to help them since they took part in the war as well.. Britain started taxing the colonists by enacting many different acts until 1776. Colonists did not think very highly of these taxations and believed it was an infringement of their rights to tax them without their consent. Eventually, Colonists became so resistant to British Rule, that the Independence Movement was started. Colonists were upset acts were being imposed on them without consent . Their resentment from trade regulations grew thus leading to rebellion. Colonists attempted reconciling

The American Revolution is a vital part in U.S history, but what caused it? To begin, Britain, like most countries at the time, were sending men to live and colonized the unexplored Americas. Long story short, after fighting the French-Indian War with Britain, the colonists wanted the British to back off, but the British wanted more control over them after all the money they invested in the colonies. As a result, this tension between the British and colonists would spark the beginning of a revolution. This revolution began at the Battle of Lexington and Concord; Thomas Gage, governor of Massachusetts, sent troops to try to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams, who at the time were setting up a provisional government around Gage and were also

First of all, the colonists had no say or representation in the British Parliament including all laws. No taxation without representation! England did all of this because they thought the colonist needed to pay back taxes for protection in the war but these acts were too much to handle. Another reason is the Townshend and Stamp Act. These acts were way over the top and made the colonists Furious. Because the colonists were so mad at these acts, they tossed a lots of tea off of a boat in Boston (also called the Boston Tea Party) to prove their fury. This was the best reason for breaking away from Britain in my opinion because of all of its causes and

It was the emergence of an American Identity and the resolve of parliament to reign over the colonies that ultimately led colonies to declare themselves independent from Britain. British incurred debt during the war, their first attempt was to raise revenue came with the Sugar Act in 1764 but it was unsuccessful. It led to Stamp Act, in which taxes were imposed on paper goods such as legal documents, licenses and newspapers. Colonists wanted “no taxation without representation”. Parliament countered that they virtually represented all of their

According to the Sam Adams article, “Your adversities are composed of wretches who laugh at the rights of humanity...for higher wages, direct their swords against their leaders or their countries” (sec. 1 par. 5). This statement relates back to the Patriots wanting independence because Patrick believes when the British are betraying the rights of humanity and giving colonists higher wages, the colonists should fight back. The British should listen to Patrick saying this because he shows why they shouldn’t give higher taxes. According to the text, “The Stamp Act raised revenue on all items...the townshend acts raised revenue on certain items like tea, paint, and glass” (Stamp Act History sec. 1 par. 2-4). The British Parliament made all these acts to try to get money. The colonists were angry because they believed that Britain should pay for the war fees, not them. It may be true that the King and Parliament deserve to tax the colonists because of the thousands of dollars of tea getting dumped and them protesting. However, the colonists think the Parliament Should make them to pay for everything including wills, newspapers, and even playing cards. The colonists also paid for all other taxes and listened to the acts. Those are some reasons why higher taxes made patriots declare

When the colonies were initially created, English ruled over them. The sole purpose of the colonies from the English perspective was to improve England, which was considered “the motherland”. The English fought in the Seven Years War and defeated the French, but they had to find a way to pay off their war debt. The colonies were becoming more profitable, and the English noticed this. Consequently, the English began to put taxes on the colonies without the colonies having any representation. The colonists opposed this, but they still debated on whether to fight for independence or to continue with British guidance.

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.