How Did The Sugar Act As A Result Of The Revolutionary Revolution

Soon the Quartering Act was passed, directing the colonies to provide quarters for British soldiers. Americans found this oppressive because it meant that soldiers were placed in colonial homes. In 1764 Parliament passed the Stamp Act, putting a duty on most printed materials. This was a normal tax for the British as it had been going on in Britain for a long time, and it made sense that the rest of their empire would pay the same tax. This placed a burden on merchants and the colonial elite who did most legal transactions and read the newspapers. Also passed in the same year was the Declaratory Act, which stated that the colonies were subject to the will of Parliament. This made a lot of sense to the British, as Parliament was their ruling body, but, to the colonies who had become used to their own government during the years of salutory neglect, this was a direct threat to their way of life.

In the end, I believe that the Stamp Act taught the British and the American colonists that when you try to change the law without everyone's opinion or input to the situation, it makes everyone mad; which then starts a conflict. What this means is that when you fight fire with another fire, you make a bigger fire. So for the colonists who wanted to make a change in the decisions that Britain was imposing on them wasn’t a very good idea because the British Government was more powerful than the colonists, and they were fully equipped with weapons and the colonists had……. Only

While all of the above social, cultural and economic circumstances were playing out and laying the groundwork for the American Revolution, several important political developments came to fruition in the concluding half of the 18th century that sealed the certainty of the American Revolution and made it inevitable. These developments, namely, the relative strengths of the local and colonial governments at the time, the betrayal of the colonies by the British Crown after King George’s War, and the end of Salutary Neglect, proved to present insurmountable odds to the colonists.

     The passing of the Stamp Act by Parliament in 1765 caused a rush of angry protests by the colonists in British America that perhaps "aroused and unified Americans as no previous political event ever had." It levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling, not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a century and was already in effect in several colonies in the 1750?s, it called into question the authority of Parliament over the overseas colonies that had no representation therein.

After the Townshend acts, the Intolerable acts, and the Sugar act was passed the way the economy was working was not in the favor of the British officials. After the legislation there was more protesting and then went back to legislation and so on. “Events like the Boston Massacre in 1770, which followed the quartering troops in Boston,and the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which followed the Tea Act only served to ratchet up the tension between the mother country and its unruly colonies.” (C,97) The acts that were passed made matters worse instead of gaining the money

Thus, Parliament issued the Declaratory Act, which stated that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies ‘in all cases whatsoever’”.   Because of the colonists’ protests on laws, such as the Stamp and Tea Act, resulted Parliament passing more rules to the colonies and lead both nations to the American

For a better part of the eighteenth century, the American colonists expressed vexation and disapproval of the "coercive " acts, which the British Government perpetrated on the colony through series of legislative acts by the British Parliament. Prior to the acts that the colonists in America termed as atrocious and oppressive, they were willing to cooperate and reaffirm loyalty to the King of England. Some of the legislations and declarations that colonists participated in was the sustenance of British soldiers in the colony, payment of import tariffs and other forms of taxes to support the British central government. These are but a few, the reasons as to why colonists objected to the mode of British rule in America. Another concern was the "Rights violations" by the English government regarding economic progress and representation. Because of these grievances, British colonists in America stepped up agitation through violation of the "tyrannical" Acts and petitions through the Continental Congress. The essay explores the grievances that Colonists in America held against the British government, in riposte to "My Dear America Cousin" letter.

During 1763 and 1776 the American colonists and the British policymakers went through a period of disagreement. In this essay I will explain what happened during the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshed duties and Tea Act that all lead to the beginning of the American Revolution.

In the same year, another important policy Stamp Act was promulgated. “Law passed by parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publication, and playing cards”(Goldfield, P124). Pleasant hours fly past; this law aroused public discontent. Colonists fought against this policy. For example, a group of people planned to intimidate Andrew Oliver to make him quit office in August 1765. (Goldfield, P125). And they also required British government to repeal Stamp Act. Finally, in 1776, parliament ended the Stamp Act, but it approved the Declaratory Act at the same day (Goldfield, p126). This was a statement saying the colonies should serve Britain, and that Britain government could promulgate any law (Goldfield, p126).Although, British repeal Stamp Act, they didn’t stop demanding taxes. In 1767, Parliament promulgated some new taxes policies called the Townshend Duty Act, which stipulated that British

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. The act was swiftly replaced by the Declaratory Act,

The Sugar Act was not liked by the people of Great Britain. The Sugar Act was passed out on April 5th, 1764. It ended in 1766 and replaced with The Revenue Act. The Sugar Act was made to raise revenue to help defray the military costs of protecting the American colonies during the French and Indian War. What was The Sugar Act and how did it lead to the revolutionary war?

By 1765, at a Stamp Act Congress, all but four colonies were represented as the “Declaration of Rights and Grievances” was passed. They were determined to let Parliament know that they were equal to British citizens, that there would be no “taxation without representation,” and all efforts to stop tax on colonists would continue (Kennedy, etal 2011.) Although Lord Rockingham, the predecessor of Grenville, sought to repeal of the Stamp Act, this in no way meant Parliament was conceding their control. In fact, while the Stamp Act was repealed, another called the “Declaratory Act of 1766,” gave Parliament the authority to make laws binding the American Colonies, “in all cases whatsoever.” In 1767, George III passed the Townshend Acts to collect tax on glass, lead, paints, paper and, tea. Recognizing that tea was a favorite among the Americans, it ensured greater revenue the British government. Again, the colonists’ rights for representation were ignored and they started to boycott British goods and ultimately, smuggle tea. When the Quartering Act was passed, which specified that colonists were to give room and board to British troops, tension began to rise. For two years, the colonists tolerated British troops on their soil and their dissatisfaction with the British Parliament and King George III became evident through many violent riots, abusiveness of tax collectors and destruction of property. According to Kennedy, etal (2011), Parliament, continually met with

“No taxation without representation” (Conlin, 128). This was a famous slogan that originated from the 1760s, which was the beginning of the thirteen colonies opposition toward their controller, Britain. As taxation and other acts continuously restricted the colonies, the thirteen colonies want to separate themselves from Britain grew. Beginning in the 1760s, the roots of political independence eventually spread and became an anchor that supported the American Revolution. With an increase of British soldiers in the colonies, tensions were created and expressed by disputes that eventually transformed into a revolution. The “redcoats” presence was there not to enforce taxation of the Parliament, but to control the lower classes increasing dislike

The Sugar Interest wanted to have the colonist only drink British rum resulting in them making money. Sugar is one of the main parts when making rum, so the Sugar Interest was making much more money than they would have without the tax. Since the Sugar Interest had connections with Parliament it was not very difficult to pass this act. The Sugar Act caused a small stir in the colonies. A lawyer whose name was James Otis despised the Sugar Act claiming that the colonies were not properly represented in Parliament.

The Sugar Industry has been around since the 1500s when the Spanish and Portuguese were colonizing Latin America to be one of the most powerful and prosperous countries in the world. The new world saw a lot of opportunity for the Spaniards with the introduction of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, that brought millions of African slaves to Europe and Latin America, which helped the formation of some of the largest empires in the world’s history. Sugar became such a dependent factor in Latin American economies that colonies became so reliant on sugar production as their only good to fuel their local economy. But, the sugar industry opened up massive new forms of trade to linked to the new world regions. The sugar industry left it impacts on the