Revolutionary War Taxes

The first reason that the colonists were justified in breaking away from the British was because the British Parliament and soldiers made unjust decisions for their own personal gain and abused their powers over the colonists. As stated in Document 2 of the packet “Document-Based Questions--Path to Revolution”, the British parliament taxed the colonists for the sole purpose of levying money upon them (Stamp Act). The taxes was also mainly used to pay for the French-Indian War, which seems like it justifies the British taxing, except for the fact that it was taxes without representation, which can be labeled as tyranny. This supports my argument, as the American colonists didn’t like having to pay for the war, and let Britain take money away from them for profit. Another piece of evidence that supports my claim would be that on Document 10 of the packet it was stated that, “We have understood it be

Imagine everything that is said is heard in a British accent. It sounds funny now, but that's how it could have been if the colonists had never declared their independence from England. That isn't what happened though. Grievances were made, events came to pass, and the Declaration of Independence was written. Taking a look at the documents from that time, as well as treatment of other colonies by the British one can see that the colonists were completely justified in declaring their independence from England.

Colonists sought independence from British government for a multitude of reasons. Tension quickly rose between England and the thirteen colonies due to the unjust taxing without fair representation in Parliament, the colonist’s rights to assemble were taken away by the British, and there were many unreasonable Acts and laws put into place in attempt to have complete control over the colonists as well as intimidate them. For these reasons and the suffering that the colonists endured at the hands of the British government, I feel that the colonists had plenty just causes to separate themselves from England.

“Give me liberty or give me death!” Patrick Henry. I believe that the Colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain and the King. King George was making the Colonists pay very unfair taxes, he was trying to rule over them from all the way over in England, and he wouldn’t take the colonies legislators opinions into consideration. While some people may say that the Colonists were just unappreciative, that is not correct. They continued to stay with the King until the King turned on them and made them do things they didn’t want to do and shouldn’t have to do.

The colonists felt like Great Britain was the sibling they wished they could get rid of. But unlike most of us, they chose to act on it. The American colonists were enraged to the point of war because the recently crowned King George Ⅲ and the British Parliament began placing unjust taxes and acts on the colonists. In 1776 the American colonists finally began to unite as one and declare their independence. The question is: Were the colonists right in starting was and breaking away from Britain? The Americans were justified in Declaring Independence from Britain in 1776 because Britain taxed the colonists without their consent, King George Ⅲ abused his power, and British Parliament placed unjust taxes and acts on the colonists.

One reason that the Coercive/Intolerable Acts led to the revolutionary war was because, one, the colonists were already angered by the taxes, laws, and acts. The reason they were already angered was because before the French and Indian war, the colonies were mostly untouched/ never really bothered by Great Britain. But after the war, the British needed to pay off its massive debts

There were many events that took place in the 1760’s and 1770’s that led to the Revolutionary war. During these years the British did many things that upset the colonists. These upset colonists would eventually get sick of all the British ways and fight for their freedom.

When England helped with the 7 years war they had to make up the money. When countries have to make up money, they have to tax their citizens. There is no other way to do it. On top of that, the colonist did not know the other half of what the citizens who lived in England were being taxed. Upwards of 30% more sales tax was placed on the citizens of England who lived there than the citizens in the colonies.

Our opinion on which event caused the Revolutionary War was Lexington and Concord. We believe this because, the British attacked the Colonist’s freedom, a fight broke out against the British and the Colonists, and many people died in the ending of the battle.

There are three main causes of the american revolution. Including Acts that involved taxes , another being the boston tea party, and lastly the second continental congress. All of these events lead to the colonists cutting ties to great britain ,which lead to the American Revolution.

About a decade before the American Revolution happened in 1775, there were lots of tension building up between the colonists and the British. The colonists did not like being under British rule and control because they liked freedom and wanted independence. However, the British government attempted to raise tax revenues by imposing more taxes on the colonists to pay for the leftover debts from the Indian-French War. Some of the laws passed include the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Tariffs of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773. Some events that escalated the tension include the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, etc. The colonists were justified in rebelling against Britain.

The introduction of the Tea Act in 1773 was a leading cause of the American Revolution — but it wasn’t the only cause. Growing American opposition to the British, and fundamental differences in ideology between the British and Americans also contributed to causing the American Revolution.

Looking back in time, the relationship between the British and the colonists became tense after the French and Indian War and resulted in numerous decisions and events that could have become the cause of the American Revolution. Historians were able to note each event that occurred before the revolution that as a whole made it inevitable. When asked the question of what event caused the idea of a revolution to be thought of in the future, none of the incidents during that time period seemed to have the power to create a decision like starting a war. However, judging by the colonists and the British harsh actions towards each other, there are a couple of events in history that could have been classified as “the point that caused the revolution”. Out of these events, the Stamp Act of 1765 is the law in history that made the American revolution inevitable.

It’s clearly inaccurate to identify one precise reason to explain why the Revolutionary War began, but there are correlating situations which would play key parts. The British Empire was much isolated from the American colonies and the citizens residing in the United States had a desire to orchestrate their own government. These lands contained an assortment of resources that were used by the early colonists to generate revenue which resulted in many of them gaining more wealth than people in Great Britain. Also, in an effort to reimburse their debts from prior wars with the French, the British imposed “high taxes” on the American colonists which infuriated American colonists. Such taxations eventually lead to events like the Boston tea party, which would soon after escalate to the battle of Lexington and Concord (the first battles of the Revolutionary war).

On December 16, 1773, a group of overtaxed, oppressed, and overlooked colonists dumped 342 boxes of tea from Britain into the cold, dark depths of the Boston Harbor. The British Parliament had been gradually raising the colonists’ taxes, taxing anything that could possibly be taxed, continually pushing the colonists to the edge of rebellion. The Tea Act was passed on May 10, 1773, granting the British East India Trading Company a government sanctioned monopoly on tea, forcing the colonists to buy tea from Britain alone. Although it didn’t create any additional taxes, the colonists were so infuriated at Parliament for recent similar impositions that the Tea Act of 1773 was the grain of rice that tipped the scale for the colonists, causing them to ruin around £18,000 worth of tea. Despite destroying so much property, “the ‘Mohawks’ took care not to harm an members of the crew” (Schweikart and Allen, 75). The Boston Tea Party was the correct response to the Tea Act on top of others for three reasons; it revealed the colonists’ oppression, it encouraged the colonists’ independence, and it set a great example for revolutions in the future. However, there is still some debate as to whether the Boston Tea Party was a reasonable response to the oppressive acts of the British Parliament. For example, it can be argued that the colonists could’ve compromising. However, as will be seen, these are both unreasonable.