Salutary Neglect And The American Colonists In The Early 1700s

As generations grew up in America, nationalism within the colonies grew towards their new country. These settlers slowly lost their patriotic tie to Great Britain and it’s ruler, King George III. So when the French and Indian War ended in America, and the indebted England needed some compensation from American settlers in the form of taxes, the colonists questioned the authority of England and their ability to rule them. British imperial policies such as the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Townshend Tea Tax caused uproar within the colonies against British rule without

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.

Imagine your in a society where you have no say in government. There are taxes that are unfair and unreasonable, but you can't change them without heavy protest. You wouldn't like that, would you? Neither did the colonies. In the beginning, the colonies swore allegiance to the British and worked together to create a working society. The colonies helped England with wars such as the French and Indian war. After the war, the British needed a source of money to pay off their debt and looked to the colonies. They put unfair taxes and laws that were only in the British`s favor. More and more laws and acts were put in place such as the Stamp, Sugar, and Townshend act. As time went on groups of people, such as the Sons of Liberty, would revolt against the British. Eventually, the colonies revolted by dumping tea into the river known as the Boston Tea Party. Again, more acts were put in place to try to gain control over the colonies, but it finally led to a war called the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Although the colonies had a few advantages under British control, the disadvantages outweigh them. These include, but are not limited to

There were many events that led up to the American Revolution. After the British defeated France and the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, Parliament began enforcing colonists to help pay for debts that were accrued during the war. George Grenville, Britain’s chief minister, constructed laws such as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and Quartering Act. These new policies that set in place tariffs on imports, exports, and regulations on trade, infuriated colonists (Tindall & Shi, pg. 121). Colonist did not want to allow such imposed taxes because the people themselves were not represented as equal British subjects. “The issue of taxation became a question of the colonist’ place in the imperial system” (Calloway, pg. 14). Also, after the British victory in the Seven Year war settlers were eager to expand west. British government wanted the colonist to stay east where trade was a major profit, and to navigate to the north or south. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 establishes the Appalachian Mountains as the boundary line between British and Indian lands. This was in part to keep Indian alliances and to keep control on the settler’s expansion. Henry Ellis, Governor of Georgia, spoke of

They thought that there was not good enough reason for the new taxes. England on the other hand stated that they taxed the colonist more because they were nearly bankrupt after the French and Indian War. That felt someone had to help compensate and since the American colonies benefited more. They need to bear most of the cost for England’s’ protection and administration. (Pg.536). Between 1763 and 1774, the government passed a new series of laws; placing the colonies under strict restrictions and making them pay higher taxes.

Between 1754 and 1763, Britain and French were involved in the French and Indian War, which was a territorial dispute between Britain and France. With the help of the British-American colonists, Britain was able to maintain and increase its borders in America, but the funds needed to support the war caused Britain to go into debt (“French and Indian War/Seven Years' War 1754-1763” 1). Not willing to tax its own citizens any further, Britain decided to tax the American colonies more in order to generate revenue. Before the war, American colonists were paying a fraction of the taxes than those living in Britain, and even after the imposed taxes, the average American would pay less taxes than the average Englishman (“British Acts on Colonial America” 1).

The colonists did not mind the taxes as much because some of the items that were taxed were unnecessary, however they did mind that the British were using their power as an excuse to tax the people for no reason (controlling them). The people’s money was not used in a useful matter, it was used for nothing, just extra money for the British to have. “The raising of revenue… was never intended… Never did the British parliament, (until the passing of the Stamp act) think of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising a revenue. The Townshend Acts claim the authority to impose duties on these colonies, not for the regulation of trade… but for the single purpose of levying money upson us.” (Document 2). The British just decided one day to just tax the colonies for no reason and the people had no say in it. Also, the British soldiers would come to Boston and take the Boston colonists jobs. Men and women would lose their jobs because the British would take it away from them, they were stealing people’s jobs. The British were taking their money and now their jobs after all the colonists did for them in the French and Indian war. That is not fair for them to run the people like that and it had to be

The American Revolution was the uprising of the existing thirteen American colonies to gain independence from Britain in the mid 1700’s. The American colonists began questioning Britain’s authority as early as the French and Indian War. During the French Indian War, the colonies wanted to defend themselves against the French in North America. They asked King George for permission to raise armies in order defend themselves. Although their reason to raise an army was sincere, George II was suspicious of the intentions of the colonial government and disapproved their petition. After the French Indian War, Britain decided to raise money by taxing the American Colonists for reparations. Taxes such as the Stamp and Tea Acts created controversy

The end of the French and Indian war in 1763, led to a large amount of conflict between the American colonists and the British Parliament.   The French and Indian war began in 1754 between Britain and France.  These two large countries were battling for land control in America.  

The French and Indian War was a war that was funded by the British. After the war was finished, it caused Great Britain to go into debt. As a result of this, British Parliament imposed taxes on the colonists. This angered many of the colonists because they had no say in the taxes that Parliament enforced on to them. Many people thought that they should have no “taxation without representation”. This caused many different reactions from all of the colonists. Some people thought that Parliament had no right to tax them and that they should have representation, and others thought that the taxes were unfair, but there was no reason to act up against them. The actions that the British took after 1763 caused various reactions by the colonists.

The period between 1763 and 1776 was a time where many areas of disagreement developed between the colonists and the British policy makers. The major areas of disagreement were caused by the British rules imposed on the colonies that prevented expansion, imposed taxation and limited colonial liberty. The first dispute was right after the Seven Years War (1756-1763) with the Proclamation of 1763. According to ushistory.org, the colonists, after the war, felt entitled and excited to begin settling westward, but the Proclamation prohibited such expansion. The war also put a large debt burden on Britain and in attempts to alleviate the debt they imposed many different taxes upon the colonists. The colonists did not believe they should be required

After the French and Indian War, there was a period of change in the British colonies in North America. After receiving much support from the British during the French and Indian War, the people of the colonies began to feel oppressed by the postwar actions of the British. As the British put heavy taxes and restrictions on the colonies, the attitude of the population of these colonies began to shift. Over the next two decades, with more taxes and a larger British military presence, the colonists slowly progressed closer and closer to revolution. The people of the American colonies were justified in eventually taking up arms against the British crown after various attempts to reach a peaceful resolution of their grievances because several pieces

Rage from taxes leads many citizens to act out on tax workers with public humiliation. According to Document 5, most of the chaos came from the colonists from protesting and bring violence to the streets. Many protesters released their anger on tax workers by tarring and feathering them and destroy and burning British property. With this type of behavior, the king had his duty to enforce rules. Also in Document 3, it shows the little effects that tax has on these colonies. Most of the taxed good was useless because no one buys them anymore and the small tax acts should not have lead to immense protest by these colonists. Another example where the Americans were not justified was their resistance to their benefits. The colonists say that the taxes were unconstitutional because it was for revenue but the taxes were to pay off the debt of the French Indian War, a war that was for the colonist's defense. Britain had some right to tax them for their contribution to the protection. But even though it was for the colonist's protection, they did not ask for it. Therefore they didn't have to pay for a non-request

The passing of a series of laws regulating trade and tax, most notably the Sugar Act (1764), the Stamp Act (1765), and the Tea Act (1773) increased tension between Great Britain and its colonies in the period 1763-1776. Near the end of the French and Indian War, Great Britain was in desperate need of money to pay for their war debts. The British Parliament believed that they had a right to tax their colonies. Their legislations placed duties on certain imports that had never been taxed before. By the end of 1764, tensions heightened between colonists and imperial officials as they were disagreeing more and more about how the colonies should be taxed and governed. These feelings of dissatisfaction would soon swell into rebellion, leading to the American Revolution.

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.