The Battle Of The Imperial Crisis

The taxation of the colonists was very important to what would eventually be the American Revolution. The people of the colonies were finally united, though they have not called for an army to be made or haven’t talked about independence, they are starting to come together, and make their differences blur.

When the Founding Fathers resisted these taxes on principle that Parliament did not have the authority to tax the colonists, Britain attacked and minimized colonial self-rule , declared colonists subject to any act of Parliament , reestablished internal taxes , closed colonial ports, dissolved

Huge debts were owed to Great Britain for supplying the colonists with military support and supplies. To pay the dues, there was the establishment of the Stamp Act, the taxation on domestic goods and services. A tax on domestic merchandise brought even more anger to the colonists. The Sugar Act, the Townshed Duties and the Tea Act were also all introduced with the same fundamentals: applying tax on goods whether it be directly or indirectly, domestic or international. “British commercial regulations imposed a paltry economic burden on Americans, who enjoyed a rapid economic growth and a standard of living higher than their European counterparts” (McGaughy). Each act resulted in irritated colonists. Some even retaliated by tarring and feathering certain English tax enforcers living in the colonies.

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).

When Great Britain controlled the colonies, the Colonists could not live the life they wanted to. They had low paying jobs, were not treated well by the king and his soldiers, and on top of that Britain posted extra taxes on goods. The colonists were already poor from low pay jobs, so taxes just added

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

One of the first ways Britain attempted to gain control over the colonies was to impose tax laws. One of the main tax laws that angered the Colonies the most was the Stamp Act of 1765. The stamp act was imposed on all Americans and required them to use stamps on any newspaper, letter, paper, or legal documents that proved that they paid their taxes. The end of the war had brought post war debt and this was Britain’s way to request payments for debts that colonist had caused by buying British imports. The cost is not what actually angered the colonist, The Stamp Act for the Colonist however, was only interpreted one way; it was a direct attempt by England to raise revenue in the colonies without the consent of the colonial assemblies.

The war had greatly enlarged Britain's debt so the government decided to implement taxes on the colonists. While the colonists were resentful of these taxes, the British felt the colonists should pay for their own defense. George Greenville's Program contained a series of acts including the Stamp Act which said any document must have a stamp on it. This action enraged many colonists. The outrage over the taxes was justified by the British government as necessary because of the amount of land they now had. (Document 5) That the huge increase in territory and population drove them to regulate trade. The British also saw the taxes as fair because the British were “protecting” the colonists. Many colonists such as Benjamin Franklin wanted the Stamp Act repealed because of its unfair taxing. (Document 6) Franklin called for an immediate repeal of the act in a letter to a friend. The taxation of the colonists was a significant change that cause the shift between the British and the

Thus, this triggered Britain to start economic competition with France in Europe. Since there were limited resources, Britain chose to tax the colonists to tighten its administration in North America. The Parliament said that, “The cost of administering the North American colonies alone rose to $135,000 a year in 1763 - five times what it had cost in 1756”. With the debt of the Seven Year War and many others from previous fights, and with the suspicion coming from other European countries concerning its weakening economy, the British government needed to collect more taxes to manage its empire that got tripled in debts during these years.

After the Treaty of Paris was constructed in 1763, the British people were given a whole new empire to control. For this, the British created new polices to be enforced in the future (American Revolution). This was a huge task to handle, considering they were still in debt. But on the plus side they were given land form the Americans to expand there rule. In order to pay off the debt, the British decided to tax

For an imperial power, surrender can sometimes be worse than defeat. This is because surrender requires agency. It requires acknowledgements about one 's position, and the choices that resulted in sed position. It requires honest acknowledgement and assessment of one’s trajectory, and the probable realities of that trajectories. While easy to list through text, for those unable to accept their role in the consequences of their positions, actions, and realities, surrender can be more intimidating than defeat.

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With the constant battle of the Seven Years War, American colonies were growing and producing financial value day-in and day-out. Great Britain began to see their American location as means of repaying their debts that they had amassed over the previous wars and altercations. As, Megan Trudell highlighted in Who Made the American Revolution, this would eventually lead to a, “clash between two economic systems”. Britain would become determined to get America to help pay-off their debts and America would resist and advocate for their independence and right to refuse oppression of their economy. But, why is this important? The importance resides behind the idea that America, and the colonists that inhabited it, found economic factors as motivators in their reasoning to revolt and create their own country. America was founded to perpetuate economic freedom, and found power in their economic

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