The Declaration Of Rights And Grievances

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.

After much protest to this act, the British Parliament put in place the Declaratory Act of 1766, which repealed the Stamp Act but also gave Parliament the full power to tax colonists in the future. After these acts came the Townshend Acts which imposed further taxes on goods like glass, paper, and tea; all products, the British knew, that would bring in considerable revenue because they were staples of colonial life. Then there was the issue of a privacy breach under the writs of assistance which allowed British

Beginning in 1764, Great Britain began passing acts to exert greater control over the American colonies. The Sugar Act was passed to increase duties on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. A Currency Act was also passed to ban the colonies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit because of the belief that the colonial currency had devalued the British money. Further, in order to continue to support the British soldiers left in America after the war, Great Britain passed the Quartering Act in 1765. This ordered colonists to house and feed British soldiers if there was not enough room for them in the colonist’s homes. An important piece of legislation that really upset the colonists was the Stamp Act passed in 1765. This required stamps to be purchased or included on many different items and documents such as playing cards, legal papers, newspapers, and more. This was the first direct tax that Britain had imposed on the colonists. Events began to escalate with passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767. These taxes were created to help colonial officials become independent of the colonists by providing them with a source of income. This act led to clashes between British troops and colonists, causing the infamous Boston Massacre. These unjust requests and increasing tensions all led up to the colonist’s declaration as well as the Revolutionary War.

     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.

On the first day 19th of July, “Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances” were present. Thomas Jefferson primarily wrote the declaration it contains 18 charges against George III, the King of England. In repeated injuries on part of man towards woman, includes that the denial of right to vote, unfair law regarding separation and divorce, inequality of religion, education and employment and as well in other fields. Apart from that, it includes 12 resolutions for equal participation of women in every field.

Colonists became furious with the Stamp Act and many people boycotted. They refused to pay taxes, ignored the stamps, and they even formed a secret society called the Sons of Liberty. Eventually, Parliament repealed the act but created the Declaratory Act. This showed that the Parliament had the right to make any laws. In 1767, they passed the Townshend Act which placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. This angered the colonists once again because it took power away from colonial

In 1765, the English king was terribly in debt after the French and Indian War. His solution? The infamous Stamp Act that riled up citizens throughout the American colonies. But why were they so upset? They already payed less taxes than mainland englishmen, what was there to be angry about? These colonists were upset because this law was a violation of the very rights that they inherit as English citizens by the Bill of Rights.

The British king, King George III, 22, wanted fame and wealth. Therefore taxed the colonists on British goods. As a result, the colonist refused to pay the taxes and protested. As a result of the repeal of the Stamp Act, Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, came up with the Townshend Acts. The Acts imposed the tax on items such as lead, glass, paper, and paints to gain more money and pay for wars. The colonists petitioned the British Parliament because they were taxing without a representative in the parliament and did not have the right to tax them. To protect government officials and enforce the Townshend Acts, Governor Francis Bernard sent troops to Boston.

The ratification of the Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Intolerable Act occurred within 1765-1774. Each act forced colonists to pay a tax or limit their rights, whether to create revenue for the British government or keep tighter controls on the country and economy. These three acts pushed the colonists’ further into their dream for independence. They drew up the Declaration of Independence, which asked King George III for freedom from the British. The Stamp Act was approved following the French and Indian War. The passing of this act forced colonists to pay a tax on any printed good. This created revenue for the British Parliament. Following the Townshend Act, a tax placed on glass, lead and other goods,

KEY TERMS: Cherokee War- Conflict during 1759 through 1761 on the southern frontier, which was between the Cherokee Indians and colonists from Virginia southward. Proclamation of 1763- A royal proclamation setting the boundary known as the Proclamation Line that limited British settlements to the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains. Quartering Acts- Acts of Parliament requiring colonial legislatures to provide supplies and quarters for the troops stationed in America.

The story, The Hungry, Hungry King George represents a brief summary of the events that led up to the American Revolutionary War. King George’s need for money from his debt in the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War) is displayed in the story as it states “he was still hungry”. Throughout the story, the phrase “But, he was still hungry” is continuously repeated to demonstrate the amount of taxes and restraints that were placed on the colonist under the rule of King George III. This can also be discerned from the illustrations as they depict King George III with more and more gold surrounding him as well as his body weight increasing. King George’s weight dramatically escalating symbolizes his augmenting greed and need to

Summary: After the complaints on the Quartering Acts, Charles Townshend said he believed colonist complaints made it important to keep an army in colonies, and to make them pay for the army. With the colonies refusing to pay for more military provisions, Britain realized they could still get money from the colonies by taxing them on imported household materials, such as glass, paint, tea, and paper. Of course, this further angered colonists since these shipping fees were also just taxes in disguise. The colonists claimed that they don’t pay taxes not voted on by the colony assemblies, that this was taxation without representation. Boston Patriot Samuel Adams wrote a letter protesting to the Acts, and it was so convincing that the colonists

The following deterioration started with the Stamp Act in 1765, an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which imposed a minor taxation of official seals and stamps, legal documents and newspapers for its main purpose of generating a suffice amount of revenue to compensate for the expensive Seven Years War. But, the British Parliament took advantage of the inaugurated act and decided to tax the colonists without their authorization. This unauthorized act resulted in the colonists’ opposition and argument that they are being forcibly taxed without representation, which later led to the sentiment of fear rising within the colonies. Because the colonists’ apprehension of taxes ascending, rebellious acts such as widespread protests, economic boycotts, street demonstrations/violence, and formation of petitions prompted due to the fact that the colonists were unable to spontaneously express in the British Parliament. In 1766, the British Parliament responded to colonists insubordinate movements and repealed the Stamp Act. But in 1767, the British Parliament was determined to collect revenue, therefore, they retried by passing another Parliament Act called the Townshend Act. The Townshend Acts were a small tax on specific items such as sugar, glass, and tea. In spite of this, colonists resorted to widespread economic boycotting, causing British collected taxes to drop what is now worth roughly about eight million dollars and British businesses to lose today’s worth of approximately three hundred million dollars, nearly bankrupting England. With the Townshend Act set up, it permitted the Parliament to send troops to the colonies in order to prevent repeated violence and avoid colony riots, street demonstrations, protests, and attacks. Yet,

With the new, young, and immature king came some doubts and insecurities as he ran through ministers quite rapidly (Davidson, DeLay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff, 2015). This allowed Grenville to be removed as first minister and replaced with an individual who was actually against this taxation of colonials. Resistance and repeal also proved that virtual representation back in the colonies would not stand, and there needed to be a new system in place. Even with the repeal of the Stamp Act and a sense of victory, the British Empire was quick to accompany the repeal with another act. Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, asserting that it had the power to make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever” (Davidson, DeLay, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff, 2015). It didn’t seem to bother the colonist, though, as they still believed that the British Empire had no right to impose taxes on colonies in the American and stood by that belief.

Because of the taxes that they did not want to pay, the colonists did not have enough money to make rum, the most popular drink in the colonies. The colonists were outraged by cause of the high taxes. An itch for money did not stop the British government. They created a law banning the use of the colonist’s own currency and required them to pay debts employing gold or silver. Colonists were required to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. With these harsh measures by the British, the colonist started to get angry. The last drop of patience was destroyed when parliament created The Stamp Act in 1765. England placed taxes on all legal documents, such as “newspapers, pamphlets, cards and contracts.” Americans began to organize protests and boycotts. The colonists created a network of secret organizations called “The Sons of Liberty” that aimed at intimidating the stamp agents who collected Parliament 's taxes. Outraged colonists did not believe that Parliament and the king had a right to tax the colonists without colonial representation in Parliament, as they said, “No taxation without Representation”.