1763 Landlords And Merchants In The United States: An Analysis

Beginning in the 1760s England attempted to implement greater control in her North American colonies. This started when England won the French in the 9 years war and in turn received many new territories. After this war, England was left with tremendous amounts of debt and had to figure out how they would get rid of that debt. So as a resolution they figured that they would tax the colonists to act as an aid for all the debt. In the 1760's , the British started to issue many different acts and rulings that the colonists did not find pleasant.The British kept adding restrictions and other limits that the colonists disagreed on which led to a revolt.In the long run the colonists were able to overcome England and in turn gain their freedom.

The need to position British troops along the Indian border to protect the settlements contributed to the debt that England had even more.The colonial assembly implied that England would not be able to count on the colonial governments' help and that the only way that England could actually get support for their debt is to implement a system of taxation. During this period of time the king was George III and his prime minister was George Grenville. George III had limitations in his thinking capacity and also limitations in his psychological features that affected his politics. George Grenville as prime minister was responsible for the issues regarding the colonies. George Grenville did not show any sign of sympathy for the Americans and actually believed that the taxations were a way of paying gratitude to the British for defending them and governing the

This ruling was to prevent any fighting which could in turn damage western trade. This was also so London could regulate the movement of whites westward. If the whites were to cross over the line, it could lead to expensive costs due to conflicts with tribes or limitations in trade. This ruling ultimately failed to keep white settlers from moving westward to claim lands and other territories. In every attempt that the British tried to limit the expansion of whites going even more westward the British failed. The act of 1765 also known as the Mutiny act put even more restrictions and higher level of security on the colonies. There was now naval ships preventing smugglers which was vital for money making and colonial manufacturing was restricted so that they could not compete with the manufacturing of England. The Sugar act of 1764 prevented any trade of sugar between the colonists , the French and the Spanish West Indies. The Currency act of 1764 stated that the colonial assemblies cease the issuing of all paper money. The most influential act that had the greatest factor in the separation of the colonies and England was the Stamp act which implemented tax on almost all printed documents in the colonies. With these acts Britain was collecting more than 10 times the earnings from the Americans