How Did The Stamp Act Affect The Cause Of The American Revolution?

Within these two lectures Professor John Dixon continues to enlighten us about the state of
North America in the 1750’s and the series of events that went on afterwards. These two lectures are geared towards what happened before and after the Revolution. It had all started as a
“growing crisis” within the colonies. The conflicts the colonists had been facing were slowly increasing and the relationship between the colonists and the British Parliament grew worse.
The British Parliament was afraid of losing control. The colonists had begun to grow impatient with Parliament and did not want to be controlled by them any longer. However, the
British Parliament were clever. In order for the British to protect the land that they had won from
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The colonists had Authority for so long, until the
British decided that they would intervene. The colonist had grown used to not being controlled so heavily, so when the British had stepped in they were against it completely. Because Britain had begun to put its hand in America’s business more often, the Colonists had begun to find this frustrating. Thus, creating the ideas and thoughts of forming a rebellion against the British. Soon after the Sugar Act of 1764 the Stamp Act of 1765 had been imposed, and this greatly affected the colonists. The stamp act had been a direct tax opposed to the Sugar Act being an indirect tax. The stamp act had imposed a law that colonist needed a special type of paper to print certain things on. This affected small businesses tremendously. The colonists rejected the stamp act and protested against the stamp officers. In England, the new Prime Minister Rockingham repealed the Stamp Act of 1765 and the colonist had thought they had won. However under Pitt’s administration, he felt that the colonists should be taxed and he would bring back the tax. Therefore, in 1767 he developed and passed a series of indirect taxes on everyday items to the colonist. The colonist fought back by

The Boston Massacre was the result of the ongoing tension that was growing between the colonists and the British. Paul Revere, who was an engraver, turned this event into a huge piece of propaganda with the help of others for the colonials to realize what the
British were trying to do. Paul Revere wanted them to realize that what the British were doing was unconstitutional. He was trying to bring to light the injustices that the British were imposing on America. And, if enough people could see what Britain was doing, then they would have enough people in which they could form a rebellion, and reject British rule. There are many stories to explain the way the Boston Massacre had come to be, but the fundamental fact is that we don’t know. There are two sides presented to us and what actually took place is largely a mystery. The next major event to happen is the Boston Tea Party. They know the colonist drank tea because the colonists adapted that culturally from Britain. So, Britain figured out another way in which they could impose a tax on the Americans. Thus, the British companies sold their leftover tea to the colonies, but only after imposing a tax on them. The colonist choose to