How Did The Stamp Act Contribute To The Declaration Of Independence

The American War of Independence was America seeking independence from Great Britain, and the Thirteen Colonies. The war had started in 1775 but, some people differ on when it ended. The Americans and colonists believe it ended in 1776, because this is when the declaration of independence was signed. Therefore, declaring the Thirteen Colonies as an independent country. Even though the actual peace treaty that prevented further conflict was signed in 1781. This event is a huge part of American history in which America had asserted itself as an independent country. America as a country had established a personal government now that it was free from Britain. There were many factors that influenced America and the colonists to fight for independence

The acts implemented that were seen as influential were the stamp act, and the townshend act. The stamp act was one of the taxation laws placed on the colonies. The stamp act added tax tarifs to all printed materials and would be seen as illegal if they did not possess the stamp required. The taxation part of this law came into effect when people of America had to pay for the stamp to make all documents legal. Colonists mobbed and used violence to try and force the British stamp collectors to resign. These acts of violence had gotten the British to repeal the act in 1766 but, the declaratory act was issued at the same time as a countermeasure from the British. The stamp act had created the colonist slogan of, “No taxation without representation.” This slogan meant that the colonists thought that the British should not be allowed to create taxation laws without someone from the colonies representing the entire colonies in the British House of Commons. However, it was beneficial that they did not have a representative in the British House of Commons because they would have been outvoted by the overwhelming amount of British members. The mentality of this slogan is a factor why the colonists decided to pursue independence from Britain and this almost tyrannical grip they had over the thirteen

Duties were placed on glass, paper, lead, paints, and tea. American colonists had seen these duties as an abuse of power by the British government. These duties had given the colonists the idea to stop importing from Britain until an agreement was met between the two countries this is how the Americans revolted against these taxation duties. This then led to Britain lifting all of the duties of the imported goods except for tea. This continued tea duty led to the Boston Tea Party, where American colonists dressed as the Mohawk people and threw cargoes of British tea overboard from British ships in the Boston Harbour. This event was the colonists way to defy the British government and the ridiculous laws enforced upon