Nature Of Colonists Opposition To British Imperialism From 1763 To 1776

I believe that the nature of the colonists’ opposition to British rule in the year 1763 to 1776 was all the above being political social and economic issues. First and foremost, I would like to begin with the economical aspect of the problem which began with the Stamp Act of 1765, which required all colonist to purchase watermarked, taxed paper which at the time was used in newspapers and all legal documents. The stamp Act of 1764 was the first tax imposed on the colonist by the parliament which lead to great disagreement. Three years later, in 1767 after the repealed of the Stamp Act prior that year parliament passed revenue act better known as the “The Townshend duties “which taxed the most frequent used items in the colonist such as lead, glass, paper and tea, tea being a popular drink at the time, enraged the colonist even more which than lead to the

The colonist wanted to be free, they wanted a government that favored its people not a foreign nation. Being taxed without and limited of your rights without anything in return lead to many unarrest and revolts. The Proclamation of 1763, which named Britain as the sole negotiator of land to the west which prevented the colonist from expanding to the west. The colonists saw the proclamation as a direct threat to the independence they originally had, no longer being able to expand to the west left the colonist with a strong resentment. Basically, the colonist were under tyranny being heavily taxed, while the echo of their complaints weren’t being heard by parliament lead to the popular slogan “No taxation without representation”. The slogan which mean that parliament shouldn’t be taxing the colonist if no one was going to represent them in the parliamentary assembly. Thus, by being heavily tax and all the money being send back to parliament resulted in the deterioration of the colony