Significant Changes During The American Revolution, 1756-1763

No taxation without representation during 1763 led to significant changes in the American government; under such movements the thirteen colonies and British Parliament were involved. Such challenges have shaped our American Republic and have impacted our history. The thirteen colonies were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. In previous years many challenges, battles, and disagreements were faced to transform the thirteen British colonies. During the 1750’s and 1760’s major events occurred such as the French and Indian War of 1756-1763. The French and Indian War was fought between France and Great Britain, in

Socially, the British Parliament was imposing unfair taxations upon the colonists and even was limiting their trade routes. In addition, the Revolution influenced the spread of slavery not only locally among the colonies but throughout the world. Politically, after the British government took control of the colonies they began to create acts such as the Stamp Act of 1765 and Townshend Revenue Acts of 1767. These acts imposed taxes to the colonists on goods such as glass, leads, paint, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. After 1763, when the British Parliament attempted to rise the revenues in the colonies the colonial leaders forcefully stood up and protested for the colonists rights. Since the colonists were not represented in government, they believed it was unjust and only their representatives in the colonial assemblies should be the ones to custom the colonist’s taxes. The reason for these acts being the turning point is because the British government was unreasonably taxing colonists upon war debt without them having a voice in government; which led to the creation of their motto no taxation without representation. Economically, the British Parliament took over as the mother country in an economic system known as Mercantilism in which its government received all the goods, raw materials, and would control the trading routes of the colonies. Culturally, at this point in time the colonial education was driven by gender roles dictated by society, in which men were defined as the dominant figure. In addition, African slaves were a minority in religious circles and could not attend