War can ruin a county no matter the winner. The amount of money it takes to fuel a war is incrediable. Most often leaving behind major amounts of debt and a county trying to find a way to get there money back. Due to the French and Indian War Britian was in debt and looking for a way to make up there debt quick. Unforconatly for the colonist of the new land this was ment for them.
The Stamp Act, which was issued in 1765, taxed all paper documents in the colonies. The Stamp Act was the first Act that was directed towards the colonies alone and was issued because they had an abundance of debt after the Seven Years War. You had to pay taxes for printing legal documents, diplomas, almanacs, broadsides, newspapers, and playing cards. In October nine of the colonies sent someone to the Stamp Act Congress where the colonies drafted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances which was a document that went against the British empire. The colonists also rebelled by not selling any British products.
Great Britain passed the Stamp Act which imposed an internal tax on every paper colonist used. To include newspaper, legal documents, and playing cards. The colonist felt that the Stamp Act was not treating them as equals to peers in Great Britain. The merchants had problems with the parliament. The parliament wanted to increase domestic taxes and control imports.
The Stamp was given to all americans and it was a tax on everything paper. Playing cards were taxed, Ship’s papers, legal documents, licenses, and newspapers(Document 6). This was the first stepping stone for revolution. After the Stamp Act was introduced the imports from Britain when down by almost one million pounds until 1776 when it started to increase again. Then around 1770 was the Townshend Act after
The act applied a tax on all paper used for official documents, which caused a conflict between Britain and the colonies over the Parliament’s right to tax. Newspapers, pamphlets, court documents, licenses, wills, and ships’ cargo lists required a stamp to prove that the tax has been paid. ”Unlike the Sugar Act, which regulated trade, the Stamp Act was designed plainly and simply to raise money” (141). A huge majority of the people were affected by this act, especially professions in the business and legal communities that used official documents.
February 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War) The end of the war has come. The seven years war started by the British declaring war against France. The French had been expanding into the Ohio Valley creating conflict amongst the countries. With the signing of the treaty France lost a lot of land.
The Stamp Act was a law that demanded all colonial residents to pay a stamp tax on effectively every printed paper including legal documents, bills of sale, contracts, wills, advertising, pamphlets, almanacs, and even playing cards and dice. The tax affected every resident mainly lawyers who were increasingly in a place of power. The act was passed in May and was planned to take effect November 1st, 1765. A great deal of colonists thought the tax was unfair and had almost a year to show their dissatisfaction through peaceful and violent protests.
The Sugar, Stamp, and Townshend Acts all say that England needs to tax the colonies so he can protect them. I found three examples of this. First, the Sugar Act said, “...it is just and necessary, that a revenue be raised, in your majesty 's said dominions in America, for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same…” That meant that England needed money to protect America. Second, the Stamp Act said, “...toward defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the British colonies and plantations in America: and whereas it is just and necessary, that provisions be made for raising a further revenue within your Majesty’s dominions in America…”
The sugar act in 1764 made British laws charge on the sugar by the other products that were charge.1751-1764 the stamp and quartering act was in 1765, stamp act was required certain printed materials and the quartering act was forced to feed and shelter the British Soldiers. When the British started taxing them and throwing their tea away the Americans got tired of the British controlling them so they fought back. When the Continental Congress Philadelphia, reject Franklin and Thomas votes to form a Continental Army. Americans were in the war for 6 years fighting for what they wanted the first battle was Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. This battle was considered as the gun the shot heard around the world 1768 and had been augmented
Before America became it’s own country, the American colonists had to work hard to fight for what they wanted. America didn’t do all its own work, the British helped them to achieve their goal. The British encouraged the American colonists to work harder to become independent by provided them with reasons to fight. Mercantilists believed that colonies existed for the home country, and not for settlers.
The Sons of Liberty were much like modern day Isis. From burning houses to murder, they were a group of people no one dared to provoke. The famous rebel group took a stand against the British Parliament for what they believed was right. They gave colonists hope in not only their future, but also America’s future. The Sons of Liberty are important because they secured America’s future, showed bravery, and formed the Continental Congress.
During the initial development of America officially gaining its independence from Britain, there were certainly some very high tensions growing within the colonies against English rule. With Britain enforcing taxes that the Americans deemed unfair and the Americans responding with protest, looking back retrospectively it seems that American independence was almost inevitable. The first example of British taxation in the colonies was the Sugar Act which imposed a higher tax on foreign imports; however, this kind of tax was not seen as unreasonable in the eyes of the Americans, it was what came after that stirred up the most trouble. The Stamp Act of 1765, the very first direct tax in all of colonial history, was the turning point for many Americans
The Stamp Act The Stamp Act was a tax placed on the American colonies by the British in 1765. It said they had to pay a tax on all sorts of printed materials such as newspapers, magazines and legal documents. It was called the Stamp Act because the colonies were supposed to buy paper from Britain. The items bought had to have an official stamp on it that showed they had paid the tax. No Representation The colonists
The Commoners and Wealth Reaction to the Stamp Act March 22, 1765 a new tax passed called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was to help British troops settled, I the colonies during the 7 years of war. A tax represented by a stamp on many papers,documents, and playing cards. Stamp Act was imposed by the British government and without approval of the colonial legislatures. The word spread around colonial families.
In 1765 March 22, The Stamp Act began. It was when American colonists were taxed on any kind of paper product. Such as ship’s paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. All of the money that was taxed was used to pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachians Mountains. Although this act was unpopular among the colonists.
