The Framers Of The Constitution And The Stamp Act Of 1787

The framers of the American Constitution were innovative, and created the Constitution to last throughout history. The principles created in the Constitution do not change over time, but the utilization of the principles must change as society changes. However, this was not always the case for the United States. The framers wanted the Constitution to confront the challenges that the country had been facing from the two previous political experiences they had with the British Parliament and the Articles of Confederation. When American colonists were under the British monarchy, they found many events that took place during this time period unfair. For example, the Stamp Act of 1765 was the first event that shaped colonists concept self-governance. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament that enacted a tax on all American colonists,

Everything from legal documents to playing cards were taxed, so that the British could pay for the French and Indian War. The British declared the tax fair because the American colonists were profiting from the protection of the British troops. Many colonists saw the tax as unfair, which is when the term “taxation without representation” came into light. The colonists had no say over the legislation’s passage since they had no representation in the British Parliament. Eight years later, in 1773, another tax was passed by the parliament known as the Tea Act. The Tea Act also allowed the British parliament to create a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. Later that year, because of the Tea Act, the Boston Tea Party took place. The Boston Tea Party is when the colonists, disguised as Native Americans, threw chests filled with tea