What Problems Did Colonists Face During The American Revolution

Throughout the American revolution, there were many problems that the colonists had with the

British. Some of those issues originated from the stamp act crisis. Because of the difficulties in

Great Britain in 1764, the British government was short on money from the French and Indian war. The

British government needed a way to ameliorate the debt the British government was now in, the

Ministers came up with the Greenville acts and later the stamp acts to tax the colonials, this form of taxation was formed to force the colonials to pay their fair share after the war. The Greenville acts were named after Henry Greenville. The issue with the stamp acts was that the colonists felt that the tax acts were uncalled for and did not fairly

The tea act made it so that the colonists could only buy tea from the East India tea company; the East India tea company was given Monopoly over the sales of tea to the colonists. In theory, the British expected no backlash from the colonists because from the British viewpoint was that the colonists got cheap tea and did not have to pay for a British minister, in exchange for this, the British would take care of hiring governors to represent the colonists. However this “win-win situation” displeased the colonists. Another example of their discontent can be found in a statement made By George Washington “ The stamp act imposed on the colonies by, the parliament, of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure, Parliament has no right to put its hands in our pockets without our consent.”( George Washington 1765). This shows that all colonists shared the same view about the stamp acts. Unfortunately, this made the colonists upset, and they began to revolt. As a result, the British ministers repealed the Greenville act. The British did not repeal the act because they were fearful of the colonists but because they were dealing with internal problems in the British government. The British abolished the acts so that they can resolve internal

These actions took away a lot of rights of the colonists in Boston. This resulted in Boston colonials to start spreading the word that “If Britain can do this to Boston today, other colonies could be the next tomorrow.” With this mentality, the colonists began to organize small revolts that would eventually lead up to the American revolution. Because of the actions of the colonists, the British government's attitude on the event of the Boston tea party was that someone must pay. Because of the buildup and animosity that the Greenville acts gained from the colonists, it was easy to see why the colonists displayed so much distaste for the other tax acts that followed to Greenville and tea acts. These actions that the colonists took were understandable and showed that the colonists had had enough of being told what to do by the British government. Thus, the seeds of revolution were