Apush Dbq Research Paper
Acts of Resistance by Americans against the British from 1773 to1775: Were they effective?
From 1773 to 1775 the Americans felt the pressure put to them by the imperial policies. The combination of the harsh taxes and the lack of an American voice in Parliament gave rise to forms of resistance which led thirteen colonies in North America to joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America.
Prior to the conclusion of the Seven Years War there was little, if any, reason to believe that one day the American colonies would undertake a revolution in an effort to create an independent nation-state. As a part of the empire the colonies were protected from foreign invasion by the British military. …show more content…
In order to raise money, they decided to tax the colonists. The Sugar Act is one of the many taxes imposed by Parliament that was to tax sugar that was bought by the colonists. Another act was the Stamp Act which is considered the first direct tax imposed by the British. This law required all colonists to pay a tax to Great Britain on all of the printed materials that they used, newspapers, magazines, and even playing cards. All of these materials were required to have a stamp placed on them, in order to show that the tax had been paid. These taxations caused upheaval protests within the colonies. A successor to the debunked Stamp Act was the Townshend Act which were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The colonists, however, objected strenuously (Reid 196).
Colonists were outraged, and responded by boycotting all British goods which in turn affected the English merchants. This caused British merchants to appeal to Parliament to repeal the law. They also attacked officials who were sent by Great Britain to enforce the stamp act, and burned the stamps in the street. This cause royal officials to resign in midst of the
From 1773 to 1775 the Americans felt the pressure put to them by the imperial policies. The combination of the harsh taxes and the lack of an American voice in Parliament gave rise to forms of resistance which led thirteen colonies in North America to joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America.
Prior to the conclusion of the Seven Years War there was little, if any, reason to believe that one day the American colonies would undertake a revolution in an effort to create an independent nation-state. As a part of the empire the colonies were protected from foreign invasion by the British military. …show more content…
In order to raise money, they decided to tax the colonists. The Sugar Act is one of the many taxes imposed by Parliament that was to tax sugar that was bought by the colonists. Another act was the Stamp Act which is considered the first direct tax imposed by the British. This law required all colonists to pay a tax to Great Britain on all of the printed materials that they used, newspapers, magazines, and even playing cards. All of these materials were required to have a stamp placed on them, in order to show that the tax had been paid. These taxations caused upheaval protests within the colonies. A successor to the debunked Stamp Act was the Townshend Act which were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The colonists, however, objected strenuously (Reid 196).
Colonists were outraged, and responded by boycotting all British goods which in turn affected the English merchants. This caused British merchants to appeal to Parliament to repeal the law. They also attacked officials who were sent by Great Britain to enforce the stamp act, and burned the stamps in the street. This cause royal officials to resign in midst of the