American Revolution Dbq

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The new acts of the Colonial Era sparked a controversy between the American colonies, the British Government, and the British Parliament. The British felt that the colonists should be held responsible for the debt owed by the British armies while they were protecting the colonies during the French and Indian War. The colonies strongly disagreed and upon hearing this the British devised a strategy against its relations with the colonists that would continue to make things worse between the two nations.
The British Parliament passed several new laws and acts over the New England states, which in turn caused the colonists to retaliate against them. The colonists felt the laws were unfair and they would not stand by quietly while the British reaped the unjust benefits. According to Schultz (2010), acts such as the “Sugar Act of 1764 (p. 84), the Quartering Act of 1765 (p. 85), and the Stamp Act of 1765” (p. 85) further angered …show more content…

The Boston Massacre of 1770, killed five colonists and wounded six more due to a misunderstanding with a fallen soldier and stick. They [colonists] would later shut down the ports in New York, decline British exports to the colonies, and raise the number of people who attended and participated in each event. Harsher displays of intimidation were shown from mobs throughout the towns of Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and South Carolina (Schultz, 2010). “Tax collectors were either found hung, tared and feathered or had their houses burnt down by leaders of a group known as “The Sons of Liberty” (Schultz, 2010, p. 87). These types of punishment from mobs were considered to be some of the severest forms taken, and most officials would quit their positions after hearing of these occurrences. Taxes could not be collected, and the laws could not be enforced since no one would volunteer to take the place of these unfortunate

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