Revolutionary Act Toward Independece

1053 Words3 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: The American revolution struggle for independence

America’s history changed when the 13 colonies decided to become independent from Great Britain. Many incidents took place for America to achieve its independence from Great Britain. A revolution had to occur before Great Britain saw that its power over America was no longer accepted. The people in America suffered because of the way parliament was applying its laws and taxation over the colonies. The colonists had to make a choice to live in a society where the King could decide their future without knowing their issues, or to represent themselves as an independent colony and release their ties from Great Britain. There were three major causes of action in history that lead America toward revolution and independence against Great Britain. These were the Stamp Act, the Coercive Act, and the pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine. The first cause that started the revolution between America and Great Britain was the Stamp Act of 1765. It was an act that was devised by George Grenville to gain revenue from the colonies. The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. The stamp act placed taxes on businesses or import related documents, for instance, ships papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards. Parliament believed that since the British people had been living with taxes for many years, they would just accept it and not revolt against it. Furthermore, parliament also believed that since British armies were protecting America’s interests they should have American support from their colonies. The tax collected was to be used by the British troops to help pay the cost of defending and protecting the American frontier. Consequently, the people did not have the same views as parliament... ... middle of paper ... ...hough the King and Parliament put great strain on the colonies such as the Stamp Act and the Coercive Acts the people fought back. They protested, rioted, and even boycotted British items to make a stand against the power of Parliament. In the end Common Sense united the people and the colonies to choose to be self-independent from Britain. To me the greatest factor that brought against the separation of Great Britain was the Stamp Act. It made the people realize that the king was deceiving them into paying taxes and noticing that the punishments put on them where too harsh. But in end they united to defeat the over rule of the King. Works Cited Norton, M. B. (2012). A people & a nation: A history of the United States. Paine, T. (2012).Common sense (1st ed.). Atlanta: The Electronic Books Foundation. Retrieved fromhttp://ebfoundation.freeforums.org/post34.html

Show More
Related

  • How Did The Boston Tea Party Lead To The American Revolution

    706 Words  | 2 Pages

    The British were facing economic difficulties after the French and Indian war; therefore, they passed taxes on the colonies to help repay the debt. Initially, the British introduced the Sugar Act in 1764. The colonists did not approve of the British taking control over them. The colonists opposed the Sugar Act because they had to pay three cent tax on sugar. In addition, the Sugar Act increased the taxes on coffee, indigo, and wine. This act was the start of colonist frustration. Subsequently came the Stamp Act the following year in 1765. The Stamp Act was the mind changer for many colonists known as the Patriots. The Patriots started forming as a result of England enforcing acts. The patriots believed the colonies should go to war and separate

    Read More

  • Causes Of American Rebellion in 1776

    1305 Words  | 3 Pages

    Some say that the Revolution was destined to happen ever since Settlers set foot on this continent, others argue that it would not have happened if it weren't for a set of issues that finally drove the colonists to revolt. Ultimately, Britain lost control in 1765 when they gave in to the Stamp Act Congress’s boycotts against parliamentary taxation and gave them the idea that they had the power to run a country. To a lesser degree, Salutary Neglect led to the conception of a legacy of colonial religious and political ideals which set in motion an eminent conflict. During this period, England “forgot” about the colonies and gave them colonists a taste of independence and suspicions of individual political theories. Through Parliament's ruthless taxation without representation and a near opposite religious and political mindset, Britain and the colonists were heaved into a revolutionary war.

    Read More

  • The Sectionalism of the 19th Century

    1108 Words  | 3 Pages

    Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print.

    Read More

  • Slavery in American Society: Impact and Evolution

    1631 Words  | 4 Pages

    Norton, Beth, et al. A People and a Nation. 8th. 1. Mason, OH: 2009. 41-42, 65-67,161,173.

    Read More

  • Gilded Age Coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

    1370 Words  | 3 Pages

    Mary Beth Norton, David M. Katzman, David W. Blight, Howard Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall. “A People and A Nation: A History of the United States.” Boston: Cenage Learning. 2009. Print.

    Read More

  • How Did The Stamp Act Affect The 13 Colonies

    171 Words  | 1 Pages

    Before there was the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the 13 colonies both were on good terms. Before the many lives that were lost the British and English fought side by side in the French and Indian War against the French. With the help of the colonists Great Britain gained victory against the great force of France. All seemed fine until the passage of the Stamp Act on March 22nd, 1765. With the passage of the Stamp Act it caused tensions to rise and greatly affected everyone across the 13 colonies. It wasn’t necessarily the tax that got under the skin of the Americans, but was due to the passage of the act without consent of the colonial legislators.

    Read More

  • Consumerism in Post World War II

    1482 Words  | 3 Pages

    Norton, Mary Beth. A People and a Nation: A History of the United States. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.

    Read More

  • Could The American Revolutionary War be Avoided?

    1735 Words  | 4 Pages

    There were many factors that led up to the American Revolutionary War, one of these factors were the laws and acts being passed at the time. The British Parliament attempted to limit the power the American Colonist had at the time by taking away from their income. How they did this one may ask? The simple answer is taxes. One of the many taxes imposed was the stamp act. During this time the American colonies were being oppressed by the British one of the first signs of this was the Stamp Act. The act stated that almost anything written had to be stamped and tax...

    Read More

  • Driving Factors that Led to the American Revolution

    1110 Words  | 3 Pages

    From 1763 to 1765 there were several acts passed by Parliament to help raise revenue to help pay for the hefty cost of the Seven Years War, and to maintain the presence of troops in the colonies. There were several acts passed by Parliament during this time such as the Sugar Act, which was tightly enforced, and the Currency Act, which forced the colonies to depend on Britain for their paper money. Perhaps the most well-known action done by Parliament that served to bind the colonies together and set up conditions for revolution was the Stamp Act passed in November 1765. This act put a tax on things like newspapers, playing cards, legal documents, playing cards, and dice. These duties were already in place in England, so Grenville argued that it was only natural to extend this to the colonies in America. In England, the Stamp Act worked well and was widely accepted there. Therefore, the British government was greatly surprised at how vehemently opposed to it the colonist...

    Read More

  • How Did The Stamp Act Contribute To The American Revolution

    311 Words  | 1 Pages

    One of the main things that led to the American Revolution was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The tax was imposed on all American colonists and requires them to pay tax on paper. Such as license, legal paper, and newpapers. Others were taxed like playing cards.

    Read More

  • The Seeds of American Independence

    1138 Words  | 3 Pages

    ...y choice, as it was at this time that the colonies were becoming more independent. Overtime, however, Britain and the colonies came to resent each other which resulted in the colonies becoming increasingly independent by distancing themselves from the British. This was due to the fact that British had incurred substantial debt during the French and Indian War which they ultimately tried to finance by taxing the colonists. The colonists, however, were unwilling to be taxed by the British. They did not believe that Britain, after a period of salutary neglect, should be permitted to return to direct rule, in this case through the imposition of taxes. Instead the colonists believed that there should be “no taxation without representation”. This caused the colonies to join together and rebel against the British and their policies in the form of the American Revolution.

    Read More

  • Liberalism’s Impact on the American Revolution

    1208 Words  | 3 Pages

    Following the French and Indian war, a great debt rested on the shoulders of Great Britain. In order to help alleviate this debt, the British Parliament imposed taxes on the colonies. This not only enraged the colonists at the time, but it also showed them the King was power-hungry. The colonists soon became aware of the fact that they were not being accurately represented. From then on, the people within the colonies knew that independence from Great Britain was necessary in order to thrive as a nation. The liberalism philosophy had the greatest impact on America’s decision to gain freedom from the mother country because it convinced individuals that the people should be able to pursue their own self-interests. Similarly, it made the colonists realize that Great Britain’s economic policies not only hurt their economy at home, but it also had a devastating impact around the world. Evidence for this can be found within the pamphlet Common Sense written by Thomas Paine. Further evidence can be found in the Declaration of Independence, the document which declared the United States an independent nation from Great Britain.

    Read More

  • Mercantilism In The 13 Colonies

    695 Words  | 2 Pages

    In 1756, what today is the United States looked very different. Along the east coast of what is now America, there were 13 colonies ruled by Britain. Specifically the British King, King George III. Different groups of people all settled in these colonies, and there was little communication between them, as they were all very separate from each other. These colonies was a very important source of income to Britain, who used mercantilism to make money off of them. During the French and Indian war, the British had spent a lot of money and went into a lot of depts. As a result, Britain needed a way to make money.(A Nation Created) Britain began taxing members of the colonies.(Encyclopedia Britannica) The Stamp Act required that colonists put a

    Read More

  • Causes of the Deterioration of British-Colonial Relations

    784 Words  | 2 Pages

    The main reason for the severance of the colonies from Britain was the lack of equality in parliament and the disregard for colonial needs. Whether it be forcing someone to pay for a war they did not fight or want, limiting one’s need for land, or piling on the taxes, all of these factors played a part in the dissolving of British-colonial ties. The colonists were only human and had the human reaction of defiance to injustice. If the colonists had not of had the audacity that they did, today’s America would be a very different place. Breaking away from Britain was the greatest thing the colonists could have possible done.

    Read More

  • What Factors Led Up To The American Revolution

    511 Words  | 2 Pages

    To start off, after the French and indian war Great Britain needed funds for the troops in the colonies, so it established the Stamp Act in 1775. The Stamp Act was a tax that was put on paper goods such as playing cards, paper, and documents to meet these monetary needs. The colonists were very mad and started peaceful protests that later got violent. The colonists started breaking into British officials’ homes and burning their belongings and sometimes hanging the British officials. This act was then repealed in 1776. After it was repealed, the colonists felt very powerful. That lead them much further to revolution.

    Read More

More about Revolutionary Act Toward Independece

Open Document