A Summary And Effect Of The Virginia Resolutions On The Stamp Act

The war that was caused by one Virginia militia officer named George Washington, when he attacked French soldiers in western Pennsylvania. This was seen as the “spark” of the French and Indian war, and soon after this war, a great change in history. The war would end the French being defeated, while the British would go on to claim New France for themselves but was also left with a large amount of debt. Even after the colonists helped the British in the war, they were restricted by the British and were not allowed to settle in the land east of the Appalachian Mountains. The British would then go on to start taxing the colonists to pay for the war. It started off with the sugar tax in which the British would tax the colonist for trading with
The colonists would protest the British imperial policy, but their voices were not recognized and were ignored. This caused an issue in the colonies, and they felt that there was a “No taxation without representation” and did not accept this. The Virginia Resolutions on the Stamp Act was a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765 in response to the Stamp Act. During these resolutions Patrick Henry, a newly elected member of the Virginia House of Burgess, attacked the Stamp Acts and Parliament. He would go on to write 7 resolutions but only two of them were not published because they were seen as being too closely related to treason. In these resolutions, he declared that the American colonists possess the same rights as all British citizens. He told the American colonies that if they have the right to be taxed, then they can only be taxed as their own representatives. This basically says that if they are going to be taxed, then they need to have a voice in the British empire. After the meeting, they went as far as to say anyone who is supporting the right of Parliament to tax the colonies should be considered an enemy of the