To begin with, Great Britain made tax laws for the Colonies, the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and the Townshend Acts.The first tax act was the Sugar Act. This was a tax on molasses, sugar and wine. This tax was made because Britain was losing money. The next act was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a tax on paper and documents. Britain made the stamp Act because they needed to fund their armies in America.
The final tax act was the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts had three main acts. The first act was the Revenue Act, which taxed led, glass, paint and tea. The second act was a …show more content…
The Declaration of Independence was a paper written by five men; Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. It was made because the colonist were done with laws, taxes and acts from the king. The Declaration of Independence symbolized that the colonies were no longer part the the British Crown and Freedom for most people. That was the the end with the battles and arguments with the British. Given these points, the American Revolution changed life forever. Many meetings and battles happened. Great Britain made tax laws for the Colonies, Stamp Act, Sugar Act and the Townshend Acts. As a result to the colonists protesting, it lead to some big events, being the Boston Massacre, Burning of the British ship and the Boston Tea Party. And also the colonist being done with the king and British Parliament, they wrote the Declaration of Independence. But The Acts, protests against the acts and the Declaration of Independence were most important to the American