How Did Britain Influence The American Overseas Voyages
The European overseas voyages left Britain and France with different territories in North America. Britain has thirteen colonies and France ruled a large area named New France. The two engaged in several wars before the French Indian war. By 1754 Britain controlled the majority of the colonies leaving the French with much less. These two areas were expanding closer and closer with the question of who would dominate who. The Ohio River Valley was used for communications between the two halves of the American empire. The British built a fort at the forks of the river Ohio and sent George Washington, the Lieutenant Colonel of the Virginia militia to protect it. The French forces seized the fort before he arrived and caused the British to retreat
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The British desperately needed to restock the Treasury and decided to increase taxes on British subjects, especially the colonist. In 1764, Grenville’s government passed the Sugar Act, which placed a new tax on the sugar that was imported from the Indies. Previous taxes had been put in place to support the local British officials, but this tax was created with the sole purpose of refilling Parliament’s empty Treasury. Along with other Acts passed, in 1765 the British government passed the Stamp Act which required certain goods to bear an official stamp showing that the owner had paid his or her tax on items like paper goods, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, leaflets and even playing cards. The Colonist were very against this Act because the British government was using the increased money to increase British troops in the colonies. Parliament eventually repealed the Stamp Act which made the colonist very happy but soon after the British found one more way to tax the Americans and passed the Declaratory Act. This Act reserved the right for the British to govern and bind the colonies whenever and however they wanted. This Act was much more damaging than the Stamp Act and it proved that the British could pass strict legislation
The British desperately needed to restock the Treasury and decided to increase taxes on British subjects, especially the colonist. In 1764, Grenville’s government passed the Sugar Act, which placed a new tax on the sugar that was imported from the Indies. Previous taxes had been put in place to support the local British officials, but this tax was created with the sole purpose of refilling Parliament’s empty Treasury. Along with other Acts passed, in 1765 the British government passed the Stamp Act which required certain goods to bear an official stamp showing that the owner had paid his or her tax on items like paper goods, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, leaflets and even playing cards. The Colonist were very against this Act because the British government was using the increased money to increase British troops in the colonies. Parliament eventually repealed the Stamp Act which made the colonist very happy but soon after the British found one more way to tax the Americans and passed the Declaratory Act. This Act reserved the right for the British to govern and bind the colonies whenever and however they wanted. This Act was much more damaging than the Stamp Act and it proved that the British could pass strict legislation