How Did The Colonists Respond To The Declaration Of Independence

On July 4th 1776, the declaration of independence was adopted, this letter called for separation between Great Britain and the colonies. Britain began to abuse their power over the colonies by establishing extreme amounts of taxes and acts. They established the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and Townshend Act. The Stamp Act consisted of taxing civilians for paper, documents and game cards. The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and any imports other than from Great Britain. The townshend act was tax on tea, glass, paper etc. Colonists felt major disapproval and anger as they were being taxed without representation. During the declaration of independence, the American revolutionary war had begun and it was fought between colonists and Great Britain. Britain
The Articles of Confederation didn’t last long as it had flaws that made governing the nation weak. The government lacked the ability to impose taxes and create a national army. Americans had just experienced being highly taxed by King George III, so they didn’t want this new government to impose any taxes. Citizens could decide whether they wanted to give their money to the government, but not many wanted to. When it came to their militia, America lacked the funds to support it as they were unable to impose taxes. This affected them greatly as they had to ask for volunteers but they received very little as they weren’t paid well. Under the articles of confederation the nation was at its lowest, they couldn’t create a national army meaning they would be weak against attacks and without raising taxes they were unable to work on public improvements such as an army. The events of Shay's rebellion revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. After the American Revolutionary War, states were left with an incredible amount of debt that Congress couldn’t help with as they had no money due to the inability to