How Did The Tension Between The Britain And The American Revolution

When the Treaty of Paris was declared none of the sides even thought that just 10 years from that America would become independent. The British won the war and conquered the Ohio River Valley like they always wished. Britain was looking forward to moving into the land they conquered. Nothing could go wrong, they had the land and they had the people. Unfortunately for them it did not go that well. Two major problems came up, money and land. Those two situations caused a lot of tension between the 13 Colonies and Britain. The colonists were not satisfied with the decisions that were being made to affect them. The British Parliament was taxing non-stop and restricting colonists’ freedom. This affected dangerously the relationship between both
Taxation on the Colonies was one of the main reasons that the people felt the need to start a revolution and eventually become independent. The French and Indian war caused a massive amount of debt for Britain’s people, they had to find out a way to pay that amount of money throughout the years. By 1770, Britain’s debt was about 140 million. As they obviously were not able to pay by themselves, using the Colonies seemed the best plan. Without thinking of how their next actions could affect the Colonies, the Parliament started applying taxes non-stop to the 13 colonies to pay. “Additional taxes were levied on the American colonists, there were objections and dissension-“(The Road to Revolution). All taxes were made so Britain could raise their revenue. The first tax that brought anger to the colonists was the sugar act. The sugar act required all colonists to pay a tax for their cargo, if the tax was not paid, any royal official could freely and legally take the cargo and not have any punishment to its actions. The colonies were going through post war depression and could not afford to be paying any taxes, moreover the people were angry how the British could did
These unbearable actions only left the colonists with a lot of anger and with the need to rebel against the Parliament. Some major acts that led the colonists to the American Revolution were, Sons of Liberty, the Boston Tea Party and Stamp Act Congress. The sons of liberty were an organization that fought for the Colonies. They believed in protecting the rights of the colonists and fight the over taxation brought by the British Parliament. This secret organization wouldn’t pay taxes and the women refused to wear clothes that didn’t come from America. The Sons of Liberty were first known because of the stamp act. They would take the tax collectors and threaten to tar and feather them. Next came the Stamp Act Congress, the first real congress in the Colonies. This Congress was one of the main rebellions that confronted the Parliament. In December all representatives of all the colonies gathered together to protest against the British, based on restriction of freedom and over taxation. This rebellious act made all the colonies unite for the first time. Finally came the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea party took place the December of 1773. There were 3 boats at the harbor filled of tea. The 3 boats were called The Beaver, Dartmouth and Eleanor. There was a decision made to return the ships to their origin, but the ship owners refuse to travel back.