How Did The War Influence British Policies After The Seven Years War

A staggering war debt influenced many British policies after the Seven Years War. Many colonists who came here in pursuit of freedom were outraged at the attempts by British Parliament to enforce tax laws to benefit the British and the monarchy, John Stockton, a23 year old glassblower, living in New York, and member of the New York Sons of Liberty, was one of those angry colonists in 1768. The conceptualization of this freedom would compel him and other Patriot, artisans, to continue to fight for a political structure representing all classes of Americans, fair taxation for economic growth, and equality and representation for all free men. John Stockton, as well as many other urban artisans, wanted a political structure based on self-government that would help to unify all classes of free people, not an aristocracy like the Europeans had. Americans were angry because they were subject to laws in which they had no voice. The Americans
John Stockton was a member of the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were considered a radical group of Patriots who organized protests to undermine British rule. They often drew in crowds of other people who came to protest their own agenda regarding liberty. When this well organized group took action by encouraging boycotts following the Stamp Act imposed on the colonists, the Stamp Act was repealed. Many of the Patriots like John Stockton had an enlightened view feeling that men were capable of governing themselves. This was the view that the country was to be founded on, limited government of good men in search of a peaceful society. The Bill of Rights, first amendment to the Constitution protects many liberties. It allows the freedom of religion as well as the freedom to assemble peacefully and the freedom to continue to fight for