No Taxation Without Representation Analysis
Introduction “No taxation without representation!” This was a chant that was vocalized during the stamp act where colonist were fighting for their right to verbalize their beliefs of the unfairness of taxes in parliament. It was one of the many things that had changed America.The Revolutionary war was a time of fighting for independence, and freedom. Everything that happened was because of the British ruling the colonies and treating the colonists wrongfully, by adding unfair taxes to things such as tea and paper goods. They also did many things to punish the colonists by taking away their governor and replacing him with a British citizen who was loyal to the king, other wise known as a Loyalist. During the revolution there
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were many fights for freedom and independence from England, which thankfully was given to the colonists after the war. These fights for liberty were what made America what it is today, a free and independent country.
The Stamp Act After the French and Indian war, England announced the taxes they would be giving in order for the colonists to pay off the costs for the war. This idea was provided by George Grenville, who thought that parliament didn’t have enough money. He suggested that the colonists should pay taxes and parliament had agreed. March 1765, Parliament passed the stamp act. The Stamp Act was when The British put a tax on all paper items, throughout the colonies.
As a result, the colonists became very agitated.
They did not like that they had no voice or decisions on the taxes and the colonists knew that the British were ruling them unfairly. They knew that whenever England ran out of money, they would now tax them on whatever they wanted, if the colonists acted like it was okay. The colonists also did not like that England was not letting them have a vote or a say in the taxes.There for, the colonists decided to hold a meeting in the middle of New York City to discuss the tax issue. One of the things people chanted at the meeting was, “No taxation without representation!” This event had been started by colonists who called themselves the “Loyal Nine”. This is very important because this group had started many colonists to form an even bigger club called the Sons and Daughters Of Liberty who had stood up many times for liberty, hence the …show more content…
name.
The assembly in the American colonies, otherwise known as the House of Burgesses, finally, on March 22, 1765, decided that the colonists should not pay the taxes. The reason they did this was because they did not want to hear any more complaints or protests about the taxes. This is just one, also one of the first, ways that the colonists stood up for themselves, and gained liberty.
The Boston Tea Party
Even though the colonist and the House of Burgesses had stopped the taxes on paper goods, England had decided that they still needed money from the colonists.
They decided to tax the tea.Even though the colonists were angry about the tea taxes, they were also upset about the fact that their governor was allowing the boats with taxed tea on it, to dock! This meant that the governor was allowing the taxed tea to be sold and taxed! I believe that this was one of the things that had began to make anger the colonists because it was as if a fellow Bostonian was turning against them and their governor, the one who was making laws, switched to the British side. This also meant that if the governor was siding with the British, he might allow more taxed items into the colonies. These ideas are what made the Sons of liberty hold a secret meeting in Boston, where they decided to protest and show the their governor that they would not allow the British to tax the tea. They wanted to show that they would not let the British, and their governor, control them in a way that they knew was
unfair.
The protest happened on the night of December 16, 1773 and the Sons of Liberty all dressed up as mohawk indians to hide their identity. These irritated patriots went on three British ships in Boston Harbor where they dumped 342 tea chests into the sea so that no one would be able to pay the tax on it. The way that they dumped the tea into the water was by taking an ax, cutting open the chests, dumping the tea from inside the chests into the water, and finally through the chest into the water, for good measure, after all of the tea was dumped from inside of it.
They dumped all of this tea to show that they were not going to let England tax anything without the Bostonians having a say in it. They also were showing how they were not going to let the British control them in any way that was unfair, which lead many people up to realizing that they shouldn’t let England control them at all. Another important thing that happened was that the Sons of Liberty swore that none of them would steal any of the tea or other items on the ship. This was important because the colonists didn’t want to do anything bad like stealing, they wanted to just dump the tea specifically, so they could show England that they would not give in to the tea taxes.
The Coercive Acts The next acts were the Coercive Acts which were the Bostonians punishments for wasting so much of the tea. They were called Coercive, which means forcing threats, because the British were forcing the Bostonians to follow a set of rules that the British had made up. One of the British soldiers didn’t agree with the laws about taxes, although most British people did. Even though this soldier tried to change the loyalists’ minds, they didn’t listen.
One of the things the colonists had to do was to pay for all of the 92,000 pounds of tea that they dumped into the harbor, and the harbor didn't open until they had fully paid for it. The amount of tea thrown into the harbor cost $18,000 in today’s US money! Since the Sons of Liberty hadn’t given away their identity, everyone in Boston had to pay for the tea, even if they weren’t the ones who had dumped it into the harbor.
The British also stopped the colonists’ legislator from making any laws by replacing the legislator with a loyalist. This was a huge deal to the colonists because this meant that they had no legislator to refuse British goods to be sold or say that England was wrong.Another rule the British made was that the colonists had to take care of the British soldiers. All these laws began to make the colonists think of the British people as their enemy which lead them to think the thoughts that lead them to war.
were many fights for freedom and independence from England, which thankfully was given to the colonists after the war. These fights for liberty were what made America what it is today, a free and independent country.
The Stamp Act After the French and Indian war, England announced the taxes they would be giving in order for the colonists to pay off the costs for the war. This idea was provided by George Grenville, who thought that parliament didn’t have enough money. He suggested that the colonists should pay taxes and parliament had agreed. March 1765, Parliament passed the stamp act. The Stamp Act was when The British put a tax on all paper items, throughout the colonies.
As a result, the colonists became very agitated.
They did not like that they had no voice or decisions on the taxes and the colonists knew that the British were ruling them unfairly. They knew that whenever England ran out of money, they would now tax them on whatever they wanted, if the colonists acted like it was okay. The colonists also did not like that England was not letting them have a vote or a say in the taxes.There for, the colonists decided to hold a meeting in the middle of New York City to discuss the tax issue. One of the things people chanted at the meeting was, “No taxation without representation!” This event had been started by colonists who called themselves the “Loyal Nine”. This is very important because this group had started many colonists to form an even bigger club called the Sons and Daughters Of Liberty who had stood up many times for liberty, hence the …show more content…
name.
The assembly in the American colonies, otherwise known as the House of Burgesses, finally, on March 22, 1765, decided that the colonists should not pay the taxes. The reason they did this was because they did not want to hear any more complaints or protests about the taxes. This is just one, also one of the first, ways that the colonists stood up for themselves, and gained liberty.
The Boston Tea Party
Even though the colonist and the House of Burgesses had stopped the taxes on paper goods, England had decided that they still needed money from the colonists.
They decided to tax the tea.Even though the colonists were angry about the tea taxes, they were also upset about the fact that their governor was allowing the boats with taxed tea on it, to dock! This meant that the governor was allowing the taxed tea to be sold and taxed! I believe that this was one of the things that had began to make anger the colonists because it was as if a fellow Bostonian was turning against them and their governor, the one who was making laws, switched to the British side. This also meant that if the governor was siding with the British, he might allow more taxed items into the colonies. These ideas are what made the Sons of liberty hold a secret meeting in Boston, where they decided to protest and show the their governor that they would not allow the British to tax the tea. They wanted to show that they would not let the British, and their governor, control them in a way that they knew was
unfair.
The protest happened on the night of December 16, 1773 and the Sons of Liberty all dressed up as mohawk indians to hide their identity. These irritated patriots went on three British ships in Boston Harbor where they dumped 342 tea chests into the sea so that no one would be able to pay the tax on it. The way that they dumped the tea into the water was by taking an ax, cutting open the chests, dumping the tea from inside the chests into the water, and finally through the chest into the water, for good measure, after all of the tea was dumped from inside of it.
They dumped all of this tea to show that they were not going to let England tax anything without the Bostonians having a say in it. They also were showing how they were not going to let the British control them in any way that was unfair, which lead many people up to realizing that they shouldn’t let England control them at all. Another important thing that happened was that the Sons of Liberty swore that none of them would steal any of the tea or other items on the ship. This was important because the colonists didn’t want to do anything bad like stealing, they wanted to just dump the tea specifically, so they could show England that they would not give in to the tea taxes.
The Coercive Acts The next acts were the Coercive Acts which were the Bostonians punishments for wasting so much of the tea. They were called Coercive, which means forcing threats, because the British were forcing the Bostonians to follow a set of rules that the British had made up. One of the British soldiers didn’t agree with the laws about taxes, although most British people did. Even though this soldier tried to change the loyalists’ minds, they didn’t listen.
One of the things the colonists had to do was to pay for all of the 92,000 pounds of tea that they dumped into the harbor, and the harbor didn't open until they had fully paid for it. The amount of tea thrown into the harbor cost $18,000 in today’s US money! Since the Sons of Liberty hadn’t given away their identity, everyone in Boston had to pay for the tea, even if they weren’t the ones who had dumped it into the harbor.
The British also stopped the colonists’ legislator from making any laws by replacing the legislator with a loyalist. This was a huge deal to the colonists because this meant that they had no legislator to refuse British goods to be sold or say that England was wrong.Another rule the British made was that the colonists had to take care of the British soldiers. All these laws began to make the colonists think of the British people as their enemy which lead them to think the thoughts that lead them to war.