Relations Between Great Britain And The 13 Colonies
Throughout the 1760s and 1770s, relations between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies were becoming a major problem. Great Britain was continuously being unjust and unfair to the colonists by taxing them without their consent, closing their ports, killing the colonists, and many other one sided actions. The colonists grew weary of this very quickly and decided they had had enough of it. This led to the colonists declaring their independence from Great Britain in 1776.
After the French and Indian War, Great Britain wanted to control expansion into the western territories and wanted the colonists to pay taxes to get out of their war debt. The King issued the Proclamation of 1763 which denied the settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. And now since the king was in debt, he and the Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to impose several kinds of taxes onto the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. These taxes included the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, and The Intolerable Acts. The colonists felt that they shouldn’t have to pay these taxes because they weren’t passed in America by their own government, they were passed in England by Parliament without their …show more content…
consent. Or what the colonists would call it, “Taxation without representation.”
Then in 1765, Parliament passed another act: the Quartering Act, which stated that the colonists needed to find or pay for the housing of British soldiers in the colonies. Yet with the French and Indian War being over, the colonists felt that there was really no reason for them to stay.
Then, in 1774, The First Continental Congress gathered to make a list of complaints about the wrongdoings of the British.
Many Americans felt that their concerns were being ignored, which caused anger and inched them even closer to the thought of declaring independence. The next summer, with the Revolutionary War raging on in full capacity, the movement for independence from Britain had greatly increased. Members of the Continental Congress decided to vote on this issue. So in June 1776, a five-man committee was created and had the responsibility of drafting a formal document stating the colonies’ intentions and reasonings behind them leaving Great Britain. This became known as The Declaration of Independence which was written in Philadelphia on July
4th.
With Parliament passing laws that the colonists felt that violated their rights and that the british rule was without their consent, they decided that Britain was tyrannical, and wasn’t suited for the colonists. By creating The Declaration, it was a way to restore their inalienable rights and create a fair system of government for the colonists. These are some of the key components for their reasoning behind declaring independence and freeing themselves of British oppression.
After the French and Indian War, Great Britain wanted to control expansion into the western territories and wanted the colonists to pay taxes to get out of their war debt. The King issued the Proclamation of 1763 which denied the settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. And now since the king was in debt, he and the Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to impose several kinds of taxes onto the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. These taxes included the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, and The Intolerable Acts. The colonists felt that they shouldn’t have to pay these taxes because they weren’t passed in America by their own government, they were passed in England by Parliament without their …show more content…
consent. Or what the colonists would call it, “Taxation without representation.”
Then in 1765, Parliament passed another act: the Quartering Act, which stated that the colonists needed to find or pay for the housing of British soldiers in the colonies. Yet with the French and Indian War being over, the colonists felt that there was really no reason for them to stay.
Then, in 1774, The First Continental Congress gathered to make a list of complaints about the wrongdoings of the British.
Many Americans felt that their concerns were being ignored, which caused anger and inched them even closer to the thought of declaring independence. The next summer, with the Revolutionary War raging on in full capacity, the movement for independence from Britain had greatly increased. Members of the Continental Congress decided to vote on this issue. So in June 1776, a five-man committee was created and had the responsibility of drafting a formal document stating the colonies’ intentions and reasonings behind them leaving Great Britain. This became known as The Declaration of Independence which was written in Philadelphia on July
4th.
With Parliament passing laws that the colonists felt that violated their rights and that the british rule was without their consent, they decided that Britain was tyrannical, and wasn’t suited for the colonists. By creating The Declaration, it was a way to restore their inalienable rights and create a fair system of government for the colonists. These are some of the key components for their reasoning behind declaring independence and freeing themselves of British oppression.