The Stamp Act Essay
Michael Peck
2/26/17
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King George III and the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. These Acts were intended to keep the colonies tightly under British rule, but the opposite effect happened.
One of the acts King George III and the British Parliament placed on the colonists was the stamp act. The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. What made the law so offensive to the colonists was not so much its immediate cost but the standard it seemed to set. In the past, taxes and duties on colonial trade had always been viewed as measures to regulate trading, not to …show more content…
One act was the Boston Port Act in June 1, 1774 and it closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor. Another Act was The Administration of Justice Act in May 20, 1774, which did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies for any crimes they might commit. Also in May 20, 1774 was the Massachusetts Government Act which restricted town meetings to one a year unless the governor approved any more. The Quebec Act was established May 20, 1774, which extended the Canadian borders to cut some of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia. Finally there was the Quartering Act that was established on March 24th, 1774, which required the colonial authorities to provide housing and supplies for the British troops. These laws made the people in Massachusetts and all the colonists very angry. The British had hoped to detach and isolate the radical element in Massachusetts from the rest of the colonies while also asserting the power of Parliament over the colonial assemblies. ("Intolerable Acts - March 24, 1774." )The harshness of the acts worked to prevent this outcome as many in the colonies rallied to Massachusetts’s aid by joining together in boycotting British goods. Rather than exact punishment, Parliament worked to pull the colonies together and pushed them down the road towards
2/26/17
Block 2
King George III and the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. These Acts were intended to keep the colonies tightly under British rule, but the opposite effect happened.
One of the acts King George III and the British Parliament placed on the colonists was the stamp act. The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. What made the law so offensive to the colonists was not so much its immediate cost but the standard it seemed to set. In the past, taxes and duties on colonial trade had always been viewed as measures to regulate trading, not to …show more content…
One act was the Boston Port Act in June 1, 1774 and it closed the Boston Harbor until the people of Boston paid for the tea that they threw into the harbor. Another Act was The Administration of Justice Act in May 20, 1774, which did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies for any crimes they might commit. Also in May 20, 1774 was the Massachusetts Government Act which restricted town meetings to one a year unless the governor approved any more. The Quebec Act was established May 20, 1774, which extended the Canadian borders to cut some of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia. Finally there was the Quartering Act that was established on March 24th, 1774, which required the colonial authorities to provide housing and supplies for the British troops. These laws made the people in Massachusetts and all the colonists very angry. The British had hoped to detach and isolate the radical element in Massachusetts from the rest of the colonies while also asserting the power of Parliament over the colonial assemblies. ("Intolerable Acts - March 24, 1774." )The harshness of the acts worked to prevent this outcome as many in the colonies rallied to Massachusetts’s aid by joining together in boycotting British goods. Rather than exact punishment, Parliament worked to pull the colonies together and pushed them down the road towards