entire mercantile shipping business and 50‚000 pounds in cash (“President”). When Hancock returned back to the America‚ he found that his countrymen were in political and economic turmoil with new taxes such as the Sugar and Stamp Acts. As protests against the Sugar Act and Stamp Act developed‚ it was more the economic impact rather than the dilemma of a constitutional affair of taxation without representation that was the main focus for the colonists. This focus was brought on by the Seven Years War
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As a member of the Second Continental Congress I see the other side of the King. He is not I tyrant and is just misunderstood. The king was only doing his duty by protecting his colonies from the French and Indians. For this we are forever in debt to the British rule. As William Pitt said “The war would be paid by the king.” The war cost much more than expected‚ therefore‚ he needs our assistance to pay for it. Parliament is just trying to help by passing acts. We should not at so quickly in breaking
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themselves such as using their own funds. For many more the colonies had began to distant themselves from Britain further than they already were due to Salutory neglect. To begin with‚ from a political standpoint the colonists were not in favor of the Stamp act that was enforced. They believed it was unfair and a selfish act of the government. Although they did not agree‚ the colonists would abide by the rules as long as the Colonies were connected with the motherland which is stated in Document G by
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pushing and pushing the American colonist didn’t believe that this was right and had to do something. Some of the long term causes of the American Revolution was that the multiple acts that the British passed only to the colonist. Those included the Stamp Act‚ Molasses Act‚ Sugar Act‚ the Tea Act and others. These acts restricted the colonist from selling products especially to other lands that weren’t Britain. They added taxes to the products they sold and they even kept very strict track on the amount
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because of taxes. This is true though. After the French and Indian War‚ parliament had a lot of debt and needed funds. They thought that the colonies should have to pay for some of the expenses. The colonists were not happy with this‚ and when the Stamp Act passed in 1765‚ it planted the seed of discontent. Over the next ten years‚ England kept imposing and revoking taxes until both sides got frustrated and both did not want to compromise. So each side believing they were right‚ it set the course
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The French and Indian War was 1740 through 1766 altered the political‚ economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. Politically the relations were altered between Britain and its American colonies because Britain returned to the colonies in 1763 and further enclosed its Colonists more snugly in its grip‚ as seen in documents A‚ B‚ and C. The French and Indian War altered the economic changes between Britain and its American colonies because the American leadership
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The Autobiography and other Writings of Benjamin Franklin: In this autobiography about Benjamin Franklin I learned a lot of new material I did not know before. Mr. Franklin was born in Boston‚ MA. He was born on January 17‚ 1706. Benjamin is the youngest of five generations of youngest sons. He had 11 brothers and sisters. His father made soap and candles for a living. His mother raised the children. Ben went to school and finished in 1716. Though he would have liked to continue‚ his family was
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The Patriot Vs. The American Revolution As you watch the Patriot you see many of the battles fought during the American revolution. You also see the uniforms they wore to battle‚ and the guns they used and how they were used. But what you didn’t see was the fact that the movie doesn’t relate to the American Revolution‚ in ways that I’m going to explain in the next paragraphs. It was different because of the weapons they used‚ the way the slaves were being treated in the movie compared to in
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America. It made colonists feel like they were being controlled by Britain‚ which was true. It started uprisings and battles between the colonists and British‚ but the colonists won more than Britain. At of all the Acts‚ one of the most despised was the Stamp Act. After this Act was passed‚ many people were upset. The British Parliament had been forcing them to do things and now they had to pay taxes on anything as little as playing cards and all the way up to land deeds. After the few ears that all these
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actual representation. If taxes were to be raised and laws were to be made‚ it was simply not practical for their representatives to have to cross the ocean to take care of matters. One declaration made by John Dickenson in The Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress October 19‚ 1765‚ was that “the increase‚ prosperity‚ and happiness of these colonies‚ depend on the full and free enjoyment of their rights and liberties‚ and an intercourse with Great-Britain mutually affectionate and advantageous.”
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