Week Two Learning Team Assignment Team A chose to summarize the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the Townshend Act of 1767‚ and Tea Act of 1773. Team A chose these three Acts given their relevance to the Revolutionary War. The Team will discuss concepts that the Team did not understand. Examine the importance and applicability of this week’s concepts to each member and to society in general. Stamp Act‚ 1765 Summarized: The Stamp Act of 1765‚ enacted by the British Parliament had a profound effect on the America Revolution
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Prior to 1754 French & Indian War‚ the 13 North American colonies that would eventually become the United States of America were at a rate of rapid increase. Colonial trade with England has increased by over 360%‚ all colonies were reproducing successfully‚ with a rate of natural increase of 3%‚ and the population doubling every 25 years‚ and on top of that‚ colonial power increased with the idea of Salutary Neglect‚ and colonial assemblies. The French & Indian War had cause a multitude of changes
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colonists were to house and feed British soldiers if necessary. • 1765 - Stamp Act This required tax stamps on many items and documents including playing cards‚ newspapers‚ and marriage licenses. Prime Minister George Grenville stated that this direct tax was intended for the colonies to pay for defense. Previous taxes imposed by Britain had been indirect‚ or hidden. • → United colonial opposition‚ affects EVERYONE ◦ 1765 - Stamp Act Congress In 1765‚ 27 delegates from nine colonies met in New York
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against the British inevitable‚ or just another sign of the colonists being greedy? The first sign of the colonist’s greed‚ was after the stamp act was imposed. The Stamp Act Congress was created as an attempt to dissolve the Stamp Act. This revolt was unnecessary. The actual cost of the Stamp Act was relatively small‚ And the money that was collected from the stamp act was used to help pay the costs for protecting the American frontier at the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists‚ being their usual
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the rage from The Stamp Act had died down‚ only to bring into realization that there was another law passed called The Quartering Act. Ouack again overheard people talking. "This Quartering Act is ludicrous. I have enough to do around the house‚ cooking and cleaning and all. Tod‚ my husband‚ has been struggling. He has to stay late making glass in the shop‚ trying to provide for the leaching lobster back at our house!" Ouack then saw a poster‚ the poster had no stamp but a public announcement
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do. Acts like the Stamp Act gave Britain power over the colonies and the colonists eventually began to resist them. For example‚ the Stamp Act of 1765 was passed to cover the cost of keeping British troops in America. It put a tax on all printed items sold in America‚ which many colonists thought was unfair. In response‚ nine assemblies in the colonies sent delegates to New York City in October‚ 1765 to protest the loss of American rights and liberties. They challenged the Stamp Act by declaring
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the colonies‚ but he argued that‚ "The superiority of the mother country can at no time be better exerted than now." The Townshend Acts were created right after the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the English parliament taxing stamps on the colonies and it ended by the colonies wanting to have the same rights as the english. Unlike the stamp acts‚ it took quite some time before the colonists were concerned about it. Soon the colonies started to boycott‚ this resulted in a decrease in british trade for
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internal tax placed upon the colonies was the Stamp Act of 1765. This tax was placed on all paper products‚ and it was used to pay off debt in Britain. Because of this act‚ countless soldiers and british collectors were attacked by the angry colonists. The colonists would tar and feather the collectors showing Britain that they did not approve of this act at all. In order to discuss on how to rebel against the Stamp Act‚ colonists created the Stamp Act Congress. Samuel Adams verbally announced
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parliament tried to pass the Stamp Act which stated that the newspapers and other legal and commercial documents had to be taxed. They also tried to pass the Sugar Act which tried to tax people three cents on not only sugar but coffee‚ indigo‚ and wine as well. Most of the people felt that the British parliament did not have the right to tax them‚ and many of whom migrated to the colonies to escape British rule‚ yet they were still being controlled heavily by them. Before the Stamp Act could be finalized
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unconstitutional. The colonists were very angry about the taxation laws that Great Britain set on them. The colonist created a mob of violence to scare the stamp collectors in order to make them leave their positions. Great Britain had to show colonists who was in control which in the article STAMP ACT‚ it says “ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766‚ but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw fit.” The reason for the declaratory
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