How Did The Colonists Gain Their Independence

Great Britain is slowly eating away at the independence and freedom they said the colonists would have in the Americas. The British lawmaking body called Parliament is taking control of the colonist by setting many laws and taxes on them without their approval. Colonists are getting angry and protesting by sending petitions to the King and by organizing boycotts. They are also very angry about all the taxes since they don't have any representation in taxation. Now they have set up a protestant group called, The Sons and Daughters of Liberty. Many things the British are doing is forcing the colonists to want to fight for their independence and freedom, they made taxes without the colonist approval, they invaded the colonists privacy and materials, …show more content…
The Sugar Act was one of the taxes that Parliament placed on the colonists. It was placed in 1764, and it was an import tax on goods such as sugar, molasses, indigo, and coffee. This was the first tax that was placed by Parliament after the French and Indian War. Another tax was the Stamp Act. This was placed on 1765, and it made colonists buy a special tax stamp for all kinds of products and activities. For example. some of these goods are newspapers, dice, legal documents, and playing cards. These two taxes were the first taxes placed after the French and Indian War. The Sugar Act was placed first but was then repealed by parliament do to protest in the colonies. Then, the Stamp Act was placed a year later, but soon being repealed like the Sugar Act was. They kept on placing tax after tax that did nothing but get the colonists even more angry. Every time a tax was placed the colonists would protest by organizing a boycott or creating a petition. All of these taxes that were being placed were what lead to the colonist creating the rebellious group known as the Sons and Daughters of …show more content…
The first one ever placed was The Proclamation of 1763. This stated that the colonists were not allowed to settle east of the Mississippi River and west of the Appalachian Mountains. This area was mostly the Ohio River Valley, the piece of land they just finished fighting over. Many of the colonists died in the French and Indian War fighting in order to gain control over the Ohio River Valley. Then they finally win the war and then they are told that they’re not allowed to settle there by the British because the land was reserved for the Indians. Next, was the Tea Act. This allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists bypassing the tea merchants.Although the colonists still had to pay the tea tax the price of tea decreased. Why would the colonists be so mad if the price of tea decreased? The tea merchants were mad because they had been cut out of the tea trade, and the colonists were mad because they thought it was a trick to make them accept the tea tax. This led to the organization of the Boston tea party. Thousands of pounds of tea were thrown overboard that night. In response to the Boston tea party the British placed a series of laws that were so bad the colonists named them the Intolerable Acts. The worst law of all of them was the closing of the Boston Harbor. This meant that nothing would be shipped into Boston and sooner or later they

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