The American
colonist and the British started out having a very civil
relationship. They provided each other with resources. During the
French and Indian war the colonists were on the British side and
helped them fight. Unfortunately, after the war the British started
to change their ways and started to come up with new stricter
rules. The British started to tax the colonist on different kinds
of items, which was not fair to the colonists. They were
controlling the colonist with everything they did. The colonists
wanted them to back off a little but the British weren't budging.
They thought they could tell the colonists what to do but the
colonists were not going to be treated that way, so they took
matters in their own hands. The colonists
show more content
The colonists
did not mind the taxes as much because some of the items that were
taxed were unnecessary, however they did mind that the British were
using their power as an excuse to tax the people for no reason
(controlling them). The peoples money was not used in a useful
matter, it was used for nothing, just extra money for the British
to have. The raising of revenue
was never intended
Never did the
British parliament, (until the passing of the Stamp act) think of
imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising a revenue.
The
Townshend
Actsclaim the authority to impose duties on these colonies, not
for the regulation of trade
but for the single purpose of levying
money upson us. (Document 2). The British just decided one day to
just tax the colonies for no reason and the people had no say in
it. Also, the British soldiers would come to Boston and take the
Boston colonists jobs. Men and women would lose their jobs because
the British would take it away from them, they were stealing
peoples jobs. The British were taking their money and now their
jobs after all the colonists did for them in the French and Indian
war. That is not fair for them to run the people like that and it
had to be
Other samples, services and questions:
When you use PaperHelp, you save one valuable — TIME
You can spend it for more important things than paper writing.
