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 Revolutionary Taxes In 1765, British Parliament could make more laws for the colonists. The King needed to pay for the French and Indian War so he made laws to tax the colonists (Harcourt, 266). The King started the sugar act in 1764 (Harcourt, 272). “This tariff angered the colonists. But what bothered them the most was that they’d had no part in making this tax law” (Harcourt, 272). The King and Parliament all had a say in passing laws. “Unlike other British citizens, the colonists could not elect lawmakers … but Parliament was quick to remind colonists they were British subjects” (Harcourt, 263). The Stamp Act was another blow to the colonists’ democratic ideals. The colonists had been practicing self- government for years (Harcourt, 263). The Stamp Act of 1765 was another attempt by Parliament to get the colonists to pay the war debt. “The new tax law angered people in the colonies (January, 6). The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for a stamp (to show they paid the tax) on all paper goods like newspapers. Parliament added these new laws to show they could still make laws for the colonists (Harcourt, 277). The Stamp Act Congress met to get the act repealed. Patriot James Otis said the famous quote, “No Taxation without Representation!” (Harcourt, 274). These British laws were directly against the democratic ideals of self-government the colonists had been practicing for 100 years. The colonists did not get to elect representatives into British Parliament. They did not have any say in the tax laws they were being forced to pay. The King made a third law that angered the colonists, the tax on tea, 1773. The colonists believed in democracy (Harcourt, 263). The colonists were not represented in British Parliament and believed the only way to ensure their rights was to fight for them. The colonists were British citizens living in America. When their rights were being trampled by The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, and The Tax on Tea, they first appealed to the King and Parliament. When that didn’t work they protested. Eventually, the rally cry of “No taxation without representation” would lead the colonists to fight for their freedom. The colonists wanted a true representative government. In 1776, in The Revolutionary War, British colonists fight Britain for the right to become American citizens and have freedom. Refrences: Carter, Alden. The American Revolution. New York: Franklin Watts, 1992. Harcourt Brace. We The People; Early United States, Orlando: Harcourt Brace And company, 2000. January, Brendan. The Revolutionary War. New York: Childrens press, 2000. Maestro, Betsy. Liberty Or Death; The American Rrevolution-1763-1783.New York. Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Schanzer, Rosalyn. George vs. George; The American Revolution Seen From Both Sides. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2004. Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishers group Inc.,1958 From, Frodo Article posted May 22, 2008 at 02:15 PM • comment • Reads 4806 • Return to Blog List
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