During the French and Indian War of 1754-1763, the British and American colonists were united against the French and their Native American allies. This allowed for a moderately stable relationship between the colonies and their motherland. However, after the French receded from their North American territory in 1763, the British began to impose more restrictions on the colonies regarding land acquisition and economics, putting a strain on what used to be a peaceful affair. Before 1763, Britain was not opposed against the westward expansion of the colonies into territories outside their original boundaries such as the Ohio River Valley. However, after the end of the French and Indian War, England became more strict in terms of land acquisition after these territories were surrendered to the British empire.
The British put a direct tax on tea. Since tea was such a great part of colonial society, the colonists viewed this tax as an attempt to control them. So instead they dumped the tea into the bay. This helped to unify the colonists. Throughout the years of 1763 and 1776 imperial acts imposed by the British greatly influenced colonial resistance in the colonial America.
Duggan 1 Paul Duggan APUSH-3 10-20-10 American Revolution DBQ During the period from 1775 to 1800, American’s views toward Britain began to change. British policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified the colonial’s resistance to Britain and commitment to their new Enlightenment ideals. The policies involved many taxes which the colonists’ resisted due to their belief that such taxes without representation abused their rights. Americans began to look for political, economic, and social freedoms that Britain continued to deny them. They felt that the king was abusing his power as a monarch and therefore their rebellion was for a just cause of declaring the independence they wanted.
The mid-18th century was a time that saw the birth of new economic systems. One of those systems was mercantilism. In the process of transforming the North American landscape, Britain had developed a beneficial relationship with the American colonists whilst pursuing their mercantile goals. However, the benefits pursuant to this relationship would eventually become null and void. This paper will establish the argument that Britain no longer benefited from a mercantilist relationship with the American colonists after 1763.
The Impact of Mercantilism on Colonial Trade Mercantilism impacted colonial trade because it changed the way the Americans could import and export. Mercantilism demanded that for economic strength to develop, a nation needs to export more than it imports. The English passed regulatory laws that benefited the British economy. These laws made a trade system were the Americans shipped raw goods to Britain, and Britain used the raw goods to make manufactured goods that were sold in the European markets and at the colonies. Since they only supplied raw goods, the colonies could not compete with Britain in manufacturing.
This tea act law was believed to be a trick. So , American colonist protested against the taxation on the tea because they believed the tax was used for sending their troops out to the Indian and French war. That is one reason why the Boston tea party was a contribution to the American Revolution. Second, When the three
These materials included things such as timber and grain. They profited on their own labor so that they did not have to rely on England for their
Starting in 1765, the Stamp Act was intended by Parliament to provide the funds necessary to keep peace between the American settlers and the Native American population. The Stamp Act was loathed by the American colonists. However, the British government quickly enacted other laws designed to resolve monetary problems. Each act was met with resistance. The Boston Tea Party was the final act of focused rage against a Parliamentary law.
This policy led England to view the American Colonies as nothing more than a source of raw materials, and a market for manufactured English goods. England sought to control trade and redirect colonial wealth with a series of Navigation Acts. These Acts made it so Colonists could only use English ships for trade, limited what could be manufactured in the colonies, limited goods that could be shipped from the
In order to avoid fight between the American colonists and Native Americans, Great Britain passed the Proclamation Act of 1763, creating a boundary beyond which colonists could not settle. In 1764 Great Britain passed the Sugar Act of 1764. The Sugar Act strictly enforced the tax on molasses importation, extended the tax to cover “sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico”, and increased regulations on lumber and iron exportation. The Act almost caused the colonies rum industry to decline and significantly harmed the colonies economy by reducing their markets and the amount of currency. The Stamp Act of 1765 was another attempt to control the colonies and raise revenue, this time solely to support British troops in the colonies.