“It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a People, and the undoubted Right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, nut with their own Consent, given personally, or by their representatives.” Explain how the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act Congress demonstrated American support for this statement.
“It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a People, and the undoubted Right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, nut with their own Consent, given personally, or by their representatives” (Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765). Proves that the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act Congress demonstrated Americans support for this statement in that; the colonies wanted a democratic society and they would not put up with unreasonable ruling. The main reason for the colonies dissatisfaction was a huge change in Britain’s colonial policy. Britain began to impose its authorities in the colonies and to collect taxes and enforce trade laws much more boldly and violently than in the past.
The Boston Tea Party started when Britain wanted the colonists to buy their tea, and only their tea. Then they put a tax on their tea without consulting the American colonies. The colonist then refused to buy the British Tea because it was taxed. Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773, to make the price of the company’s tea lower than that of the price of the Dutch tea they smuggled in without the taxes. The taxes where to help the British East India Company out of its financial problems. If the colonist were to buy this tea, they thought that it would recognize Parliament’s right to tax the colonies. When a shipment of the British East India Company’s tea arrived in the Boston harbor, some Bostonians dressed-up like Native Americans to dump all 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor.
The Stamp Act started in 1765 parliament put a tax on most printed paper in the colonies. From legal documents to newspapers and advertisements. The profits were used to support the British military forces in the colonies. The colonist reacted with irritation and resentment towards the British government. A Virginian lawyer named Patrick Henry who fought for the rights of colonists in the House of Burgesses. In Massachusetts, a man named James Otis began a protest for the Stamp Act. This protest took a dangerous turn with the establishment of Sons and Daughters of Liberty, a secret society organized for the purpose of threatening tax agents.
In 1766 another prime minister joined parliament and voted to repeal the Stamp Act. Parliament also put the Declaratory Act into effect, which stated that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies in all cases. This new policy cause great turmoil and misunderstandings between the colonists and the British government. With this new policy also brought difficult time for both colonists and the British government. The colonist thought “It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a People, and the undoubted Right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, nut with their own Consent, given personally, or by their representatives” (Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765). This statement proves that the Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act Congress demonstrated Americans support for this statement in that; the colonies wanted a democratic society and they would not put up with unjust ruling.
