The Commoners and Wealth Reaction to the Stamp Act March 22, 1765 a new tax passed called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was to help British troops settled, I the colonies during the 7 years of war. A tax represented by a stamp on many papers,documents, and playing cards. Stamp Act was imposed by the British government and without approval of the colonial legislatures. The word spread around colonial families. Stamp act was a tax that they had to pay a small amount of money on everything even on every printed paper. The word spread around different groups of colonial families reacted differently to the Stamp Act. When the Stamp Act was passed different groups of colonial families reacted differently to the Stamp Act. One of the groups are the commoners. When commoners heard about the stamp act they all had reacted angrily. Commoners didn 't think it was unfair because they have a right to vote for this new rule too. Commoners set John Hughes 's house on fire while he and his family were still in the house. Most of the commoners didn 't not accept this. They would not let the government make them pay a tax on prized paper or anything …show more content…
Different groups of colonial families reacted reacted differently to the Stamp Act was the wealthiest of colonial families. The wealthy colonial families also reacted the same as the commoners, but were a lot less violent than the commoners. Wealthy people acted angrily they wrote letters to the British. They were protesting against this law. The wealthy colonial families were angry, but didn 't burn houses down. Wealthy colonial families, mostly reacted writing angry letters or threatening anonymous letters to the British. Colonist is insulting their majesty. Families saying the Stamp Act was unfair and unconstitutional. People who were protesting made a new secret organization the Sons of Liberty. New secret organizations often turned violent and massacres became involved. When the wealth people found about the
In the American colonies between 1763 and 1775, a burning desire for freedom and to rid themselves of the perpetual taxation sparked within the aggravated colonists; leading to the people of the thirteen colonies to declare their separation from Great Britain. The British government placed a multitude of restraints onto the American colonists which limited the colonies ability to develop as a region in the process. In 1763 the Proclamation Act was passed which forbade the colonists to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains and required people who were previously living on that land to move back to the East. The American colonist was extremely frustrated at that passing of this law since they won the French and Indian War for the British
The American Revolutionary War was a war fought from 1775-1783, also known as the American War of Independence, between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen colonies. The colonies wanted independence and free from British rule. In order to gain their independence the colonies had to fight for it.
This made the colonist upset because they wanted nothing to do with the British soldiers and the colonist was not fond of them living in their house. They also wanted the colonist to fund the money needed to feed and house the soldiers, and they refused to do so. The Stamp Act, which Parliament passed in 1765 was the one that caused the most disruption of them all. The Stamp Act made the colonies angry because they had to use stamped paper for all official documents such as diplomas, marriage licenses, wills, newspapers and playing cards. The stamp showed these words embedded in the paper; the taxes had to be paid on this document.
Even though the taxes were all considered to be external the colonists chaffed under what they considered to be unfair taxation. This resistance was less impassioned and spontaneous as the resistance which had occurred during the Stamp Act. In part, this was due to the weariness of the populace after the depression caused by the boycotts of British goods. Eventually in 1768 the colonial legislatures began to correspond and attempt to unify their actions in response using “circular letters” (Middlekauff, 2005 p. 156). Much like an incident that occurred during the Stamp Act, the reinvigorated customs service attempted to seize a ship, the Liberty, for carrying contraband.
The Sugar, Stamp, and Townshend Acts all say that England needs to tax the colonies so he can protect them. I found three examples of this. First, the Sugar Act said, “...it is just and necessary, that a revenue be raised, in your majesty 's said dominions in America, for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same…” That meant that England needed money to protect America. Second, the Stamp Act said, “...toward defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing, the British colonies and plantations in America: and whereas it is just and necessary, that provisions be made for raising a further revenue within your Majesty’s dominions in America…”
The way the colonists reacted to the Stamp Acts is that they boycotted British goods. King George III reacted by repealing the Stamp Act and put the Declaratory Act in to that same day. The Declaratory Act is a law that stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies
Some of the things that happened soon after they passed the Stamp Act was colonial resistance. Colonists did not want to be taxed on a war they didn 't even fight in or have a say in. The war was France and Britain fighting over who got control over North America. All the colonists were doing was living there and the war did not involve them. Also, violators of the Stamp Act could be tried and convicted without juries in the vice-admiralty courts.
The Stamp Act made people use British money and not colonial money. Stamp Acts were very profound in Great Britain. Any document without the required stamp would be considered null and void.
The Patriots did everything in their power to slowly cut the ties off from the British government and the British crown. The Stamp Act threw the colonists over the edge. The colonists reaction was both violent and destructive, but their point was made. John Adams said that “ The people, even to the lowest Ranks, have become more attentive to their Liberties, more inquisitive about them, and more determined to defend them.” (John Adams, Diary, 18 December 1765).
In document C, John Dickinson explains to his fellow colonists that Parliament never considered imposing taxes in the colonies until the period following the French and Indian War. Document A implies that the reason being was simply because Britain had dug themselves into a pile of debt due to aid from other countries and the expenses of war, and because the British felt that the colonies owed them for enabling them to freely use the Mississippi River, Parliament believed that imposing taxes for revenue from the colonies was just. However, Patriots believed otherwise. Salutary Neglect has been an active law in the colonies since 1696, and up until now they have been perfectly fine not enforcing British acts and policies, but all of a sudden colonists are forced into paying revenue on everything from paper (Townshend Act) to stamps (Stamp Act). Parliament even placed tax on British tea imports.
Many colonial merchants protested against the Stamp Act. They rallied against it publicly which caused widespread protests ( (-- removed HTML --)
“Honey I’m sure we will all be fine.” I had surely thought that the discussion about the Stamp Act was going to be a one time conversation, but everywhere I went it would come about. I soon became inquisitive about what the Stamp Act was, so that night at supper I had finally mustered up the courage to ask my mother and father. “Mother, Father, this Stamp Act is really troubling me, I want to know what it is,” said Rosemary. “The Stamp Act is an act of the British Parliament that took away money from the American colonies, they did this by placing a stamp duty on paper products,” said father.
A. Explain the reasons for English Colonization by doing the Following: A1. Discuss the political motivations for English Imperialism. The main political motivation for English Imperialism was due to the rivalries with its European Counterparts. Initially, European countries were looking for a water passage to China so they would be able to trade for their goods. Spain, who lead the charge, landed in Central and South America, captured gold and silver.
When the war ended they were wore down and weak. This made the actions of the colonists more effective. Because of the debt, Britain’s economy was not strong. To help pay for the debt, Britain passed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act put a tax on every printed item they used and required them to buy a government-issued stamp for legal documents and other paper goods.
In 1765 March 22, The Stamp Act began. It was when American colonists were taxed on any kind of paper product. Such as ship’s paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. All of the money that was taxed was used to pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachians Mountains. Although this act was unpopular among the colonists.