American Revolution Essay Research Paper A

American Revolution Essay, Research Paper

A revolutionary is someone that is not

eager or does not feel the need to be a revolutionary. That is what

the colonists were when they established their lives in America. The British

were proud to be English and not French or Dutch. They looked up

to the king and used English things. They respected Britain.

For them there was no need to be a revolutionary. They didn’t

want to fight the power of the government.

The Colonists really respected the king

and all his power. He was an all mighty god to them. The king

was the ruler of their lives. An example of this was when Benjamin

Rush sat on the throne of King George III. He feels high and powerfull

sitting on the throne. The Colonists honor King George III.

The colonists used all types of English things. In New York people

read British books, in Virginia children went to British schools.

In Boston the people used British wedgewood to drink their tea.

The first act leading to any sorts of disorder

and bad feelings against the British Parliament was the Stamp Act.

In the spring of 1765 the parliament decides to tax American colonists

because the defense of the colonies is so expensive. They start taxing

documents and all kinds of goods. A lot of colonists believe that

this was for their own good and defense but most of the colonist thought

that this was a very unfair act. American aristocracy like George

Washington, Ben Franklin and Sam Adams fear of not being respected.

George Washington is angry at the parliament because they raise the taxes

without peoples consent. The commoners now feel that they are put

in the same spot as servants, women and children who didn’t have a say

in the government. Everybody is angry whether they are sailors who

get taxed on dice and cards, or lawyers who get taxed on documents.

The Stamp Act was a main turning point for people to be reluctant to being

revolutionaries. They weren’t even close to being revolutionaries

but the feelings started to rise in them after this act. They were

starting to feel concerned if they were getting ruled fairly.

The aristocracy are the ones with the strongest

feelings since they are so close to the parliament. They make sure

that there feelings get spread among the commeners. Sam Adams, part

of the aristocracy feels that the colonists need to defend their liberty.

He feels that the power to tax is the power to destroy. He hangs

an effigy of a tax man from a tree and publishes it in the newspapers.

They make the real man resign because of the threats, there for the tax

cannot be put into action. Thomas Hutchison is Chief Justice of massachusettes.

Privatlhe is against the tax but publicly he does not want to show

this. Opposition colonists destroy his house and his possessions,

but let him live.

Now that the colonists are getting very

upset and angry they decide to take action, the first step to being real

revolutionaries. They boycott the Stamp Act. This is a very

significant event because it is now not only aristocracy getting involved

but also the commoners them selves. They seize and stop stamps as

they enter the port. In London Ben Franklin reminds parliament that

the colonies are Britain’s biggest market. Colonists will start making

their own clothes instead, and Britain will have no profit at all.

Britain’s main revenue is trade, not taxes, so the Stamp Act is abolished

in February, 1766.

The Stamp Act has been abolished and the

colonists are happy again. They realize that they are well of compared

to nations ruled by autocrats. They have much more liberty, “The pride,

the glory of England,” said by King George III. In 1760 there is a lot

of immigration and no one is suffering from poverty since their is plenty

of land, and it is very cheap. The triangular trade

between America, England, and Africa is going very well. Everything

seems well, and colonists think that the Stamp Act was just a one time

mistake, and boycotting will never have to take place again, but they are

wrong.

Britain feels that the contentness will

not last and that the boycott act and the abolishment of the Stamp Act

will cause for further disobedience. They create a Declaratory Act

in which parliament has the right to create any necessary laws for the

colonies. For a year it is not put into action but then they start taxing

all manufactures goods. Ben Franklin writes poem in the newspaper

about England being an old mother who might be wrong but still should be

respected. This does not help and the colonist are back to were they

stood during teh stamp act.

The colonist are scared since parliament

has put has used the same type of tactic against Ireland. Once

again they decide to boycott. This time to commoners are getting

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