...taxed without being represented and the British did not allow them to give consent. The Stamp Act was a tax that the British collected for paper goods. According to document 10, colonists were taxed for daily goods such as playing cards and stamps. The colonists believed that British should give consent before taxing on goods. This is important because people was being arrested for violating the Stamp Act and no juries are allowed which makes it really unfair . Later on, the colonists decided to tarred and feather the tax collectors which made the act repealed. The Townshend Acts is a many acts combine into one and the main point of this Act is to raise revenue. In Document 16, the colonist were taxed on goods such as as paper, paint, lead, glass and tea. The taxes funded British troops living in America and paid salaries to royal officials. The Tea...
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...The War of Independence Today, July 4th is seen as Independence Day, a day of feast and celebration. But in the 1700’s it was no definitely no celebration. The American Revolution was the revoke the thirteen colonies had made against Britain leading to the war. Although Britain had control over the colonies they took advantage of their power by passing new laws and enforcing tax on almost everything, the colonies were outraged and then revolted these were some of the many causes that lead to the war. The three main causes of the War of Independence were the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Quebec Act because they made the colonists angry at Britain. To start off, one of the main causes of the War of Independence was the Quebec Act because it expanded Quebec’s borders and allowed the free practice of the Catholic faith making the colonist angry as a unity (Hickman). The thirteen colonies were furious at the fact that Britain was helping Quebec by giving them the Aboriginal land that was considered theirs (Browns). Not only did this make the colonists mad but they felt betrayed, many people believed the land should be theirs because they were there first and thought it was really unfair (Elementary). Not only this but, many colonists thought it was unfair that there was no elected assembly for Quebec and their French speaking language (Elementary). The colonist couldn’t believe that the French still lost against Britain but were given all these privileges. The French...
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...popular items? The Sugar Act of 1764 was a revision of the earlier Molasses Act of 1733. It taxed popular items such as sugar, wine, and silk to raise money for the national debt. Created by George Grenville, prime minister at the time, the Sugar Act caused a great deal of tension in the colonies as it was despised by the colonists and led to financial difficulties. Though it was looked down upon by the colonists, the Sugar Act of 1764 had a large historical impact because it was the first time that the British Parliament tried to directly tax the colonists. According to the American History Central, the Sugar Act sparked protest in the colonies, leading...
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...government and disapproved their petition. After the French Indian War, Britain decided to raise money by taxing the American Colonists for reparations. Taxes such as the Stamp and Tea Acts created controversy throughout the citizens. Some thought that Britain stepped over the boundary with taxes and some reacted violently. The Boston Tea Party as well as the Boston Massacre arose from such actions. With Britain’s Intolerable acts, the colonists made a daring proposition. The colonists, in the First Continental Congress sent a letter to King George declaring war. Although the British government likely procured strong reasons for limiting the opportunities, rights, and freedoms available to American colonists under British rule, the American Colonists were justified in their desire to claim independence from the British government due to taxation without representation in government meetings, limitations by laws that restricted their freedom and the violence and control they were subjected to on the part of the British soldiers. The Americans were justified for claiming Independence because of “Taxation without representation”. After the Treaty of Paris of 1763, Britain was in huge debt. Because the war fought on American soil and British soldiers protected the American colonist, Britain felt it was right to tax the colonists. On March...
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...going to become a mighty empire, however, not an independent one, which led to a Revolution. This Revolution resulted in the Declaration of Independence from England, and the creation of a new Nation. Not long after, Americans fought a second one for Independence, due to the fact that Americans still felt restrictions being placed on them by the British, and that their Independence was not as it should have been. Some may say that the war was unnecessary, however, these occurrences were inevitable. At first, the relationship...
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...corrupt. Many things led to the colonist to believe they were underneath the rule of a Robinarch, King Gorge III. Colonist believed they were being watched and taxed for things they did not need to be. Especially, since they were being taxed without representation. The colonist also felt as if they never received the assistance needed during the French and Indian wars making them very resentful. King George III did many things to make colonist believe that he was a Robinarch. George showed all symptoms of being a Robinarch. He fought expensive wars to keep people afraid and under control. King George III fought a series of unnecessary wars such as King William’s War, Queen Anne’s War, King George’s War, and the French and Indian War (The Colonial Wars), Assesses high taxes without popular consent to pay for these wars such as the Sugar Act of 1764, the Stamp Act, and Townshend duties. Americans didn’t like the idea of taxation without representation. Stephen Hopkins wrote a pamphlet to protest to the British government because he strongly believed that the colonies should not be taxed without representation. The next thing King George III did to make Americans believe he was a Robinarch was Promote worthless men to high public post. For example promoting Thomas Hutchinson, he was completely worthless to most Americans. During this time the colonies were going through a recession and it was very difficult to find jobs but Mr. Hutchinson held about six different salary paying jobs...
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...On July 4 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and declared themselves a nation separate from England. Many historians debate whether or not this was a justifiable action. However, the actions of the colonists were warranted. In the time before they declared themselves independent, British Parliament passed several unreasonable acts and taxes, sent troops to the colonies that had conflicts with the colonists, and they rejected the colonists prior attempts to make peace. One argument that supports the American colonists breaking away from Britain is the numerous acts and taxes that Britain enforced on the colonists. For instance, in 1765 the Stamp Act was passed and a tax was placed on all paper goods....
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...That ended the Revolutionary war and let the colonies break away from England and become the United States of America. Were the colonist justified to seek independence? The British taxed them with acts, didn’t listen to the colonies in the British government and also England is a small country that's 4,417 miles away. The colonist were justified in becoming Patriots and seeking independence from Britain. Parliament taxed the colonies with many acts, some of them even make the colonist lose their privacy and natural rights. During the stamp act the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser put a skull and crossbones where you have to put the stamp. The stamp that you needed was supposed to go on...
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...The American colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because they forced them to pay unnecessary taxes and ruled over the colonies with British laws. In 1765, Britain needed more money to help finance their debt from other wars that they were involved with. They decided to impose more taxes on the colonies to help them. In March of 1765 they passed the Stamp Act in the colonies. It required colonists to buy a special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper pamphlet and almanac. It also imposed a special “stamp duties” on packages of playing cards and dice. According to Document 2 the Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania by John Dickinson which he states, “ There is another late...
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...Introduction: We patriots want to be independent with the American colonies to gain their independence from Great Britain. We the Patriots include many famous patriots like: Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Ethan Allen, Patrick Henry, and Ben Franklin. Here is a quote from Patrick Henry:”Give me liberty or give me death.” This means that we the colonist should be independent from Britain. We became Patriots because we felt they weren't being treated fairly by the British. We were being taxed without any say or representation in the British government. This caused the us to want freedom from Britain.We the colonist argue that the British has charged us with unfair taxes, also no representation in British decisions,and the British intolerable the...
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...French & Indian War rattled the economic framework of Britain so severely that it became forced to alleviate the weight of its debt through taxation upon the colonies. The Crown began to implement harsher policies as well as enforce preexisting ones, so as to quench the costs of war and British military occupation within North America. Products such as potash, wine, and silk became commodities difficult to acquire, as the fee to import them skyrocketed to undesirable heights. The Revenue Act of 1764, dubbed by the colonists as “The Sugar Act”, was a British-led effort to crack down on trade regulations, seeing as how most colonial merchants neglected the procedures and prices on the transacting of products such as molasses, coffee, and pimiento. Nevertheless, outraged merchants resumed their corrupt practices. Along with the increased taxation of foodstuff that paralyzed certain industries, The Stamp Act of 1765 served as yet another agitator of colonial harmony. The Stamp Act called for a tax on every document existent within the colonies, whether their usage stemmed from commercial,...
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...Have you heard of the Boston Tea Party? Well, it was a protest to the taxation of the tea that was being imported into the country. This event happened a little while before The American Revolution. The date was December 16,1773. The Boston Tea Party helped bring together the people. It also was one of the major causes of the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party also made a lot of people think about taxation in a different way. The Boston Tea Party was initiated by the famous Sons of Liberty. They wanted to openly oppose the government. They were furious that they had to now pay a tax for tea, after having to pay for sugar and stamps not long before. The Sons of Liberty met and were thinking about what they should do to show their defiance....
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...Republicans say no. Ted Cruz, one of the candidates for the coming up election, has purposed a flat tax. A flat tax of 10% and 16% for businesses (“Senator”). This way it is fair and everyone pays their fair share of taxes. Today the tax code is 72,000 pages long and growing. Donald Trump, another candidate for the Republican party is planning on making big changes if he wins the presidency. To start he will reduce the current seven brackets to four smaller ones. However single people who make $25,000 a year or less pay no income taxes, or people who are married and make less than $50,000 also don’t pay income taxes. He also would get rid of the death tax. Businesses would pay a 15% income tax no matter how big or small. He would complete these things by getting rid of all of the loopholes and unnecessary deductions(“Tax”). With so many rules and regulations the American people are being strangled and holding back the economy (Weinberger). Republicans are for tax reductions but only if it is done the right way...
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...FUNDAMENTAL OF MACROECONOMIC Truc Tran ECO/372 August 25, 2014 Jeffrey Lehrer FUNDAMENTAL OF MACROECONOMIC Economics is the study of what people do to coordinate their want and desires through production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. To understand economics, one has to understand the basic fundamentals of economics. Economics is based on two groups’ macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macroeconomics is the decision-making of an economy as entire picture. Some of the fundamentals of macroeconomics that include Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real GDP, Nominal GDP, Unemployment rate, Inflation rate, and Interest rate. The first subject that will be cover in macroeconomics is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the standard living of a country through its goods and services. These goods and services are produced by any given country in any given time. These goods and services are sometimes the primary source of economic stability of any given country. Real GDP is the market prices primarily on a specific year (Colander, 2010). One will focus on the purchasing of groceries, massive layoff of employees, and decrease in taxes affect the government, businesses, and households. It was once said by President Calvin Coolidge that “The business of America is business” (Colander, 2010). For most countries its economy is broken down in to three parts: the government, households, and businesses. We will cover each one briefly and explain how each one has an effect...
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...Some of the most controversial acts include the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act (1764), and the Navigation Acts (enforced more strictly in 1763). America's first reaction to these laws was violent and the colonists were against them. England thought that “they show, at first, a very stubborn neck, but by degrees become docile, and yield a willing obedience” (Doc D). The fact that America would eventually accept these laws and acts was a huge assumption made by Britain. America's opposition to these laws over time created a “Clashing of Interests” (Doc B). In result of this opposition, the effect on Britain was that “ the Usefulness of the Colonies, with respect to their Trade and Commerce, wilt be in a great Measure lessened” (Doc B). Because of the French and Indian War, England was deep in debt and needed a way to gain money, so they taxed America. The Justice and Necessity of Taxing the American Colonies says...
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