conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed

as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more

intolerable. During the Seven Years' War England was not

only alarmed by the colonists' insistence on trading with

the enemy, but also with Boston merchants hiring James Otis

inorder to protest the legality of the writs of assistance

(general search warrants) used to hunt out smuggled goods.

"let the parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we

must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them, till

they will be pleased to relieve us....". This is a very

strong dictum, that in 1764, the colonists were of a

submissive nature, and were weakly pleading for self-

autonomy. This small fire of anger will become a huge

conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded.

On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and

Parliamentary Taxation committee's passed some laws that

attempted to strengthen the grip of the English crown.

"I.That his Majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the

same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is owing

from his subjects born within the realm, and all due

constituent parts of the empite"", yet those duties were

said colonies....be it declared ...., that the said colonies

shows that the sole rason for new taxes is just for the

acquire their rights through resistance to British imperial

by Thomas Paine shows the foreshadowing, of what colonists

British gov't to make money, at the expense of the economy

transition is depicted through the progression of time in

law to show that the colonists were still british subjects.

Independence, where a transition occurs. The transition has

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