Following the French and Indian War, or otherwise known as The Seven Years War, Britain was in major debt as with many countries after war. On the other hand the Colonies were thriving from trade and agriculture. At the end of the war the parliament in England had no organized plan to reduce the enormous debt they had bestowed upon themselves. Financing the French and Indian War had almost doubled the national debt.

The parliament had stumbled into the beginning of the Revolutionary War without even knowing it. They were looking in an entirely different direction when the colonies exploded with a rage that eventually turned into the American Revolution.

The Seven Years War 's outcome also affected the impacted the Revolution by giving soldiers experience that would later help them lead armies and make decisions to win the Revolution. Among these men were the prestigious names of Paul Rever

Parliament had hoped that this would isolate Massachusetts and use them as an example to all the other colonies who had plans to rebel against the mother country. But these did not put down the feelings of revolt inside the people. It sparked them to a higher level making the Americans feel as if that was what was going to happen to all of the colonies in the near future. So in response to the Coercive Acts in December of 1774 the colonies each sent delegates to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia to protest.

e, Ethan Allen, Horatio Gates, Charles Lee, Daniel Morgan and the man who is known as our founding father George Washington. During the French and Indian War Washington was assigned a mission which was a success and he was considered a hero which later helped his success in the revolution and the presidency later on. ( The Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom )

The Boston Tea Party was the beginning of the end to English rule in the Colonies. Everyone in England and all Loyalists were outraged at the actions taken by the radicals in Boston. The Americans had gone too far. In response to this Parliament closed down the port of Boston and began the Coercive Acts. The Coercive acts were a number of laws passed to limit the government of Massachusetts. In these laws was stated that the Governor was allowed to pick his own council instead of having them elected along with also being able to do the same with the judicial system, such as judges and lawyers. Above all, town meetings were banned except to elect the local statesman.

Then all of a sudden, in 1766 the controversy ended. William Pitt, the hero of the Seven Years War, made a speech that begged for the colonies' right to tax themselves while affirming Parliament's supremacy in all other matters. Pitt's speech swayed everyone and the stamp act was repealed. On the same day, however, Parliament passed a Declaratory Act that gave them power over all legislative matters. The colonists were so happy that they paid no attention to this. The colonists had won this battle. ( 18th Century History )

Within a short time after the Boston Massacre, the British ministry began another controversial episode that would become another brick in the wall towards revolution. The East India Tea Company had been steadily declining and loosing money for some time now and the Parliament decided to attempt to bring it back out of bankruptcy. So Parliament decided to force the tea upon to colonies in order to help out the suffering company. So they passed the Tea Act, which readmitted the duties that the Tea Company paid on importing the tea. This let them sell it at a reduced price, although they still had to pay the Townsend Duty on the import to the colonies but the price differential from the readmittence of the import duty would be big enough that it wouldn't matter. But at all four ports where the tea arrived -- New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Charleston -- people resisted the tea. The Americans thought the Tea Act was a bribe the people into paying the duty for tea indirectly, which would show weakness and leave them open to more taxes and duties. In three out of four of the ports, the tea was refused and sent back, but the Governor of Boston Thomas Hutchinson wanted the tea to reach Boston. So he did all he could to see the tea reach the harbor. The tea act had brought the resistance back to life.

The first of all the taxes or Acts was the American Revenue Act of 1764, or called the Sugar Act. It really wasn't even a new tax. It was a change of an old customs duty. In order to stop trade from the West Indies to the Colonies Parliament in 1733 had passed a protective tariff on

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