The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first major controversy between Great Britain and its North American colonies began over the Stamp Act. The act placed tax on all paper products. Britain felt the act was justified, since it needed money to support military undertakings in North America. The colonist saw no justification at all. Protests soon followed, ranging from refusal to buy the stamps to full-out riots. The colonists objected to the tax because they were not represented in Parliament. In 1766 Parliament repealed the act and issued the Declaratory Act.

The Townshend Acts of 1767 were introduced by Charles Townshend. The acts called for a series of levies on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. The colonist responded to this levy with boycotts of British goods. In 1768, the Townshend Acts were reformed.

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was brought on when the British Parliament had given

What are the three parts of the Declaration?

Not able of being alienated or being transferred to a new owner.

The Congress as a whole excepted the draft, but they wanted some things to be dropped and some to be changed.

What were the two most significant changes made by the representatives?

They did not fight harder because they knew if they did the declaration would not be agreed upon and the independence would not happen.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration.

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