The colonists in America had enjoyed relative freedom from England since they arrived. They came to the New World, after all to escape England, for whatever reasons they may have had-religious, economic, or social. So when England decided in the eighteenth century that they were going to crack down on the colonies, the announcement was not met with open arms. In fact, rebellion was inevitable.

Parliament tried to establish power in the New World by issuing a series of laws. The passage of these laws undermined the Colonist's loyalty to Britain and stirred the Americans to fight for their freedom. The colonies also accepted England's right to monitor trade. The change of course in 1767 was what really riled the colonies. England began to slowly tighten its imperial grip to avoid a large reaction from the colonists. During the Seven Years War, the British sent over ten thousand troops to America to handle property problems in the colonies. This cost a big amount of money, and Britain did not want to see the funds come out of their pocket. To handle some of the cost, Britain began passing acts to tax the colonists and help with the big debt the empire was in.

In 1776, a new Prime Minister, William Pitt, was appointed who opposed taxing the colonies. He was in bad health, so the former treasurer Charles Townshend took over. He began to insist that parliament start taxing the colonies again. When protesting for the Quartering Act caused a lot of angry towards parliament, who thought the repeal of the Stamp Act was a good enough gift for the Americans. Townshend was so angry at the protest that he passed the Suspending Act, which nullified all acts from New York after October 1st if they refuse to pay their expenses for the soldiers. The tension would soon give way to the colony's loyalty to Mother England. Townshend passed a series of acts known as the "Townshend Duties". There was a tax on glass, paint, paper and tea and the monies from these would cover the salaries of the governors. The sole purpose of this was to get control turned over to England. The Americans despised the act, as this was another means of controlling !

In 1768, to control the colonists against order, two platoons of troops were brought into Boston. In 1770, the Boston massacre took place, in which six Colonists were killed after protesting to a group of soldiers. This was the first spill of blood in the American Revolution. One group of British soldiers after the next was sent into America to enforce the acts, which made the colonists even more hostile. Committees formed to promote friction to England and its Acts. Letters were written to the colonies to rebel against the acts, and Great Britain, seeing as a start of rebellion ordered all colonies to disregard the letters. The colonies also refused to import British goods, urging the British merchants to apply pressure on parliament to repeal the Townshend Duties.

4 was an example of a tax that had many effects on the Colonial lifestyle. The act stated that any foreign export of lumber or skin had to first land in Britain. It also raised the price

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