American Revolution DBQ
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" (Thomas Paine's "The Crisis"). Thomas Paine wrote "The Crisis" in order to revive the spirits of Washington's cold and hungry troops during the American Revolutionary War. This gave much hope to the troops because it gave them the mind set that even though the battle was hard now, once they are victorious, all their hard work will pay off. Due to the fact that they viewed tyranny similar to the way they viewed hell, once they conquered it, the rewards would be great. Since the Treaty of 1763, the American colonies became more and more important to Britain as a source of revenue and a market for consumer goods. During this time Britain was in massive debt from the Seven Years' War. To get out of this debt, Parliament decided to tax the colonists to help pay their expenses. Although Britain approved of the taxes, the American colonists did not. The colonists felt that they should not be taxed without their consent, and in result many colonists petitioned about and boycotted all British imports. During the time period of 1763-1775, the British Parliame
On the other side, the colonists believed otherwise. In "The Crisis" Paine states: "They [the colonists] are governed by English laws, entitled to English dignities, regulated by English counsels, and protected by English arms, and it seems to follow by consequence not easily avoided, that they are subject to English government and chargeable by English taxation." Paine's views of Britain are very strong in this article. One may see that Paine believes that England is tyrannical because the enforce (with an army) to declare the right to complete political control. The colonies, according to Paine, are being enslaved. Paine also believes that Britain is has a tyranny because they take the power on to themselves to enforce taxes and any other laws while having complete political control. nt enforced many taxes on the colonists, of which the colonists strongly disagreed of (and often petitioned against), this caused great tension between Britain and the English colonies which ultimately ended in the Americans to push for its independence and their separation from Britain. In 1763, George III of England appointed George Genville as first minister. Genville's job would be to help solve the financial crisis in Britain by getting Parliament out of debt. Grenville believed that high taxes should be imposed on the colonies to lower the nation's debt since the colonists benefited from the Seven Years' War. British colonists gained security from France and Spain and received two colonies, Canada and Florida. Grenville began his job by creating the Sugar and Currency Acts in 1764. The Sugar Act involved lowering the tariff of imported items. Grenville believed that with this act in effect, the risk of smuggling other goods into the colonies would be too high to even bother with resulting in all imports being from England. The Currency Act forbid the colonies from issuing paper money which would cause a shortage of currency. This act caused a shortage of currency and thus the colonists turned to home industry. Later, in 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act which required the colonists to purchase stamps for official documents and published papers. This act was intended to raise an internal revenue to pay the troops in the colonies. All colonists found the act offensive and a violation of their right as British subjects. In March 1766, the Declaratory Act was passed by Parliament which confirmed its power to tax the colonies but there was little reac
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Approximate Word count = 1674
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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