After the end of the French and Indian War, Britain emerged with a large empire, but they also had a very large debt to go along with the empire. About half of the debt was incurred defending the colonist in America, so Britain decided that the colonist should have to help pay for their protection. British Prime Minister George Grenville secured from parliament a law to raise tax revenues from the colonists; the first in a series of laws passed was the Sugar Act of 1764. This act increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. After some protest by the colonist the duties were lowered, and the problems died down. Resentment arose again with the implementation of another act called the Quartering Act of 1765, this required the colonist to provide food and lodging for British troops.

In the same year another act was implemented it was called the Stamp

The colonist devised a plan to strike back at Britain by introducing what was called the no importation agreement. This called for the colonist to boycott British imports, from this groups were formed to enforce the boycotts, one was called the Sons of Liberty, and the other was the Daughters of Liberty. Anyone violating the agreement were tarred and feathered. This really hurt Britain because America imported about one forth of all British exports. In 1766 Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. The colonist victory was short lived, soon after a man named Charlie Townshend took control of the British ministry, he promised to pluck the feathers from the colonial goose. He persuaded Parliament in 1767 to pass another act called the Townshend Act this included a import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. Townshend made the distinction between internal and external taxes by calling for a customs duty payable at American ports. But the colonist took this as just another way of enchaining them. After enacting the Townshend tax the London government suspended the legislature of New York in 1767 for not complying with the Quartering Act.

Act; the revenue from this act was to be used to support the military. The Stamp Act called for the stamps to be affixed to all legal documents to certify that the tax had been paid. Stamps were required on trade items, legal documents, playing cards, newspapers, diplomas, marriage licenses, and several other documents. Grenville thought this to be fair he was only asking the colonist to help pay for their protection. The colonist took this as a strike at their liberty. Both the Sugar and Stamp acts provided trials for offenders in courts without juries. This went against the belief of the colonist they thought this was a conspiracy to strip them of their liberties. The loud voice heard from the colonist was summed up with a slogan "No taxation with out representation." The colonist agreed that Parliament had the right to pass legislation on matters that affected the empire, but denied the Parliament with no Americans seated to impose any taxes on Americans. The colonist asse

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