1763-1755
.... A significant act that was passed was the Tea Act of 1773 to aid the British East India Company that was facing bankruptcy. This angered the colonists because they felt that the taxes were unfair and that Britain was taxing the for no other reason than to benefit themselves. This led to the Boston Tea Party which was when the Sons and Daughters of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped all of the British Tea into the Harbor. Thus, part of the colonist’s plea for independence. Acts such as the Sugar Act of 1764 which placed a British Tax on all imported tea from anyway but Britain was issued. This was beneficial to Britain because they had a surplus of sugar since they had gained all of the sugar islands in the Caribbean in the Treaty of Paris 1763. The colonists became more resentful towards the British.
Consequently, political changes occurred also. The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were actually an organized group of patriots that would portray boycotts and other protests towards Britain. Because of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, The Committees of Correspondence were formed to keep all of the colonies informed about such protests. Many patriots were tired of been oppressed by the British rule. The colonists felt that taxation without representation was unjust, but parliament idea was that the colonists were "virtually represented” which meant that Parliament represents all British subjects and since the Colonies were still under British rule everyone who lived there was a British subject. This showed the colonists that Britain didn't seem to care about the colonists; they were just looking to benefit from them. The Colonists formed the First Continental Congress in order to discuss ways to resist British oppression. Anger fluctuated in the colonies and in Britain.
With the exception of the few loyalists in the colonies, most were...
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