Historical Changes From 1750 To 1776

December 17, 1773: Yesterday, was a big day for the sons of liberty. All of the colonies have just been sent tons of tea from the East India Company and mosts of the colonists didn't like it because it was yet another example of Britain’s taxation tyranny. So we, the sons of liberty, snuck onto the boats carrying the tea and threw it all overboard. As a result, Britain passed the intolerable acts. It is terrible as Boston’s now because all of our ports are now closed. We might have

It was the Tea Act. This act stated that only the British East India Company could sell or transport tea. Members of parliament passed this act because many of them had stakes in the company. At the time the British India Company was going bankrupt. This act threatened all colonial businesses by creating a monopoly. In Boston, the colonists devised a plan to resist this act. Several colonists dressed as Indians to deceive the British. These colonists seized the imported tea and dumped it into the harbor. The colonists dubbed this “the tea party.” The British responded to these actions by creating four acts jointly called the Coercive Acts. These acts closed the Boston ports to all trade, increased power of Massachusetts governor, granted trials of royal officials in Massachusetts be tried elsewhere, and allowed the new governor rights to quarter his troops anywhere. These Coercive Acts only angered the colonists more. They have strengthened their non-importation of British goods. They have also begun the forming of local militia companies.

In 1773, Parliament aroused the Americans by passage of the Tea Act. This act, designed to help the East India Company by making it cheaper for them to sell tea in America, was interpreted by Americans as a subtle ploy to get them to consume taxed tea. In Boston, in December 1773, a group of men dumped the tea into the harbor.

During the time period of 1775 to 1800, the American Revolution changed American society in many political, economical, and social ways.

One of the acts was the stamp act. This was a way to force the colonies to help pay off the war debt. The British pushed the Stamp Act through Parliament in March 1765. This act required Americans to buy paper, newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents such as wills and a marriage license strictly from

     The passing of the Stamp Act by Parliament in 1765 caused a rush of angry protests by the colonists in British America that perhaps "aroused and unified Americans as no previous political event ever had." It levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling, not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a century and was already in effect in several colonies in the 1750?s, it called into question the authority of Parliament over the overseas colonies that had no representation therein.

The American Revolution was the point of change in the world. It was the first time that a democratic government was developed and tested in a time where monarchies ruled Europe and it was the time when the world saw that the concept of democracy could lead to the fundamental change in society, specifically politically, socially, and economically. However, even though it was the point in change for the world, to what extent did it change American society politically, socially, and economically in the period between 1775-1800? The answer is that political, social, and economic effects of the American Revolution impacted society to different extents and established ideas that would later influence future movements and changes in America.

The Stamp Act was proclaimed in 1765, and it taxed every piece of printed paper. It taxed such goods as dice, playing cards, legal documents, newspaper and almanacs. The goal of the act was to raise money for the Seven Years War.

The Stamp Act was an important act introduced by the British Prime Minister George Grenville that was then passed in March 1765 by the British Parliament. The purpose was to raise money for national debt of Britain after the Seven Years War and Parliament needed means to help fund expensive costs of keeping troops inside the colonies. The act levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. The British Government felt that the colonies were the primary reason of the military presence and should pay a portion of the expense. The American colonies did not take kindly to this matter.

The Stamp Act was a law passed in March 1765 by Parliament that placed a tax on printed matter. Stamp Act placed a tax on printed matter of all kind: advertisements, diplomas, legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. These materials had to be printed on stamp paper or have special stamps attached to show that the tax had been paid. Colonial assemblies met in protest. In May 1765 the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a series of resolutions that condemned the Stamp Act.

Stamp Act- Law passed in 1765 that raised revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards.

The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years’ War (History.com). The American Revolution was caused by two things money and respect, the Stamp Act stated every paper document required a stamp which greatly influenced colonists in rebelling against the British authority (History.com). The law applied to wills, deeds, illegal documents, newspapers, pamphlets and even playing cards. The colonists took the law so offensive, not so much because of its immediate cost, but because of the standard it seemed to set. Due to the effective protests, England revoked the Stamp Act in 1766. The Stamp Act was to raise money for the larger debt the British

The Stamp Act On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act which became effective on November 1, 1765. This act implemented a direct tax requiring the colonies to use stamped papers on all printed materials (George). The printed materials had a revenue stamp to facilitate tax collection. Colonies paid the stamp tax using the British currency.

The Tea Act of 1773 was a tax on tea but, the British lowered the cost of tea significantly enough that even with the tax, British tea was cheaper than Dutch tea. Also to keep the price down, the British East India Co. got rid of the middleman in the colonies and opened up their own shops. If the colonists bought this tea, they would be accepting the fact that the British could tax without representation. On Dec. 16th 1773 the ships docked at the Boston ports. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 324 chests of tea into the water. England responded to the Boston Tea Party by the Coercive Act of 1774.

After the American Revolution, Americans, who were free of British control, started to reevaluate politics, the economy and society. The American Revolution changed American considerably politically because Americans rely on democracy rather than monarchy, socially because the roles of certain social groups experienced a nuance change, and economically because the Americans freed themselves from having to send their raw materials to England and created their own currency. With these changes also revolved some aspects that this soon to be strong country still has today.