Colonization and revolutionary war: introducun
to the revolutionary war
by readworks
as the colonies took root, they grew used to mostly govering themselves great britain
decided it wanted more control. it began to force new taxes on the colonists. they wanted to
raise money from the goods they were shipping to the colonies. in 1764, the british
parliament passed the sugar act to raise the tax on sugar. the next year, the british
parliament passed the stamp act coloniste now had to pay taxes for newspapers marriage
licenses, and all other legal documents
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many colonists were angered by these taxes. they hadn't agreed to them and felt they were
ilegal and unfair. each new tax led to a bloger protest on the part of these colonists. besides
taxes, many colonists were also unhappy about some of the rules the british were forcing on
them. in 1765, the british parliament passed the quartering act the act stated that colonists
had to agree to give british troops food and let them stay in their homes. colonists who
were unhappy with how the british were treating them decided to fight back pepper
in 1765, the stamp act congress met in new york. the congress was made up of
representatives from many colonies. the representatives agreed to boycott british goods un
the stamp act was repealed. that same year, the sons of liberty, a secret organisational