The Stamp Act And Corruption In Britain

Merchants were furious because their jobs were all about selling goods from the UK. Merchants pledged to not import goods from the United Kingdom. Their boycotts were aimed at produced and consumed items. While the merchants boycotted the United Kingdom’s trading system the drop of trade was crazy. Making the british

In March of 1766, Britain annulled the burdensome Stamp Act, because of the great resistance. The ordinance had to be enforced on the first of November in 1765. However, only a few stamps were sold. Moreover, the spreaders of these marks were prosecuted by furious colonials, which opposed such regime. The opposition to the Stamp Act was depicted in different ways.

The date was March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act had just been passed, and the colonies were outraged. One Massachusetts family in particular was discussing it. The Miller family had a complex view about the Stamp Act. The mother, Maribeth was a patriot, and hated the stamp act, the father, George however, still disliked the Stamp Act, but this made his job very difficult, for he owned a mail and delivery system. The older, sixteen year old daughter, May was very rebellious against her parents, and thought the Stamp Act was very necessary, and because of this, she didn’t get along well with her family, since they were patriots, and because of her father’s job.

This surprised the British government. The colonists even threatened tax collects forcing them to quit their jobs or to even leave the colonies. Protests spread into the streets and groups like the Sons of Liberty encouraged the colonists to boycott British products. These boycotts soon hurt British businesses in the colonies. The British government was forced to repeal the Stamp Act.

After the citizens came together and wrote to newspapers, destroyed officials homes and violence against stamp distributors, and the merchants forming a non-importation agreement stating they would not buy or sell British manufactured goods until the Stamp Act was repealed, the Act was finally repealed on March 18,

This made the colonist upset because they wanted nothing to do with the British soldiers and the colonist was not fond of them living in their house. They also wanted the colonist to fund the money needed to feed and house the soldiers, and they refused to do so. The Stamp Act, which Parliament passed in 1765 was the one that caused the most disruption of them all. The Stamp Act made the colonies angry because they had to use stamped paper for all official documents such as diplomas, marriage licenses, wills, newspapers and playing cards. The stamp showed these words embedded in the paper; the taxes had to be paid on this document.

The colonist resented the Stamp Act and expressed their objections. This act was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War. The Stamp Act became progressively unenforceable, and in March 1766 Parliament abolished it. Although the colonist were relieved by the repeal of the Stamp Act,

The way the colonists reacted to the Stamp Acts is that they boycotted British goods. King George III reacted by repealing the Stamp Act and put the Declaratory Act in to that same day. The Declaratory Act is a law that stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies

After the Act was revoked people didn’t trust the British anymore. According to the Historical Background- from the Stamp Act to the Revolution colonists didn’t trust the British anymore and started to boycott their goods. This resulted in a decrease in the economy because there was no flow of trade within the colonies. There were protests throughout the colonies and people started to destroy personal property. People threatened the government by saying they were going to destroy the town.

Due to the debt created by the French and Indian War, the British government began imposing acts such as the Townshend Act and the sugar tax onto the American colonies. In relation, the colonies protested and destroyed British property due to them having, therefore, only letting the parliament have a role in the taxes being implemented. Women during this time assisted men already through the creation of clothing when boycotts occurred and helped men during protests against British rule. The American colonists declared independence from the British mainland and the Revolutionary War began. Despite the social hierarchy placing women lower than men during the revolutionary war with the absence of men, a large number of opportunities arose for

The Stamp Act Congress and Riots was the first crowd to protest against the Stamp Act. The Committees of Correspondence, led by James Otis, was against Britain's harsh implements. The Quartering Acts forced colonists to house British soldiers. The Coercive Acts took place in 1773, and they were put into action because of the Boston Tea

This angered the colonists and they began to boycott purchasing taxed items. The stamp act was repealed on March 18, 1766. The British government began placing new taxes on the colonists such as the Sugar Act and the Currency

As a result of this tax, colonists in Boston rioted and destroyed the house of the stamp distributor. News of the protests spread and inspired other colonies to protest. As the taxes angered more of the colonists, they began to boycott all British goods. Boycotting of British goods and ending trade with the colonists would greatly hurt the economy in Britain. When the colonists started to boycott, Britain's economy was not strong enough to sustain itself without trade with the colonies.

(Brooks 4). At the point in the Revolution when the colonists started to boycott British goods, the Daughters of Liberty took matters into their own hands. Because of the shortage of goods, the Daughters of Liberty made fabric which was converted into many items for the Patriots to use during their time of need. This group of women was extremely influential when the colonists’ started to boycott tea.

and is not yet sufficient to defray a fourth part of the expense necessary for collecting it.” This push to collect more money and enforce new laws created a hatred towards England. In the Document it continues to say, “We observe with concern that through neglect, connivance, and fraud, not only is revenue impaired, but the commerce of the colonies diverted from its natural course”. England came to the conclusion that through their neglect towards the Colonies and not paying attention to them, they were able to do what they wanted. Britain enforcing the Stamp Act resulted in a huge deterioration to the Economy.