THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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The British increased an existing tax on wine and imported goods.
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The British required the colonies to ship their good only on British ships.
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The British passed the Stamp Act, adding a tax on newspapers and licenses.
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The British passed the Sugar Act to tax sugar and molasses from the West Indians.
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Detailed explanation-1: -James Wright, Georgia was the only colony that officially used the dreaded stamps, earning disdain among her sister colonies. Parliament asserted its right to tax the colonies, but averted a full-scale war for a few years more when it repealed the notorious Stamp Act on March 18, 1766, Today in Georgia History.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -11) On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Stamp Act was enacted in 1765 by British Parliament. It imposed a direct tax on all printed material in the North American colonies. The most politically active segments of colonial society-printers, publishers, and lawyers-were the most negatively affected by the act.