EMERGENCE OF USA
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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It gave justification to dump tea into Boston Harbor.
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It helped church ministers raise an army to create a new republic ruled by divine right.
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It made the colonists think it was unjust for the government to tax them without considering their views.
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It allowed the British Parliament to raise revenues by raising taxes on the colonists without representation in Parliament.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The American colonies raised the slogan ‘No Taxation without Representation’. It means the colonists did not think they should be taxed unless they had representation in the British Parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were the major causes of the American Revolution? The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War (1754–63).
Detailed explanation-4: -The American colonists refused to pay taxes as they argued that the British Parliament had no right to tax the colonists since they had no representatives in the Parliament. In 1773, a group of colonists, disguised as Red Indians, raided British ships in Boston harbour and threw 340 crates of tea into the sea.