EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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a decrease in tax revenue for the British.
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an increase in the number of British troops sent to Boston.
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a decrease in the amount of tea imported to the American colonies.
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a congress was formed by the colonists to organize boycotts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The issues of taxation and representation raised by the Stamp Act strained relations with the colonies to the point that, 10 years later, the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British.
Detailed explanation-2: -While these gentry were drafting their grievances during the Stamp Act Congress, other colonists showed their distaste for the new act by boycotting British goods and protesting in the streets. Two groups, the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty, led the popular resistance to the Stamp Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Stamp Act was a tax on every sheet of every legal document. Cause: Britain needed money because they were in debt from the war so they taxed the colonists. Effect: The colonists boycotted British goods. Effect: They also organized the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty.