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American Revolution Essay, Research Paper A revolutionary is someone that is not eager or does not feel the need to be a revolutionary. That is what the colonists were when they established their lives in America. The British were proud to be English and not French or Dutch. They looked up to the king and used English things. They respected Britain. For them there was no need to be a revolutionary. They didn’t want to fight the power of the government. The Colonists really respected the king and all his power. He was an all mighty god to them. The king was the ruler of their lives. An example of this was when Benjamin Rush sat on the throne of King George III. He feels high and powerfull sitting on the throne. The Colonists honor King George III. The colonists used all

types of English things. In New York people read British books, in Virginia children went to British schools. In Boston the people used British wedgewood to drink their tea. The first act leading to any sorts of disorder and bad feelings against the British Parliament was the Stamp Act. In the spring of 1765 the parliament decides to tax American colonists because the defense of the colonies is so expensive. They start taxing documents and all kinds of goods. A lot of colonists believe that this was for their own good and defense but most of the colonist thought that this was a very unfair act. American aristocracy like George Washington, Ben Franklin and Sam Adams fear of not being respected. George Washington is angry at the parliament because they raise the taxes without

peoples consent. The commoners now feel that they are put in the same spot as servants, women and children who didn’t have a say in the government. Everybody is angry whether they are sailors who get taxed on dice and cards, or lawyers who get taxed on documents. The Stamp Act was a main turning point for people to be reluctant to being revolutionaries. They weren’t even close to being revolutionaries but the feelings started to rise in them after this act. They were starting to feel concerned if they were getting ruled fairly. The aristocracy are the ones with the strongest feelings since they are so close to the parliament. They make sure that there feelings get spread among the commeners. Sam Adams, part of the aristocracy feels that the colonists need to defend their

liberty. He feels that the power to tax is the power to destroy. He hangs an effigy of a tax man from a tree and publishes it in the newspapers. They make the real man resign because of the threats, there for the tax cannot be put into action. Thomas Hutchison is Chief Justice of massachusettes. Privatlhe is against the tax but publicly he does not want to show this. Opposition colonists destroy his house and his possessions, but let him live. Now that the colonists are getting very upset and angry they decide to take action, the first step to being real revolutionaries. They boycott the Stamp Act. This is a very significant event because it is now not only aristocracy getting involved but also the commoners them selves. They seize and stop stamps as they enter the port. In

London Ben Franklin reminds parliament that the colonies are Britain’s biggest market. Colonists will start making their own clothes instead, and Britain will have no profit at all. Britain’s main revenue is trade, not taxes, so the Stamp Act is abolished in February, 1766. The Stamp Act has been abolished and the colonists are happy again. They realize that they are well of compared to nations ruled by autocrats. They have much more liberty, “The pride, the glory of England,” said by King George III. In 1760 there is a lot of immigration and no one is suffering from poverty since their is plenty of land, and it is very cheap. The triangular trade between America, England, and Africa is going very well. Everything seems well, and colonists think that the Stamp Act was