Causes of the American Revolution :: Essays on American Revolution

During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous eventsresulted in Colonial opposition to capital Britain. The conditions of rightsof the colonists will behind be changed as the parsimony of theparliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Seven Years WarEngland was not only alarmed by the colonists insistence on trading withthe enemy, but also with capital of Massachusetts merchants hiring James Otis in order toprotest the legality of the writs of assistance (general search warrants) utilize to hunt out smuggled goods. let the parliament recline what burthensthey please on us, we must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bearthem, till they will be pleased to relieve us..... This is a very strongdictum, that in 1764, the colonists were of a submissive nature, and wereweakly pleading for self-autonomy. This small fire of anger will become ahuge conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded.On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and ParliamentaryTaxation c ommittees passed some laws that attempted to strengthen thegrip of the English crown. I.That his Majestys subjects in thesecolonies, owe the same loyalty to the Crown of Great Britain that isowing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordinationto that august body, the Parliament of Great Britain. This statement canbe used as a summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congresshad initiated. The statement depicts the colonists has having to besubmissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this policy angeredthe colonists very much, and was another component of the transition ofthe colonists rights and liberties.When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766, many colonieswere attempting to claim that they were seceding from England. Whereasseveral of the houses of representatives in his Majestys colonies andplantations in America, restrain of late, against law, or to the generalassemblies of the same, the sole and exclusive right of imposin g dutiesand taxes upon his Majestys subjects in the said colonies....be itdeclared ...., that the said colonies and plantations in America, havebeen, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and open uponthe imperial Crown and Parliament of Great Britain.The Parliament of course denounced the attempt at independance andstill dogmatilcally passed the following law to show that the colonistswere still british subjects. Again, the colonists were ferocious andlater will resist the british imperialism on the colonies. All before,are calculated to regulate trade, and preserve prpromote a mutuallybeneficial intercourse amongst the several constituent parts of the