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The American colonies opposed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts because they?
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forced the colonists to pay taxes.
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Why did great Britain enact the Sugar Stamp Declaratory and Townshend acts and why did the colonists oppose these?
The revenue acts were designed to raise funds from the colonies for Britain and its contract companies. In some cases, this was explained as restitution for the costs of maintaining military forces in America. Many colonists were upset because they had no say over the passage or enforcement of these acts, because they had no direct representation in Parliament. This continuing quarrel between Britain and the colonies eventually provoked armed rebellion in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783).
What were two southern colonies initially opposed to slavery?
The colonies of Georgia and North Carolina initially opposed slavery. However once plantations begin being built there was a need for cheap labor and slavery was accepted.
Compare the arguments of northerners with southerners who opposed abolitionism?
they opposed the african american slavery
What factors contributed to England's establishment of colonies on the North American continent?
Laws of primogeniture; national pride following England's defeat of the Spanish armada; the warmer climate of North America as opposed to the bleak coast of Newfoundland.
How did the colonists respond to the Atamp Act and the Townshend Act?
The colonists were opposed to any tax imposed on them by Great Britain. In addition to voicing their opposition, the colonists also boycotted trade with Great Britain.
The Thirteen American Colonies opposed the Sugar Act Stamp Act and Townshend acts was based on their claim that Britain?
was taxing them without representation.
What type of tax was the townshend act?
The Townshend Acts were a type of external tax. The Townshend Acts were enacted in 1767 and the colonists were opposed to it.
Colonist who opposed independence for the American colonies at the time of the American Revolutionary War?
Loyalist
Why did colonist oppose the townshend acts?
because they wanted too. they love Britain. comment
Why did the colonist opposed the stamp act and townshend act?
because it taxed needed things like glass paper paint lead and tea
Why did American opposed imperialism?
Because it is opposed to the concept of individual freedom.
Who opposed the reforms of the enlightenment because they feared independent think?
governors of the colonies
Why was letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania written?
They were in opposition to the Townshend's Acts imposed by British Palliament on the 13 Colonies. Their purpose was to raise revenue to pay for the heavy cost of keeping an Arny in place in the American Colonies and were also intended to restrict trade and smuggling into the colonies. They were opposed by the colonists and led to the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution on the premise that taxation without Representation were affront to the British Citizens in America. The letters by John Dickinson forsaw a justification for the colonies to break away from the mother country if "further submission will be destructive to their happiness."
In the American colonies did Loyalists oppose or support the American Revolution?
They opposed the Revolution. (Loyalists were loyal to Britain.)
Why were some American opposed to constitution?
because they had american revolutionary of the war is British.
What was George Grenville's first action against the colonies?
As Prime Minister of England, George Grenville was responsible for the Stamp Act of 1765, which taxed the American colonies. The colonists opposed the tax because their representatives had not been consulted about the Stamp Act.
What American politician became vice president because he opposed communism?
Richard Nixon is an American politician became the vice president of the United States because he opposed communism.
