Geez, and here I thought it was because we were tired of taxation without representation, the quartering act, the stamp act...
That taxation without representation was tough. There was no income tax in the colonies. And Parliament, by defintion represented everyone under the British Crown. What you really mean is that they whined about having no directly elected representatives. And with our elected representatives, we now foot the bill for the entire Dept of Defense, while without elected representatives the Crown was looking for the colonies to pay for a fraction of what England was paying to defend the colonies. Brilliant! We evolved from the abuse of being asked to pay for a portion of our own defense to the freedom of paying for 100% of our own defense. I'm no MBA, but financially that doesn't sound like a good deal.
The Quartering Act.
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....and be it further enacted ... That this act ... shall continue and be in force in all his Majesty's dominions in America from [March 24, 1765] until [March 24, 1767]. Ended in Mar 1767. When did the American Revolution begin? 4 Jul 1776. The Quartering Act expired 9 years prior to the American Revolution. Further, there was one of the southern colonies that refused to comply with the Quartering Act. The British said, ok, no British troops to protect your prissy asses. [obviously, a paraphrase] The colony reconsidered and thought the Quartering Act was just fine.
The Stamp Act. - 1 Nov 1765 and repealed in 1766. The Stamp Act was repealed 10 years prior to the American Revolution.
totse.com We sure do hold a grudge. Revolting over two acts that expired nearly a decade before we revolt.
There was the abuse of the Boston Port Act. That's where the British thought that Boston should pay up for Sam Adams dumping tea into the Boston Port. Tax free tea, no less. We object to taxes and then when we get tax free tea, we dump it in the harbor. King George must have been dumbfounded. They get tax free tea and dump it in the harbor? Are these Americans crazy? What the hell do they want now, taxed tea?
The tariff free tea was a tax subsidy for the East India Tea Company. Are you inclined to start an armed revolution because the US subsidizes the cotton and steel industries?
You missed my favorite of the Intolerable Acts. The Quebec Act [22 Jun 1774]. historywiz.com
The Quebec Act did two things. Established the boundries of Quebec and allowed the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Quebec to freely practice their religion.
Which was intolerable to the American colonies? The boundries of Quebec or that Roman Catholics would be able to practice their religion?
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