![]() ![]() But after initially compromising on the Stamp Act, Parliament supported increasingly oppressive measures to force colonists to obey the new laws. ![]() Colonists felt that they were being treated as second-class citizens. ![]() Even when the taxes were relatively light, they met with stiff colonial resistance on principle, with colonists concerned that “taxation without representation” was tyranny and political control of the colonies was increasingly being exercised from London. Between 17, Parliament issued a series of taxes on the colonies, including the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Duties of 1766, and the Tea Act of 1773. In that conflict with France, Britain incurred an enormous debt and looked to its American colonies to help pay for the war. Even as late as June 1775, Thomas Jefferson said that he would "rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation upon earth, or than on no nation." īut this favorable relationship began to face serious challenges in the wake of the Seven Years' War. For most of the eighteenth century, the relationship between Britain and her American colonies was mutually beneficial. ![]() In return, colonists traded primarily with Britain, obeyed British laws and customs, and pledged their loyalty to the British crown. North America, and the West Indies.in 1763. ![]()
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