taxes+and+daily+life

Who:** who suffered most from these taxes? The taxes ultimatly started the protests and disagreements. They marked the beginning of the Revolution. Who:** I'll ask Ms. Horn and Ms. Brem for help in finding information. I could also ask Ms. Brolan for facts about my topic.
 * 1.** Taxes during the Revolution
 * 2. What I already know:**
 * Who:** The colonists
 * What:** The British taxed the colonists
 * Where:** The colonies
 * When:** during the revolutionary era
 * Why:** The british wanted to pay off their debt
 * How:** the British placed acts on the colonies
 * 3.** **What I want to know (research questions):
 * What:** What did the british do to enforce these taxes?
 * Where:** Where did the taxes hurt the colonies the most?
 * When:** When did the first tax take place?
 * Why:** Why did the British enforce these taxes so strictly?
 * How:** How did the taxes affect the colonists daily lives?
 * How did this impact the Revolution, or how did the Revolution affect this?**
 * 4.** **My research strategy:
 * What:** expert websites, databases, encyclopedias, books, textbook, social studies teacher.
 * When:** During class or on my own if I need to.
 * Where:** The CTMS library and on any computer for online resources.
 * How:** I'll use my thesis statement and questions to find things that would be useful to my topic and would help me with my paper.
 * Key words for searching:** "taxes daily life" "daily life taxes" "revolution taxes" revolution tax" "tax revolution" "acts taxes" "taxes acts" "revolution and daily life" "revolution taxes and daily life" "daily life and revolution taxes"

Draft Taxes played a major role in the American Revolution whether it was taxation without representation, acts placed on the colonies, or the protests that came out of the taxes. Even now many citizens get upset about taxes enforced by the American government; one can only imagine what it was like for the colonists to be taxed by a faraway government in which they had no say. Taxes influenced the American Revolution by fueling the tensions between Britain and the colonies and ultimatly starting the war. The debt imposed turned into much more, when the colonists started wondering why they had no say in how to pay off the debt. Great Britain turned to the colonies to pay off their debt after the French and Indian war.(Todd, Anne) The debt gained from the French and Indian war caused the taxes to be placed on the colonies and ultimatly started the colonists anger toward Britain.The colonists had no say in Parliament, therefore they believed colonial lawmakers should take part in deciding which taxes the colonies would follow.(Todd, Anne)When Britain started placing taxes on the colonies without their constent, the idea of taxation without representation started and the colonists started getting fed up. They believed for England to impose these taxes, they needed representation in Parliament. (Kent, Deborah)The different groups formed because of this based on their beliefs. The Stamp Act was the turning point for the colonists. It marked the period where the colonists questioned their relationship with Britain greatly and revolted against the taxes.(Bortman, Eli C.)The Stamp Act was the first and most important tax on the colonies because it showed them how powerful Britain was and the hold on the colonies became tighter.The first act placed on the colonies was the Sugar Act, this placed taxes on sugar and then shortly after was the Stamp Act which taxed legal documents.(Hooker, Richard)The Townshend Acts made it hard for trade, because the imported goods were now much more money. People everywhere suffered from this tax, because of how many things were taxed.Parliament trys to enforce an indirect tax on the colonies called the Townshend Acts. These acts effected the colonists daily life because of how heavly they hit the colonies. The colonists reacted peacefully and violently with boycotts. (Bortman, Eli C)The Townshend Acts is when the colonists were hit very hard, making them even more upset with Britain. Their relationship suffered even greater as people started revolting against the British. The taxes played a major role in protests and boycotts across the nation, many colonists wanted to express their anger toward the taxes whether the protest be violent or peaceful. The Boston Massacre started as a protest against British soliders and the taxes. During this event severel colonists were shot and killed by British soldiers, resulting in many colonists even more upset with Britain.(History.com)The taxes caused this protest which revolted in the death of many colonists. All together the many taxes caused people's lives to change and many to come to an end.The colonists hated the Tea Act greatly and all it brought, so in 1773 the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor as a major protest to the act.(History.com. )The Boston Tea Party was a way to show the British that the colonists were done with Britain's tightening control. It was a major form of protest during this time. Taxes were the reason the American Revolution started and why the colonists questioned their relationship with Britain. Taxation without representation, the acts, and protests all played a major role in taxes and in the history of the war. Without the influence of taxes, history might have been very different today.

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