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During the 18th century, the American colonists were having negative views of their mother country, Britain. The colonist's rights as englishmen were being withered away more and more as Britain kept imposing more strict controls on them. The colonists had a right to be treated as englishmen, as said in the virginia company charter, and england wasnt holding up their end of the bargain. __The Colonists efforts in becoming an independent nation from britain can be completely ratified because of britains harsh acts enforced upon the colonies.__

Many acts were pasted after the 7 years war so that England could have a strong hold over the colonies. Thousands of soldiers were within the colonies, so George III deemed it fit to impose a list of acts on the settlers. Acts such as the tea act and sugar act really affected the colonists, but only raised their anger a little. However, after the stamp act had been passed, the colonists became outraged because this was the first direct tax aver imposed by england. Now not just the commoners were involved, but the upper class of the colonies was being directly effected and was ready to take down Britain. They felt as if all of their newly found rights they had aquired in the new world had been snatched away by the counrty they fleed from. These acts encouraged colonists to stand up and create their own nation seperated from Britain.

King George III began to see that his subjects in the colonies were greatly opposed to his acts. Events such as the Boston tea party were seen as terrorist attacks in the kings eyes, while the colonists viewed them as a great monuemental days. In response to the colonists recent uproars, the king passed three very harsh, controlling acts. The Coersive act is passed and directly effects the ports of Boston, no one comes in or out. This greatly angers the Bostonians because they can no longer fish or recieve imports and the feel more enclosed by the british. The Declaratory act is passed after the stamp act is marked inafective and this act gives a great amount of power britain. Now the King could pass any law he wanted and the colonists had no say. The Quebec act, or the tipping of the kettle for the colonists, is passed and this is pretty much a slap in the face to the colonists. They work extremely hard in the seven years war to remove the french from the ohio river vally and their mother country which whom they fought side by side with allows the french back into their land. The colonists are in true disbelief that their own mother country would betray them like that. These are other reasons why the colonists are rebelling and revolutionizing against Britain.

The colonists were pushed over the edge by king george III. His methods of taxation were not thouth out well at all and proved to turn his colonists against him even more. His brutal stamp and Quebec acts were completely going against the virginia company charter and took away the colonists englishmen rights. Therefore, the colonists efforts in becoming an independent nation can be ratified because of britains harsh taxations and the king trying to be too controlling.