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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8997778" data-attributes="member: 177">That's... so small a part of what was going on as to be kind of misleading.First - recall that up to about 1760, the Colonies were largely unbothered by the Crown.&nbsp; So, there was a precedent that got broken, as the Crown started to try to turn the colonies into a direct source of revenue.Then, 1765 - the Stamp Act.&nbsp; This was a tax on official documents and most printed things.&nbsp; This tax's express purpose was to pay for British Troops in the Americas after the French and Indian War.&nbsp; Except, the colonies already paid a lot for that war, and didn't fear an invasion by the French, and, as folks all know - the colonies had no say in the government that levied the taxes..There was a big to-do, and the Stamp Act was repealed.1767 and 1768 - the Townshend Acts.&nbsp; These were a collection of taxes, none of which were about funding the military.&nbsp; They were about paying judges and governors to stay loyal to the crown, punishing New York for disobeying the Quartering Act that placed soldiers in the homes of private citizens, enforcing trade regulations, and generally proving that the British Government had the right to tax the colonies, representation or no.&nbsp; The Townshend acts were spitefulResistance to the Townshend Acts led to the Boston Massacre. Most of the Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770, but a tax on tea was left.Then, in 1773, the Tea Act - again, not about funding the military, but about supporting the British East India Company, get Colonists to buy tea that was taxed (as opposed to tea obtained despite the East India Company's legally-supported monopoly) again, to establish that right f taxation, representation or not.That led to the Boston Tea Party, and the British response to that which ultimately led to war.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8997778, member: 177"] That's... so small a part of what was going on as to be kind of misleading. First - recall that up to about 1760, the Colonies were largely unbothered by the Crown. So, there was a precedent that got broken, as the Crown started to try to turn the colonies into a direct source of revenue. Then, 1765 - the Stamp Act. This was a tax on official documents and most printed things. This tax's express purpose was to pay for British Troops in the Americas after the French and Indian War. Except, the colonies [I]already paid[/I] a lot for that war, and didn't fear an invasion by the French, and, as folks all know - the colonies had no say in the government that levied the taxes.. There was a big to-do, and the Stamp Act was repealed. 1767 and 1768 - the Townshend Acts. These were a collection of taxes, none of which were about funding the military. They were about paying judges and governors to stay loyal to the crown, punishing New York for disobeying the Quartering Act that placed soldiers in the homes of private citizens, enforcing trade regulations, and generally proving that the British Government had the right to tax the colonies, representation or no. The Townshend acts were [I]spiteful[/I] Resistance to the Townshend Acts led to the Boston Massacre. Most of the Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770, but a tax on tea was left. Then, in 1773, the Tea Act - again, not about funding the military, but about supporting the British East India Company, get Colonists to buy tea that was taxed (as opposed to tea obtained despite the East India Company's legally-supported monopoly) again, to establish that right f taxation, representation or not. That led to the Boston Tea Party, and the British response to that which ultimately led to war. [/QUOTE]

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