An Examination Of The Colonist s Retaliation Against...

An Examination of the Colonist’s Retaliation against British Crown’s Taxation The American colonies were justified in their response to the taxes King George III and Parliament applied on the colonist as Britain allowed this new world to form its own reality and sense of independence by refusing to financially support the colonies and ignoring the large gap that developed over time between the colonies and Britain. For years Britain’s economy reaped the rewards of financial gain through the laws of the Navigation Acts which forced the use of only British vessels for trade between the Britain and its colonies and the Triangle Trade which Britain and its colonies and Africa traded between themselves for slaves, raw goods and manufactured products. During this time Britain’s concern for a relationship with its colonies diminished and as time passed so did the colonists sense of being British. As more immigrants from other nations settled in the colonies and children born in this new land became adults, being British lessened. This new blended generation romanced new religious ideas and explored theories on free will and democracy during the Enlightenment period, which led to the disenchantment of the colonies with a monarch led government. Britain struggled with control and power over the colonies as it became unclear who was governing the colonies and Britain focused only on its law s over shipping and British ports to maintain funds for the crown and soon neglected