- Britain had suspected the colonies of smuggling, thus enacting "writs of assistance"
- Britain would issue search warrants on the colonies' property - Britain began to pay off their debt first with the Sugar & Molasses Act (1764) - Later on, Britain had passed the Stamp Act, Currency Act & other policies (1764-1765) Such taxes and policies were considered "tyranny and consfication of private property" - (How The Boston Tea Party Sparked A Revolution, 49) The gathering and forming of the Stamp Act Congress would be an essential step to unifying as well as defining the colonies. It would foreshadow further revolution yet to come. - The Stamp Act Congress was gathered against British taxation - It would be the first meeting in the colonies that would bring unity - The meeting protested for taxation by consent and trial by jury |
- "I truly can have no property under which another can by right take from when he pleases, If our trade may be taxed, why not our lands? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of?" -Samuel Adams
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