Blog 3- Mama British

In our US history class, we are talking about the 7 years war and discussing if the British were justified in their treatment of the colonies after 1763. This colonial time is quite interesting and depending on which side you are thinking at, your position will be the total opposite. I personally believe that American revolution was not justified.

First, the taxes were imposed because of the French and indian war. that was fought by the British to protect the colonies against the french therefore, since the war was for the colonies’ benefit, the taxes were justified. The colonies were being provided with the best military protection from the most powerful country at that time. The cost of that service should be shared by the colonists as well.

Secondly, the British were not trying to take advantage of the colonists. - the British citizens living in the main land paid 50 times more tax than the colonists. the British were merely asking the colonists to share the burden a little bit. 

Lastly but certainly not the least, the tax acts such as Sugar Act and Stamp Act were put in place for the British government to start collecting taxes that they have ignored for a long period of time. The British government knew that the colonists were smuggling products such as sugar and molasses into the colonies without paying the taxes that were due - it was only out of generosity that the British government ignored the colonists’ illegal activities. Since the French and Indian War brought in vast new territory for the colonists to occupy and profit from, the colonists should have contributed to pay back the debt. 

These are the points that I would like to make for the statement. To sum up, I do believed that the British were justified in their treatment of the colonies after 1763 due to the following reasons. The taxes were imposed because of the French indian war and secondly, the British were not trying to take advantage of the colonies yet they were there to help and lastly the tax acts were there for the british government to get what they had to get from long time ago-they were just doing their job.