... money, which over time, made the colonists feel very unappreciated. Their discontentment towards the mercantilist system was an underlying factor in the causes of the revolution. Parliament outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Act in 1774 that the colonists soon called the Intolerable Acts. Some of the laws under the Coercive Acts, which had economic repercussions ... ...

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... , the egregious impunity according to which Lords acted, left a disentitling taste to many in Upper Canada, "while few sympathized with the rebels tactics many others could not ignore the blatant corruption and injustice by local Lords and politicians" (Baker 1988, p. 15). As a way to set an example, the ruling of Chief Justice Sir John Robinson, incredibly influenced by the ... ...

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... organized protests instigated by Parliamentary policies. Other methods of direct and indirect taxation aroused the colonist's growing rebellious spirits. The Tea and Townshend Acts supported the revolutionary cause in their blatant British economic favor. In an obvious protest against the East India Co. monopoly set up by Parliament, a number of Patriots dressed as Indians and snuck aboard British ships to dump ... ...

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... , so that it would not compete with the rapidly expanding industry in Great Britain" "(Brinkley 105). In addition to these impetuses, the colonists were angered by England's excessive taxation and blatant desire to raise revenue. Taxes imposed under the rule of George III, such as the Sugar Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, and the Townshend Acts of 1767 ... ...

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