Chapter 5 Question 2

2. The era of Revolution was mainly based on the colonies paranoia of the losing their liberties and Britain losing control and being in debt. After the War, Britain had a national debt of 130 million pounds. Already Britain was already the most heavily taxed society in the world during this time. unable to just handle the debt, Grenville believed that the colonist should pay for its costs. So in order to just maintain the colonies Grenville passed the various taxation laws. The colonies feared for their liberties because the different taxation were being passed without any representation of the colonies of the colonies. Grenville also brought the soldiers into the colonies instead of protecting the borders. The colonist feared that the soldiers were just there to enforce laws that were unconstitutional instead of protecting them.