Part one of term paper
17th century England could have never known that its territorial expansion would be the downfall of its global dominance. Each land charter that was granted in the New World was, in a sense, a ticket for rebellion. The urge for separation began to grow among the settlers long before the War of Independence. And when England took notice of th ...

Part two of term paper
... So in 1774, they imposed two laws on taxation called the Currency and Sugar Acts. The British did not feel that these laws were enough, and the very next year they passed the momentous Stamp Act. This law required that the colonists pay a tax on anything that was printed, which caused a great amount of anger and resistance among the settlers. They pulled together and created the Stamp Act Congress, which was one of the first feats of defiance towards England. The colonies had begun to see themselves ...