Grievance 16
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Billy English
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- Grievance 16"For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world"
- 1651
- I am King George. I want to make money off the colonies.
- I will impose a law (The Navigation Act) that will force the colonists to have all imports and exports go through Britain
- That way, I can impose tarriffs and taxes on the goods and products.
- King George is busy and far away. I will just keep on trading with whomever I want.
- He He He
- Colonial Merchant
- COLONIAL TRADE HIGHWAY--DO NOT CROSS!
- Benign Neglect
- I just lost lots of money in the Seven Years War. I will start enforcing the Navigation Acts in the colonies to make some money off them
- 1764
- The colonists are smuggling behind my back! I will raise taxes on imports and try smugglers in a special court (Townshend Act)
- 1767
- But we have no representation in Parliament. Taxation without representation is tyranny!
- 1775
- The colonists have dumped tea into Boston harbor and destroyed my property. I will punish them by cutting off all trade, even to Britain!
- Did you hear about the new laws imposed by the King?
- There have been so many tyrannical laws lately, I don't know which laws you mean
- He has forbidden us to trade with any nation except England. Imagine!
- That's not fair! We need to trade with other nations to grow our economy.
- That is exactly what old George wants. He wants to weaken our economy so we are dependent on him.
- I say, that is intolerable! We MUST break our bond with Britain.
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