events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The
conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed
as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more
intolerable. During the Seven Years' War England was not
only alarmed by the colonists' insistence on trading with
the enemy, but also with Boston merchants hiring James Otis
inorder to protest the legality of the writs of assistance
(general search warrants) used to hunt out smuggled goods.
"let the parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we
must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them, till
they will be pleased to relieve us....". This is a very
strong dictum, that in 1764, the colonists were of a
submissive nature, and were weakly pleading for self-
autonomy. This small fire of anger will become a huge
conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded.
On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and
Parliamentary Taxation committee's passed some laws that
attempted to strengthen the grip of the English crown.
"I.That his Majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the
same allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain that is owing
from his subjects born within the realm, and all due
subordination to that august body, the Parliament of Great
Britain." This statement can be used as a summation of the
entire document that the Stamp Act Congress had initiated.
The statement depicts the colonists has having to be
submissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this
policy angered the colonists very much, and was another
component of the transition of the colonists' rights and
liberties.
When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766,
many colonies were attempting to claim that they were
"seceding" from England. "Whereas several of the houses of
representatives in his Majesty's colonies and plantations in
America, have of late, against law, or to the general
assemblies...