by the business." If the British government was to start taxing the colonies and getting their hands into American business, then their money problems would come closer to being relieved.
             In 1764, a British official informed colonists that even though they had not elected members to Parliament, and even though they had no direct contact with them, the colonists would continue to be represented by Parliament. Parliament represented the political interests of everyone who lived in the British Empire, and it was irrelevant whether or not everyone had cast a vote. However, Americans felt that since members of Parliament could not think like Americans, they had no business representing them. At the time, this was not a big problem for the colonies, but in retrospect, this line of thinking on Britain's behalf, would prove to be the planting of the revolutionary seed in the American soil.
             In 1763, King George III, appointed George Grenville to become Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer. His sole purpose was to reduce England's huge debt. In 1764, Grenville introduced the Sugar Act. This act revised the Navigation Act duties that were placed on items such as sugar and tea. The purpose of this act was to discourage smuggling, bribery, and other illegalities that prevented the Navigation Acts from being profitable. "Grenville's efforts towards the Sugar Act were but the first cautious steps toward his final purpose." This was a clever scheme that Grenville came up with, but the colonists saw right through this. They knew that this act was designed to produce revenue for England by means of these customs duties. The colonists felt this was a direct violation of their rights and privileges and they had the right of assessing their own taxes. In other words, the colonists felt that there should be no taxation without representation; an ideal which would become more significant over the nex...