Stamp Act

The earlier conflict between the British and the American Colonies began when the British combined some of the major colonies and named them the Dominion of New England. England appointed one governor for this new colony, who was the previous governer of New York. This did not last long however, because he was eventually overthrown and put in jail. He only favored the views of the Protestants and not the Puritans. Once he was put into jail, the colonies were able to go back to the way they once were and govern themselves. There was a big change made in the American Colony lifestyle once the new rules were imposed. Instead of having each colony govern themselves they all had one set of rules, which was a brand new idea for the colonists. The stamp act was seen as unacceptable because England only wanted to put a "stamp" on every product produced in America because it was an easy way for them to make money by being across the ocean. The Virginia House of Burgess probably rejected the last three resolutions that the Stamp Act Congress had came up with because they only pertained to certain people, and those people were the British and not the people who lived in the colonies. The people from the Congress made the people from Britain seem as though they were above those of the colonies.