he southern colonies grew non-English products. One of the biggest tension aroused was that the colonies were kept in a state of perpetual economic adolescence and never allowed to come by age. After the Seven Years' War in 1763, Britain was forced to redefine its relationship with the American colonies. To defray the cost of war by one-third, Prime Minister George Grenville suggested that Britain began to tax the colonies. Britain first passed the Sugar Act of 1764, to raise revenue from sugar imported from the West Indies, but this was eventually lowered. Tension was also stirred up by the Quartering Act of 1765, which forced the colonies into providing food and housing for the British troops. That same year the Stamp Act was imposed on the colonies to raise revenues to support the new military force. This meant that taxes were placed on all documents. These taxes and Acts outraged the colonies because they felt that there should be no taxation without representation. However, Parliament claimed that the colonies were virtually represented by people in Britain because they were all British. Eventually, in 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. The Townshed Acts were passed, imposing a tax on tea that would be used to pay the salaries of the royal governors and judges in America. These Acts and taxes increased tension and resulted in the Boston "Massacre", in which 11 "innocent" citizens were killed, by a squad of about 10 redcoats (33-34).Unity among the colonies played a particularly large portion in the revolution. Benjamin Franklin shows this in his publication of "Join or Die" cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette (66). It symbolizes that as separate parts the colonies could not defeat Britain, but as one they could. An observant Church of England clergyman, Reverend Andrew Burnaby felt that if the colonies could not overcome their differences, how could they ever over come their problems with Britain. Reverend Burnaby scoffed at...
