s were awoken once again, when in 1767, Townshend suspended the New York Assembly. His justification for suspending the Assembly was “a reaction to the colonist’s inability to follow the Quartering Act”. The Americans were infuriated when they rebelled before in hopes of reform, they instead received more oppression and restriction of civil liberties from England. If these factors had not intersected in the ways that they did, the Americans would most likely not have rebelled in 1776. First, they needed to have a spirit of revolution in their minds, which was provided to them by John Locke and then was justified religiously by the Bible. Second, Britain had to take measures that would instigate and anger the people. The did this when they restricted their civil liberties in various Acts. Finally, there had to be measures taken that were so oppressive and unjust that it would unify the Americans to rebel against Britain, which happened when Britain taxed without their consent, and ultimately, when they crossed the line and killed innocent Bostonians in protest. ...
