Learn Liberty's video: America s Founding Ep 3: Taxes Abuse of Power

JOIN our PATREON page and help us explore the ideas of a free society. You will get access to exclusive videos, polls, Q&A's, behind-the-scenes, Learn Liberty merch and so much more. Sign up on https://www.patreon.com/learnliberty/ Welcome to Episode 3 of America's Founding. The colonists got sick and tired of the increase in taxes and encroachment on their freedoms. It may have been the last straw. One major grievance colonists had against England is the one most people remember learning about in school: taxes. But the concern that radicalized the colonists was less about taxes per se, and more about power. In the decade before the revolution, Parliament passed a series of new, unprecedented taxes on colonists to try to pay down their debt from the French & Indian War. In doing so, they were claiming powers to directly tax and control the colonies in a way they had never done before. Prof. Sarah Burns explains how this was perceived as a pattern of steady encroachment on freedom, as colonists became afraid that these increased powers would become permanent. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/32HUbvt FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.facebook.com/LearnLiberty/ https://twitter.com/LearnLiberty https://www.instagram.com/learnliberty/ LEARN LIBERTY: Learn Liberty is an educational hub where you can explore the ideas of a free society. We look at the big questions about what makes a society prosper and how we can make the world a freer place for all. We don’t have all the answers - but we’ve got a lot of ideas. We work with professors from a range of backgrounds while giving them a platform to share their own opinions. In 2019, Learn Liberty was acquired by Students For Liberty from the Institute for Humane Studies. Learn more at https://www.learnliberty.org/