How Parliamentary taxation, restriction of civil liberties, and British military measures promptes Americans to rebel in 1776.

‘Give me Liberty, or Give me Death’ is a speech made by Patrick Henry on March 23rd, 1775, that expressed his views and the views of many other colonists against what they thought was a tyrant British Parliament. The last lines of Henry’s speech, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” expresses that the colonists were willing to die for their freedom from Britain. Although the major factor that led the colonists to rebel in 1776 was parliamentary taxation, the other two factors were the restriction of civil liberties and the British military measures.
The Parliamentary taxation is an issue that the colonists had to face on constant basis from Britain. The taxation on the American colonies goes back to the Navigation Acts in 1660, but the taxation was not a major issue till the British directly taxed the Colonies with the Stamp Act that was an act simply to raise money for Britain. On November 1st, 1765, the Stamp A...