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British Attempts To Assert Imperial Authority Quick Recap: After the 7 Years’ War, Britain was in DEBT Britain sought to limit colonial expansion Proclamation Line of 1763

British Taxes On Colonies Stamp Act (1765): Tax on 50 commonly used goods - newspapers, playing cards, etc. Colonists responded with… Stamp Act Congress: Colonial boycotts of Stamp Act Tar and feather tax collectors Britain repealed the Stamp Act

British Taxes On Colonies Townshend Acts (1767): Taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paint After colonial boycotts, all but the tax on tea was overturned Tea Act (1773): Britain sought to bail out the British East India Company Tea was cheaper than smuggled tea, but colonists opposed it due to “No taxation without representation” Led to…. Boston Tea Party (1773): Sons of Liberty dressed as Natives and threw tea into the Boston Harbor Britain responded with…..

British Taxes On Colonies The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts: Closed the Port of Boston until damages were paid Led to the colonists forming the… 1st Continental Congress: Sought to redress grievances, go back to salutary neglect

How Did Colonial Leaders Justify Their Resistance To The British? Rights of British subjects: Rejected “Virtual representation” - idea that Parliament acted in the best interests of all British subjects Rights of the individual: Taxation, writs of assistance Local traditions of self-rule: Colonists could elect their legislatures, not British representatives Enlightenment Ideas: Consent of the Governed - John Locke “Life, liberty, and property”

Who Took Part In Independence Movement? Colonial leaders: Ben Franklin - argued America contributed significantly to the 7 Years’ War Victory Co-writer of the Declaration of Independence Helped gain support of France during American Revolution Popular Movements: Sons and Daughters of Liberty Boycott goods, “homespun” movement Patriots - those that were loyal to the independence movement Mercy Otis Warren - writer that urged independence

T-Paine’s Common Sense (1776) T-Paine was an author, originally born in England Wrote Common Sense - one of most influential writings in American history Challenged KG3, urged it was Common Sense to break away from the corrupt monarch A little island could not rule a larger continent Helped inspire…

Declaration Of Independence (1776) Inspired by Enlightenment ideas All men had natural rights “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness” America formally broke away from Britain Issued 1 year AFTER fighting at Lexington and Concord began

Quick Recap Taxes imposed by the British: Stamp Townshend Tea Colonial Reactions to British: Stamp Act Congress Boston Tea Party Justifications for Independence Common Sense Declaration of Independence

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