1. Sugar Act Currency Act Stamp Act Quartering Act George Grenville’s Program,
Q-> What was the extent of Parliament’s authority over the colonies?? Absolute? OR Limited? Q-> How could the colonies give or withhold consent for parliamentary legislation when they did not have representation in that body?? Theories of Representation
Loyal Nine Sons of Liberty – began in NYC: Samuel Adams Stamp Act Congress – 1765 * Stamp Act Resolves Declaratory Act – 1766 Stamp Act Crisis
1767 William Pitt, P. M. & Charles Townshend, Secretary of the Exchequer. A Tax these imports paper, paint, lead, glass, tea. Townshend Duties Crisis:
1. John Dickinson 1768 * Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania 2 nd non-importation movement: * “Daughters of Liberty” * spinning bees 3. Riots against customs agents: * John Hancock’s ship, the Liberty. * 4000 British troops sent to Boston. Colonial Response to the Townshend Duties
Tar and Feathering
Townshend Act Repealed! Repeal of the Townshend Acts Prime Minister Lord North repealed the Townshend Acts, except for the tax on tea.
The Boston Massacre ( March 5,1770 ) Crispus Attucks ( ): He was one of the colonials involved in the Boston Massacre and first killed. As a result he was treated as a martyr.
Carolina Regulators (1764–71), in American colonial history, vigilance society dedicated to fighting exorbitant legal fees and the corruption of appointed officials in the frontier counties of North Carolina. Battle of Alamance: May An army of the North Carolina government put down the rebellion of the Carolina Regulators at Alamance Creek. The leaders of the Regulators were executed as a result.
The Gaspee Incident (1772) Providence, RI coast
Committees of Correspondence Purpose warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Br. broaden the resistance movement.
Tea Act (1773) 8 British East India Co.: Monopoly on Br. tea imports. Many members of Parl. held shares. Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!) 8 North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.
Boston Tea Party (1773) Governor Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts: Royal Governor of Massachusetts from 1771 to 1774 & supporter of Parliament's right to tax, and his home had been burned by a mob during the Stamp Acts riots in In 1773 his refusal to comply with demands to prohibit an East India Company ship from unloading its cargo precipitated the Boston Tea Party.
The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774) Lord North 1. Boston Port Bill 2. Massachusetts Government Act 4. Administration of Justice Act 3. New Quartering Act
The Quebec Act (1774)
First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act? 1 vote per colony represented.
First Continental Congress (1774) Suffolk Resolves: Approved by the First Continental Congress it nullified the Coercive Acts, closed royal courts, ordered taxes to be paid to colonies instead of the royal government, and set up local militias. Galloway Plan: A plan proposed at the First Continental Congress that would have created an American parliament appointed by colonial legislatures. It was defeated by one vote. Continental Association: Created by the First Continental Congress, it enforced the non- importation of British goods. It was meant to pressure England to repeal the Coercive Acts.
The British Are Coming... Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.
The Shot Heard ’ Round the World ! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775
The Second Continental Congress (1775) Olive Branch Petition
Thomas Paine : Common Sense
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Declaration of Independence
Independence Hall
New National Symbols