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Proclamation Act 1763 |
Proclamation line created a line from the Atlantic ocean to the Green line was for theAmericans, and the other part of the land was not for people to move west – it was forthe Indians.
They have to have licenses to trade with the Indians in that region This is how the colonists made money and brought back furs and important items likethat American’s could no purchase land There wasn’t anyone who wasn’t offended by this |
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The Grenvile Program 1763-1766 |
George Grenville process the program of the british |
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Tax Program |
Land was already heavily taxed colonists didnt pay as much as the mother country tax on things now they started putting taxes on anything they could think of because they had to support the military tey put taxation on at least 25% of tax was imposed on goods tabacco, beer, linen, food, sugar |
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Response to the acts |
Measure of industry- make more stuff- so they wouldnt have to import British stuff so they wont get taxed come up with contest and prizes and everyone would create industries |
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response to the acts |
frugality- funerals-how much money you want to spend on the funeral so you can spend alot or a little funerals were a big family deal gloves were a symbolic thing for a funeral funeral money was cut when taxes from britain came very public with funerals march from the church around the streets ad then end up at cemetery |
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Constitutional Implications |
Americans were not traded in the constitution because of Precedents Britain does not have a constitution people had to rebel when something went on |
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Post office act of !713 |
dealing with a given service americans said this is our lan and u cant tac us for our land they claimed it was thei land because they spilled the land to have it |
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Taxation without Representation |
they had to be apart of the government system before they can tax them but they werent even apart of the govern. british assume they were going to get away with this from the americans |
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Gordon Wood |
most important history of the world democracy 1st Gentleman wealth education talk and walk a specific way |
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Stamp Act |
March 22 1765 bill came out doesnt go into affect until nov 1 duty on stamps- paper product, marriage license, cards, stamps commissioners are to make sure everything is getting taxed, legal first direct tax to the people |
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Opposition |
starts in March goes till decemeber aug announces in boston that liberty died when the act went into effect oct 31- boston meats they would not import any british goods as long as the stamp act was in effect paphlets- skull and corss bones mark on items that people would put on to say "we will not pay the tax" |
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The Official Stamp Act Congress |
Oct 19, 1765 |
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Funerals for Liberty |
ring church bells would start march through the whole town and streets hole in ground and they would put the liberty in the ground because liberty was dead the box would shake and liberty would come out of the grave, because it was still alive, and she would arise and they would celebrate about the community |
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Mock Executions |
Stamp commissioners force the make the stamps happen they would be executed pretend like they would make a scare crow type person and identify it as a person they knew they would hang them and put them up on being burned on the stake scare them away from doing your job some violence occured to a commissioner- house was attacked, harassment |
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Sons of Liberty |
active groups with resistance to the British tax's |
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Samuel Adams |
very solid biblical believer very aggressive with hanging threatening people |
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Impact of Opposition |
Parliament repelled the act |
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Declaratory Act |
Declared that they could still regulate the colonies but they will take away the tax |
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Townshend Program 1767-1770 |
Passed more tax programs opposition- boycotting, passive resisentce |
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Boston Massacre |
Soldiers in the streets Quartering act- soldiers can stay in ones house lost of reports on harassment of women boston streets have no lamps at night Private pain heard Garish and struck him in the ear and another one hits garish word spread and 20 guys come and talk to the soldiers snowball is thrown overall 11 ppl get hit right away only 5 die 3 die instantly and two others within a few days |
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John Adams |
Lawyers for the British gave a fair defense for the British |
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Crisis of 1773 - Boston tea party |
Tea act was passed in 1773 taxes were removed in the tea act this was parliaments act of taking away from commodities that were already taxed they got a lot of commotion east india company sells tea at a lower price than any other company in american gave thema a monopoly for americans to buy tea in a reduced rate |
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boston tea act |
nov 28 first ships cam in carrying tea in the harbor had 28 days to enfore taxes nov 29 sam adams has a meeting with 5,000 guys post duty or loose product americans dont want tea off the dock dec 17 decide they will do somethin |
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boston tea act |
dec 17 1773 get 40 guys dressed as native americans and board the ships and take out the tea and throw it in the water 3 ships and 111 chest of tea thrown out of the ship "the beaver" 228 chest were thrown over entirely 90,000 lbs of team total were thrown over in water gets back to englan jan 27 huge expense to the british empire |
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coercive acts or intolerable acts |
Boston port act- no products can be on it mass gov act- shut down electe ousinc and stopped them from making laws in their community administrative of justice act- trial held in englan quatering act- soldies can go into houses take them feed them hoouse them |
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coercive acts or intolerable acts
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quebec act- catholic religion in canada quebec came into vermont and new hampshire it was instituting that americans were saying that was american colony zones catholic bishop was in place |
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coercive acts or intolerable acts Opposition act
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neglecting englan their blood and asestors died tring tocome over natural rights put a british pope canada |
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Opposition |
americans respond with verbal argument still refuse to take on british goods |
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Prelude to War (Social structure) northern |
very relgious made up of families patriarchal based around communities import society |
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Prelude to war (social structure) southern |
not as many people distance between rich and poor owning and working for the person owning the land slavery system very racists slave system based on the status of their mom tabacco growing community court days everyone wants to know whats going on executuion building community horse racing exporting society |
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First continental congress |
Sept 5 all but georgia sent representatives meetings last till end of october figure out how to unite 13 colonies to combad the british position |
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First continental congress |
oct 14 adopted the declaration of rights made an importation list |
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Moral program |
1st congress establishes this: put viture into the people of america because only they can gover society northern people say god fearing people southern people will say they arent caring debt they are virtuous |
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Theater (fcc) |
Movement to expel theater english message that threaten women in plays the audience was corrupted through deception |
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Cockfighting |
roosters fight each other did breading it would take place in a pit fight till one dies attach metal spurs on feet use silver metal spurs gambling would happen cheating and dishonesty made this illegal |
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Horse racing |
Gambling undermining value people try to hurt other people rich imposing difficult situtations on the poor its about hae a status made this illegal |
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Slavery (fcc) |
they were dealing if slavery was creating less virtuous people working all day horrible weather |
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Limited authority (fcc) |
continental congress did not ave government authority |
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Social ostracism (limited authority fcc) |
if someone viloates being a virtuos person their name gets posted in the public square |
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Tar and feathers (limited authority fcc) |
stripped the offender down to waste, paint tar, put feathers on them, walking around in a wagon around the community tilll u repent |
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Lexington and concord (lexington) |
april 19 first shot of the revolutionary war tensions are mounting- west of boston british are tired of colonist ot obeying they heard there was a large pile of gun powder 20 miles away |
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General Gage |
general for british we asked to go get the gun powder he decides to take 16 companies in 2 divisions, he started to lead them and come up with a plan to get the powder |
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Lexington and concord (paul revere) |
april 16 rode to lexington to warn hancock that something is coming he decided to stop at the church in boston and gage kepts all his plans secret april 18 he starts moving |
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Lexington and concord ( lexington april 19) |
soldiers left show up early morning tell eeryone to lay down their arms but americans say no and a shot broke out and soldiers start firing first british soldier shoot and american for being subordinate 8 americans were dead and 10 wounded americans shot a horse but british mainly killed americans flee british fired shots into the town |
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Concord |
April 20 end up here trying to find gun powder cant find it started fire in the blacksmith shop 400 guys end up on the other side of the concord river have some structure of organization british decide to come after and made huge mistakes sodliers cant swim, scared of water |
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concord on the bridge |
all go on the bridge and americans pick them off as they hit the middle spot of the bridge they continue to do this but make no progress americans killed 3 wounded 9 and added on this number the militia retreated and showed up in the morning and fired and the british just lost its military structure |
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British retreat |
6 miles from boston brisith are leaving in packs of people and they try to run to boston american militia men picked off red coasts ad they ran by in the woods british getting wounded menotomy: small town british soldiers went into house raped women and hurt people stole things and chopped off heads |
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British retreat out come |
british has 273 dead and american has 95 men dead |
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First steps to independence |
2nd continental congress- first gov. of the US |
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George washington (final steps to independence) |
asked to be commande of army chose him because of the french and indian war he didnt want to be paid was sent to boston to help organize military |
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Common sense (First steps to independence) |
thoomas paine document most rational thing for colonies to be an independent country british doing this to americans and they dont know whats going on here adults killing off young gov is not necessary, born free society, get something to stop ppl from harming other people |
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Join or die |
Ben Franklin in 1776 |
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Republicanism |
people voted fro a representative that represent the poeple trunk hated society wealth and the poor middling growth authority concepts of enlghtenment |
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Thomas paines common sense |
Window of opportunity- if british focus their military onto american as they policy it probablt is a little harder to stop republicanism- idea of ideal of republicanisn, best form of gov. that theworld can come up with no founder of american that would say lets move to democracy good gov is bad, gov will always inade your life sold all his items or copies half a million copys sold |
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Sam Adams |
Hoped for a christian Sparta |
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State consitutions |
were overlooked may 10 1776 2nd continental congress used authority moved state government new go. were under the authorityof the ppl seperation of powers and nills of rights goernor and legislator john adams says this was a huge step in making independece in one government |
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Declaration of indpendence |
colonist believed there would be only one ultimate authority had a hard time figuring out who it was 13 individual states declaring indpeneced in one gov |
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Jeffersons adds (D.O.I) |
better writer passed on july 2 1776 july 4 was the recognition |
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Enlightenment |
Clergy slavery engage with ppl who are slaves as people slavery is part of the kings world talk about freedom and liberation |
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Reigious Impliactions |
love prophecies- 18 century |
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Millennial Hopes |
catholics religion was known as the best second beast gerorge grenvile forcing the colonist to recieve stamps to sell goods british become anit chirst the devil the king became the outside christ |
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Theology Religious implications |
the god says if you do this they do that the cermins 1770s have a huge politcal agenda very paritoic new country under theology americans liberty is gods cost the revolutuion is signal |