History...sugar Act, Etc

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George Grenville...

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proposed the Sugar Act-the first parlimentary act to raise revenue..chancellor of the exchequer.

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He proposed...

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George Grenville wanted to...

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stop salutory neglect and enforce laws

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no ignoring

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popular sovereignty

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the final right to rule is retained by the people

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Whigs

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Parliament controlled. Crown ruled in cooperation with them.

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Currency Act of 1764

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aimed mainly at VA. Forbade issuance of legal tender by all American colonies...nullified all acts of colonial assemblies contrary to it's terms..

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-Make different currency
-Shut-down colonial compresses
-Stop counterfeit money
-Taxes match (revenue coming in)
-Leadism (King, Parliament)
-Immediate act

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Stamp Act of 1765

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placed a tax on newspapers, maps, legal documents, etc. 1st PARLIMENTARY ACTION AIMED DIRECTLY AT AMERICAN COLONIES

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-Stamp of approval
-Taxes (4 cents to 65 cents)
-King saw the colonist as slaves
-Raise the mass produced (make more money)

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Daniel Dulany

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Wrote Considerations. Realized Parliament had right to tax colonists, but he denied its right to impose internal taxes on America to raise revenue since Americans weren't represented in parliament.

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consider the following

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Sons of Liberty

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organized against stamp act. Used violence to force stamp agents to resign their posts and merchants to cancel orders for British Goods.

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-Secret organization
-would go to the bar at night (smoke, socialize, talk bad about the king) only way they could escape
-Tory’s (believes everything the King says)
-Whigs (did not believe everything the King said)

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Nonimportation

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colonists would refuse to buy English goods until the Stamp Act was repealed

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Declatory Act of 1766

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Enacted same day Stamp Act was repealed. Declared Parliament had full authority to make laws binding the American colonists IN ALL CASES.

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-King made this Act basically to stop The Son’s of Liberty or anyone from talking behind his back
-Tory’s (were paid by the King)

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Quatering Act 1765

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not part of Grenville Acts...required civil authorities in the colonies to provide barracks for Brit troops. Second Act provided for billeting in inns,etc.

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Townshend Acts

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Charles Townshend-chancellor of exchequer. Placed import duties on such goods as glass, paint, paper and tea. Created more admirality courts. Suspended NY legistlature for refusal to comply with quartering act.

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*4 items (Taxed)
-Glass used for cups, plates, glasses, and windows
-Led used for bullets, and paint
-Tea
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Tea Act- May 1773

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Gave monopoly on tea to British East India Company. They could choose merchants to sell their tea.

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-Some colonist's began to bootlegging the tea

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Boston Tea Party

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THE DARTMOUTH. Sam Asams and others dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into harbor. Viewed as treason.

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-Dec. 13, 1773
-Through negoition the Son's of Liberty decided at the tavern to plan attack
-50 to 60 men dressed as Mohawks boarded the 3 boats and began to open up all 34 carts of tea and began to dump it in the harbor
-People of Boston didn't say a thing about the incident when questioned
-Mohawks were individual labors paid by the British
-Mohawks (tribe) and were friends with the British
-No time the King found out! At the time the boats were modernized enough to go back and forth (6 wks.)

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Coercive Acts

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Crown wanted to punish MA for BTP. Included Boston Port Bill, Administration of Justice Act, and the MA Government Act.

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Boston Port Bill

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A coercive act. Prohibited loading/unloading ships in Boston, except for food, fuel, and military supplies.

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Administration of Justice Act

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coercive act
protected Crown officials in MA by transferring their trials to London.

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Massachussetts Government Act

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coercive act
annulled MA charter. .

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Quebec Act

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Provided central govt. for 40,000 french-canadians. Religious toleration for Catholics. Only purely local tax for colonists. Extended Quebec to Ohio River, included portions of MA, VA, and CT.

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Quatering Act (newest)

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a coercive act
required colonists to house troops-Peoples were forced to house soldiers for free
-No option, No voice (3rd Amendment U.S. Constitution)
-Dont have anything (didnt matter, gave them what they wanted)
-Soldiers slept on the home owners bed (home owners slept else were)

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-Soldiers spys for the King (make sure nobody was trying to revolutionised plotting anything against him, talking behind his back)
-If you were caught by the spys (guilty of treason, executed, etc.)
-Wealthy outstanding people were soldiers
-Whigs were not arranged yet!

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First Continental Congress

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Delegates worked in secret...passed Suffolk Reserves.

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John Adams' Novanglus Letters

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expressed Dominion theory contending that American colonists were not part of the British realm and not subject to Parliament

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New England Restraining Act

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Forbade colonies from trading with anyone except Britain. Barred from New England fisheries. Thomas Gage requested more troops and advised King to suspend Coercive Acts.

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CPT John Parker

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scuffle with British at Lexington. Shot heard around the world was fired.

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Fort Ticonderoga

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Benedict Arnold took 400 men to attack artillery post. Ethan Allen also was there, but was unauthorized. British yielded.

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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Thomas Gge said any American who returned their loyalties to the crown would be pardoned. Committe of Safety attacked Gage on the Charleston peninsula moving to construct a redoubt on Breed's Hill.

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William Prescot

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led troops at bunker hill

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Count Vergennes

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French foreign minister, ascertained from Spanish minister that Spain was receptive to jointly secretly aiding the American colonists

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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Attempted to prevent whites from settling west of appalachians to simplify Indian relations

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Boston Massacre

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Fist fight between soldier and a worker...soldiers fired, killing 5, including Crispus Attacks.

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-March 5, 1776
-7 British soldiers attacked by 12 Bostians
-12 Bostians first started hitting w/snowballs then one decided to hide a rock in snow underneath his clothing and hit a soldier in the face
-In response shots rang out stirring commotion unfortunately one almost Free Black Man was shot and killed (Crispus ?) was a big deal b/c no African American was free at the time
-Barely abolition slavery (Pennsylvania states up North)
- 7 soldiers attacked (trial)
-Lawyer (John Adams)
-John Adams (2nd President of U.S., Founding Father, Lawyer, Farmer, Cousin of Sam Adams)
-Trial was held heard by a judge (5 or 2 not guilty)

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SUGAR ACT 1764

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- Made w/sugar (Bread, Rum, Tea etc.)
-Anything w/sugar was taxed