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AP US HISTORY BELL WORK

AP US HISTORY BELL WORK. A. B. John Hancock Smuggling Ship building Self-government Protection (strongest navy in the world) Tobacco monopoly . Middle men Strict manufacturing laws “economic adolescence” Lack of banking institutions. Steps to Revolution.

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AP US HISTORY BELL WORK

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  1. AP US HISTORY BELL WORK A B • John Hancock • Smuggling • Ship building • Self-government • Protection (strongest navy in the world) • Tobacco monopoly • Middle men • Strict manufacturing laws • “economic adolescence” • Lack of banking institutions

  2. Steps to Revolution • George Grenville… Prime Minister • French & Indian War debt • 1763-Enforcement of Navigation Acts • 1764-Sugar Act- first law passed to raise revenue from the colonies • 1765-Quarting Act (housing of troops) • 1765-Stamp Act (requiring stamps on commercial & legal docs- including cards)

  3. Admiralty Courts & Quartering Acts • Courts used to enforce Sugar and Stamp Acts • No jury • Burden of proof is on the defendants • Why were the Quartering Acts needed? No French and the Pontiac’s Rebellion had been crushed?

  4. Colonial Responses • English political tradition… rights of Englishmen (Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights etc.) • Taxation without representation • Only elected representative could tax • Virtual representation? • Legislation vs taxation • Stamp Act Congress

  5. Colonial Response cont. • Stamp Act Congress 1765- unifying group that states the rights of colonists • Others protests included home spun clothes- boycotts of British goods • Sons & Daughters of Liberty… “Liberty, Property and No Stamps!” • Protests- mob attacks

  6. British Response • Non-enforcement- resignation of officials. • Boycotts hurt British trade (1/4 of British goods) • 1766- Parliament repeals Stamp Act • But… pass the Declaratory Act- bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever

  7. “Champagne Charley” Townsend • An obvious drinker- but still gave speeches in Parliament • 1767- Townsend Acts • Taxes were indirect customs taxes (outside of English control) • Suspension of NY legislature- violated the Quartering Act

  8. Responses • Outcries due to the fact the taxes were used to pay royal governors • Smuggling (especially tea) • Protests met with British troops sent to the colonies- Boston • March 5, 1770- Boston Massacere • 11 killed including CripusAtticks • Trial- John Adams represents the troops (two guilty of manslaughter- the others were branded)

  9. Lord North • Townsend Acts repealed (increasingly due to a loss of revenue) • But… a tea tax remained • Samuel Adams (penman of the Revolution) organizes the Committees of Correspondence • From Boston, more C of C’s sprouted colonially

  10. British East India Tea Company • Facing bankruptcy- needed to sell unsold tea • Awarded a monopoly in the colonies- would be cheaper than smuggled tea • Tea Parties take place all over- most famous is in Boston

  11. Intolerable Acts • 1774- passed a series of Repressive Acts • Boston Port Act • Chartered laws abolished and town meetings banned • Trials for murdered colonists by British officials are held in England • Quebec Act- Canada guaranteed Catholic rights, drew Canadian borders

  12. Colonial Response • Set a precedent- drawing borders and allowing for Catholics in a predominately Protestant North America • Continental Congress meets for the first time in 1774

  13. 1ST Continental Congress • Created a Declaration of Rights • Appeals to the King • Complete boycott- but not a declaration of Independence… will meet again later

  14. British Reaction • Reject the appeals… • Detachment of troops sent to Lexington & Concord to obtain weapons cache

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