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Chapter 7

Chapter 7. The Road to Revolution, 1763 –1775. p130. Historiography. Progressive Consensus Neo-progressive Gordon Wood. Proclamation of 1763. Passed after Pontiac’s Rebellion Attempt to stabilize frontier and prevent further hostilities between Indians and colonists

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Chapter 7

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  1. Chapter 7 The Road to Revolution, 1763–1775

  2. p130

  3. Historiography • Progressive • Consensus • Neo-progressive • Gordon Wood

  4. Proclamation of 1763 • Passed after Pontiac’s Rebellion • Attempt to stabilize frontier and prevent further hostilities between Indians and colonists • Prevented colonial expansion west of the Appalachians • Colonists were angered and basically ignored it

  5. Mercantilism • 17th and 18th centuries • Trade, colonies and the accumulation of wealth as the basis for a country’s power • During 17th century, Navigation Acts were only loosely enforces (period of salutary neglect) • This changes after the French and Indian War

  6. Action and Reaction • Britain wanted colonies to contribute to costs of protecting the empire • 1764 Sugar Act • Quartering Act (1765) • (more British soldiers are stationed in the colonies after the French and Indian War)

  7. Stamp Act • 1765 • Revenue stamps required to be place on most printed paper • To be paid directly by the people who used the goods • Colonists believed their rights (including the right not to be taxed without representation) were being threatened • Nine colonies sent delegates to Stamp Act Congress • Sons and Daughters of Liberty formed • Boycotts were used effectively

  8. p118

  9. 1766 Stamp Act repealed but Parliament passed the Declaratory Act which asserted its right to tax and make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

  10. 1767 Townshend Acts • Duties on tea, glass, and paper • Paid to crown officials (so they would no longer be dependent upon colonial assemblies) • NY’s assembly suspended for defiance of the Quartering Act • Repealed 1770

  11. Letters From a Farmer in PennsylvaniaJohn Dickinson • But whoever seriously considers the matter, must perceive that a dreadful stroke is aimed at the liberty of these colonies. I say, of these colonies; for the cause of one is the cause of all. If the parliament may lawfully deprive New York of any of her rights, it may deprive any, or all the other colonies of their rights; and nothing can possibly so much encourage such attempts, as a mutual inattention to the interests of each other. To divide, and thus to destroy, is the first political maxim in attacking those, who are powerful by their union.

  12. Boston Massacre • March 1770 • British soldiers in Boston to protect customs officials • 5 killed

  13. p119

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  15. Boston Tea Party • England maintained a small tax on tea • 1773 British East India Company given a monopoly (tea was still cheaper) • December- dumped tea into the Boston harbor

  16. p121

  17. Intolerable Acts • 1774 • Response to the Boston Tea Party • Coercive Acts • Port of Boston closed • Massachusetts legislature limited • Royal officials accuse of crimes could be tried in Great Britain • Quartering Act expanded to all colonies • Quebec Act (made Catholicism the official religion in Canada and extended its borders to the Ohio River)

  18. Map 7-1 p123

  19. Rights and Liberties What are the rights and liberties that the colonists feel are being infringed upon?

  20. Review Declaration and Resolves

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