Salutary Neglect

1. Salutary Neglect • British have left the colonies alone • British try to enforce laws and taxes after the French and Indian War without the consent of the colonies • British do not understand colonists are used to representative government • Colonies have formed own governments • Colonist are used to managing their own affairs with their elected representatives • “Taxation without representation”, colonist want to have a say in government through elected reps.

2. British Mercantilism • System where England controls colonial trade and taxes • Colonies provided raw materials for Britain • If colonies received imports, the goods had to arrive on British Ships • Certain colonial goods were sold only to England, but not to other countries • Colonies were to serve as a market for English manufactured goods

3. Navigation Acts 1650-1763 • Restricted colonial trade, manufacturing and shipping to other countries • Colonists smuggled and disregard Acts • Salutary Neglect: Britain has allowed the colonies to prosper under their protection with little or no control

4. Sugar Act 1764 • Tax placed on sugar and molasses because colonists are British subjects • Colonist protest and smuggle sugar and molasses

5. Quartering Act 1765 • Required colonies to provide British troops with quarters and supplies • Colonial assemblies vote to refuse to supply British soldiers

6. Stamp Act 1765 • Any item that was made of paper required a stamped tax payment to be made • Colonists argue “taxation with representation”, Stamp Act is repealed

7. No taxation without representation • Americans denied the right of Parliament to tax Americans since no Americans were seated in parliament • Prime Minister Grenville replied that every Parliament member represented ALL British subjects – “virtual representation” • Americans rejected virtual representation. • They really didn’t want representation in Parliament because it would not have helped them and taken away a principle for which to rebel.

8. Repeal of the Stamp Act • In 1765, representatives from the colonies met in NYC to discuss the Stamp Act. Called the Stamp Act Congress, it was largely ignored by the British. • Colonists thus agreed to boycott British supplies and began making their own such as clothes (homespun). • The Sons and Daughters of Liberty took law into their own hands, tarring and feathering violators of the boycott. They stormed the houses of important officials and took their money. • Stunned, parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 but passed the Declaratory Act proclaiming that Parliament had the right “to bind” the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”.

9. Townshend Acts 1767 • Tax on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea • Colonist smuggle goods, boycott British goods, and fight with British troops (Boston Massacre)

10. Tea Act 1773 • Tax on tea, it is a plan to bail out East India Tea company through tax on tea • Boston Tea Party and smuggling of tea

11. Intolerable Acts 1774 • Response to Tea Party, assembly and town meetings dissolved, port of Boston closed,and British tried in England • Militias form, colonies send representatives to 1st Continental Congress meets and starts colonial boycott

12. Quebec Act 1774 • Prohibited colonists from moving into Ohio River Valley, Catholic religion in region • Colonists expected to settle into the region