Leading up to the American Revolution

Chapter 4

Before the American Revolution

Salutary Neglect (1609-1763) – GB did not enforce laws in ACAC= self gov’t

Navigation Acts -1651GB – controlled AC trade

Problems Facing Parliament

Parliament = Brit. CongressKing George IIIF & I War – 1754-1763

War=debtsTerritory- Atl. Oc. To Miss. RControl

Proclamation of 1763

Can’t settle WEST of App. Mtns American Indians

- i.e. Pontiac’s Rebellion

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Question

What was the name of the area that both GB and France claimed and then fought over that led to the French and Indian War?

What side did the Indians mainly fight on in the French and Indian War?

Who was the young Colonel that led a retreat from Fort Duquesne after General Braddock was shot and killed?

Sugar Act (1764)

Low Duty (import tax) on sugar/molassesRevenue/Smuggling

can search:1.Homes/ Ships/Warehouses

Quartering Act (1765)

Mass. Citizens must house Brit. soldiers

Questions

What laws are the British trying to enforce again dealing with imports and exports?

Why did Britain not really enforce the laws from above in the mid 1600s until 1763?

What are the taxes paying for?

Stamp Act (1765)

tax on printed matterNewspapers/legal documents/ playing

cards

Stamp Act Repealed (1766)

Declaratory Act (1767)

Parliament- full authority and AC have to follow all laws passed by them

Townshend Acts (1767)

places duties on tea/lead/glass/dyeswrits of assistance : gen. warrants –

search for smugglers

Questions

Why would the colonists be upset with the writs of assistance?

Tea Act (1773)

British East India Co – gets tea monopoly

THIS WAS NOT A TAX ON TEA!!!!

Question

Even though tea was actually cheaper due to this Act, why would the colonists protest it?

Intolerable Acts (Coercive)(1774)

4 laws-punish Boston and Mass.1. closed port of Boston2. Royal Martial Law3. Brit. Officials – commit crime, tried

in GB4. New Quartering Act