Lesson #4: Exploring the D.O.I.

(Colonial Reactions to Tighter British Control)

Foundations of a New Nation

Lesson #4 (Ch. 6, Sec. 1)

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Proclamation of 1763: colonists not allowed to settle W. of App. Mts.

Quartering Act: colonists forced to provide housing & supplies for British soldiers (save British $$)

Colonists become angry; ignored the law & moved to Backcountryanyway

Colonists forced to house 10,000 soldiers to enforce the Proc. Act & keep peace w/Native Amer.

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Sugar Act:

tax on sugar, molasses & other products; increased punishment for smugglers

Britain needed $$ to pay for war debt (F & I War)defending frontier (Backcountry)Colonial government

1st time Parliament taxed colonists without allowing colonial assembly to have a say

Colonial leaders call for boycott of British goods that were taxed(boycott = refuse to buy)

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Stamp Act: tax on legal & commercial docshad to be paid in silver coin

British merchants complained (lost $$ b/c of boycotts) &

Parliament repealed Stamp Act

“NO TAXATION WITHOUT

REPRESENTATION”

Sons of Liberty (made up of lawyers, merchants, business owners) protested against new tax lawsburned the stamped paperattacked & killed tax collectors (“tar & feather”)

Lesson #4 (Ch. 6, Sec. 2)

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Townsend Acts: suspended NY’s colonial assemblynew taxes on various products, inc. tea

writs of assistance: search warrants for any/all homes & businesses to look for smuggled goods

Tax $ for Britain PLUS punishment for NY’s refusal to quarter soldiers

Colonists boycott British goods again

increased colonial anger & violence toward tax collectors

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Boston Massacre: the name used by the Sons of Liberty to describe the death of 5 colonists

Sons of Lib. used this incident as anti-British propaganda (Paul Revere’s illustration)

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Boston Massacre: the name used by the Sons of Liberty to describe the death of 5 colonists

Sons of Lib. used this incident as anti-British propaganda (Paul Revere’s illustration)

Colonists criticized John Adams for defending the British soldiers accused of murdering the colonistsJohn Adams was able to prove the soldiers had not murdered the colonists but rather had acted in self-defense(CDV’S : JUSTICE & RULE OF LAW)

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Tea Act: tax on teastated only Britain could sell tea in colonies

The Townsend Acts were repealed when British merchants lost money due to colonial boycotts

Boston “Tea Party”Sons of Lib. destroyed shipment of British teaCurrent value of destroyed tea= over $1millionpro-colonist propaganda to call incident a “party”; this violent act would today be considered act of terrorism

Lesson #4 (Ch. 6, Sec. 3)

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Intolerable Acts: closed port of Boston until colonists paid for destroyed tea (from Boston T.P)banned Committees of Correspondence (part of Sons of Lib.; they informed colonists of boycotts/protestsany British officials accused of crimes committed in colonies were sent to England for trial

Most colonists wanted peaceful end to probs. w/Britainsome colonial leaders began to call for war— “Give me Liberty or give me Death” (Patrick Henry)

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Lexington & Concord: first battles of the Revolutionary War

Loyalists:

Patriots:

British soldiers sent to arrest Sam Adams & John Hancock (Lexington, MASS)destroy stockpile of ammo & weapons (Concord)

colonists who wanted to remain with Britaincolonists who wanted independence from Britain

Lesson #4 (Ch. 6, Sec. 4)

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Common Sense: pamphlet written by Thomas Paineto convince colonists to break away from Englandargued all kings are corrupttold colonists they could survive economically b/c other countries would buy their goods

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Common Sense was extremely popular in the colonies.

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