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The Crisis in the Colonies
1763-1775
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George III
• Ruled 1760-1820• 22 years old in 1760
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Prime Minister Grenville
• George Grenville• Victory in the Seven
Years War/French and Indian War Gave Britain:
• 1. Territory• 2. Debt
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The British Perspective
• Parliament is the defender of Liberty.
• It intercedes between the Monarchy and the People
• Parliament has authority over the Colonies
• Virtual Representation
• The total debt from the war exceeded 150 million Pounds (Trillions today)
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The Colonists’ Perspective
• Attitudes Toward Parliament Changed in the 1760s
• Colonial Legislatures Were Viewed as Being like “Colonial Parliaments”
• Colonial Legislatures Came to Reject the Authority of the British Parliament
• Actual Representation
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The Proclamation of 1763
• No Settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains
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Parliament Takes Control
• The Sugar Act/Molasses Act, 1764– Court of Admiralty
• The Currency Act, 1764
• The Mutiny Act/Quartering Act, 1765
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The Stamp Act of 1765
• A Tax on all written, printed documents: Wills, Trusts, Deeds, Contracts, Newspapers, Books, Pamphlets, Dice and Cards
• Alienated Everyone
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Responses to the Stamp Act
• Virginia Resolves– House of Burgesses
– Patrick Henry
• “Sons of Liberty”• Stamp Act Congress
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Repeal of the Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act, 1766• Marquis de
Rockingham, 1766
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Return of William Pitt, 1766
• Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Townshend Acts, 1767
• Tax on British Lead, Paint, Paper and Tea
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Boycotts
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Trade Between England and the Colonies, 1763-1775
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Frederick, Lord North
• 1770-1781• Repeal of the
Townshend Duties
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Trouble in Boston
• March 5, 1770• Five Killed • Six Wounded• John Adams
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The Boston Massacre
• Samuel Adams• Paul Revere
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The Tea Act of 1773
• East India Tea Company
• John Hancock
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The Boston Tea Party
• 12/16/1773
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The Intolerable Acts, 1774
• Coercive Acts
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The First Continental Congress
• Philadelphia• September 1774• Carpenter’s Hall
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Patrick Henry
• March 1775
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The Massachusetts Militia
• Minutemen• Paul Revere• William Dawes• Joseph Warren
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Lexington and Concord
• General Thomas Gage
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Lexington and Concord
• Weapons Arsenal at Concord
• April 19, 1775
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Lexington and Concord
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The American Revolution, 1775
• April 19, 1775• Old North Bridge