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I. A Theory of Opposition a) Robert Walpole II. Escalation Toward Revolution a) The American Problem b) Reaction to the Stamp Act c) Virtual vs. Actual Representation d) The Tax Issue Refuses to Go Away III. Opposition Becomes Revolution IV. Hearts and Minds: The Case of Bill Scott

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Toward The Revolution

I. A Theory of Oppositiona) Robert Walpole

II. Escalation Toward Revolutiona) The American Problemb) Reaction to the Stamp Actc) Virtual vs. Actual Representationd) The Tax Issue Refuses to Go Away

III. Opposition Becomes RevolutionIV. Hearts and Minds: The Case of Bill Scott

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Terms:

Tea Act“Robinocracy”Stamp Act“Virtual” & “Actual” RepresentationBill Scott

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Themes

1) The American Revolution had a strong ideological component, drawn largely from British political thought.

2) But the cause of the Revolution may have been simpler than that.

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Sir Robert Walpole & His Enemies: A Theory of Opposition

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Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister, 1721-42

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Escalation Toward Revolution

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The American Problem

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Reaction to the Stamp Act

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The Stamp Act

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This teapot protesting the Stamp Act was produced in England and marketed in colonial America.

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A Pennsylvania Newspaper Shuts Down in Protest over the Stamp Act, 1765

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Intimidating a Stamp Agent, New Hampshire.

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More intimidation: the Sons of Liberty warn against using the stamps.

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Protests Against the Stamp Act

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Stamp Act Protest, Boston, 1765

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The Repeal

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Virtual vs. Actual Representation

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A blinded Britannia, on the far right, stumbles into a pit. Meanwhile American colonists suffer unjust taxation and repression.

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The Tax Issue Refuses to Go Away

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William Pitt (the elder), Prime Minister

July 30, 1766 – October 14, 1768

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Paul Revere’s Engraving A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New England and British Ships of War Landing Their Troops, 1768.

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Revere’s Engraving of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770. Five people were killed.

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The Old State House, Boston.

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Boston Massacre Victims

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Judge Peter Oliver

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Opposition Becomes Revolution

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Paul Revere’s “Liberty Bowl,” 1768

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Sam Adams, 1768

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Tea Act, 1773

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Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773

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The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught, 1774

Lord North (holding the Boston Port Bill in his pocket) forces the Intolerable Acts down the throat of

America

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The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, 1774

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Hearts and Minds