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Long Term Effects Mayflower Compact & House of Burgesses Colonists got a taste of self- government
Enlightenment Consent of the Governed Geography Proclamation of 1763prohibited (did not allow) the colonists to cross the Appalachian Mtns and settle. Geography Pontiacs War
A Native American War for Freedom
Political Reasons End of Salutary Neglect (1763) King George III sends 10,000 troops to the colonies KG3 enforces his rules Writs of Assistance (1763) Part of the Stamp Act Allowed officers to search almost anywhere for smothered goods Political Reasons Quartering Act (1765)--Colonists must provide housing and food for British Soldiers. Declaratory Act (1766)Britain has the right to rule and tax the colonies in all cases Coercive Acts (1774)aka Intolerable Acts Punishment for Boston Tea Party Banned Town Meetings Closed Boston Harbor
Economic Reasons Great Britain needed REVENUE Pay for troops in America and debts from F&I War Sugar Act (1764)it lowered the cost of molasses (sugar) BUT allowed officers to SEIZE any goods they thought were smuggled from the accused without going to court. Economic Reasons Stamp Act (1765)tax on almost all printed goods.
Townshend Acts (1767)taxed imported goods like tea, glass, and paper before they were brought inside the colonies. DEBT PER PERSON In Great Britain
17 x $20 = $340/person
In the Colonies
1 x 18 = $18/person Social Changes Common Sense (1775) by Thomas Paine. A no nonsense book explaining why the colonies should leave.
1 st Continental Congress (1774) Determined a British attack on one colony would be like a British Attack on all colonies. Social Changes Sons & Daughters of Liberty organized active resistance in the form of BOYCOTTS, including the Boston Tea Party Committee of Correspondence 1772wrote letters through the colonies bringing together protesters. Social Changes Boston Massacre 1770a fight between angry colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists get killed. Paul Revere turned it into PROPAGANDA
