Ch.7 notes Why did the British feel they had control over the colonies?

What did the British do to enforce mercantilism?

Why was mercantilism good for the colonists?

Reason colonist still didn t like mercantilism?

What forced England to redefine its relationship with its N. American colonies? What were the Acts of 1764,1765? Why were they enforced?

-Mercantilism. Mercantilism: export more then you import; measure by the amount of gold a country possesses. Plus the British funded all the 1st trips to America. 1. Navigation Laws (1650) restricted commerce to only the English and the British colonies. 2. Foreign products must go through Britain before it hits the American colonist. 3.settlers forbid to manufacture for export certain items 4. no banks in America 5. currency problem, England prohibit making paper money in America.-> Americans angry 6. royal vetoes -1.the Navigation Laws were laxly enforced 2. London paid price support to colonials who produced ships parts and ships store, even though English competitors complained. 3. VA planters had a monopoly over the British market for tobacco. 4. undiluted rights of an Englishman 5. Unusual opportunity for self-govt. 6. Enjoyed protection of British solders with no cost to them. 7.loosely enforced manufacturing rules -1.it was enforced vigoriously in 1763. 2.no liberty to buy, sell, ship, or manufacture under conditions they found most profitable. 3. one-crop VAns were at mercy by the British merchants. 4. Britain failed to recognize an emerging nation when it saw one. The seven year war They were passed to pay for a portion of the 7yr war, for the army, and for the colonies governors. Prime Minister found it just to enforce these laws because its to pay for their own defense and Englishmen had to pay taxes heavier then the ones passed to the colonies. 1. Sugar act of 1764: 1st law to raise revenue for the crown. 2. Quartering Act of 1765: certain colonist required to provide food and quarters for British troops. 3. Stamp act of 1765: raise money for the new troops. Mandate the use of stamped

Why was the colonist so against the Acts?

What actions were taken against the Stamp Act? Why did Parliament repeal the stamp Act?

What were the Townshend acts of 1767?

Why was the Townshend acts repealed? Who was the master of rebellion?

paper certifying payment of tax for all legal documents, bills, playing cards, newspapers, etc. -> led to much angry within the colonies. 1. pinched their pockets 2. menaced the local liberties they had come to assume as a matter of right 3. Goes against Englishmen rights; being tried at admiralty courts where there are no juries. 4. Colonist felt no need for soldiers in colonies. 5. Parliament had no right to tax the people directly because there were no colonist within Parliament. Actions taken against the Stamp Act: 1. The Stamp Act Congress in 1765 with 27 delegates from 9 colonies that drew up a statement of their tights and grievances and beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal the repugnant legistlation. -> didn t make a big splash but slowly help make that step toward intercolonial unity. 2. Not importing British goods. -> united the colonists. 3. Mobilized the affect of colonial protests Parliament repealed the Stamp act because Americans bought all British exports, and British shipping was to the colonies -> repealed the Stamp Act but enforced the Declaratory act. The Declaratory act proclaims that Parliament had the right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever . -> American uproar. Impose a new series of taxes on colonist to offset the cost of administering protection for the colonists. Taxed glass, white lead, paper, paint and tea used to pay for the colonies governors and judges->Boston Massacre. It wasn t making enough money to pay for the soldiers but kept the tea act. -Samuel Adams of Boston (brother to John Adams). Signal contribution: the local committees of correspondence in MA. They spread propaganda and information by interchanging letters -> kept alive opposition to British policy. This led to the intercolonial committees of correspondence with VA leading the way in 1773 by creating standing committee of the House of

The who, what, when, where, why and how about the Boston tea Party and other tea parties.

The who, what, when, where, why and how about the intolerable acts

Burgesses-> colonial committee in all colonies. These intercolonial committees were very important in stimulating and disseminating sentiment in favor of united action. When: 1773 Where: Boston Why: British east Indian co. was going bankrupt so England gave it the monopoly over American tea business-> pissed of colonist they got cheaper tea. What: December 3, 1773 some colonist dressed as Indians went to port and dumped 342 chest of tea into the ocean. In Maryland they burned the ship down. -> pissed of Parliament When: 1774 Where colonies, especially Boston Why: in direct response to the tea parties What: 1. Boston Port Act: closed the harbor until damages were paid and order could be assured. Restriction on town meetings. 2. All trials were to be tried in England. 3. Quebec Act: kept the French territory as it was but extended the boundaries of the Province of Quebec to the Ohio River -> unlike most acts which were for MA this one affected most colonies: y Aroused anti-Catholics y Pissed ppl off who wanted that land y Pissed colonies who claim that some of that land was theirs . -The 1st continental congress in 1774 in Philadelphia to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances. With 12/13 colonies representatives present. For seven weeks from 9/5-10/26 with John Adams playing a stellar role. The congress created The Association: 1. complete boycott of British goods ( no importation, no exportation, and no consumption) but no drive for independence. - rejected the petition -> Americans were getting ready for war. 1775, British commander in Boston ordered soldiers to go to Concrd to seize the storage of colonial gunpowder and other supplies. At Concord 70 red coats died 300 wounded = beginning of the war

What were the colonist response to the intolerable acts

What was Parliaments reaction to the continental congress? What happened at the battle of Lexington?

What were Britain s advantages in the war?

What were America s advantages in the war?

Why help trained the militiamen? Were there other races involved?

More trained soldiers More money to buy more soldiers More united then the colonies MORE MONEY More reliable because they were trained The Irish took some soldiers away from the war because they were also rebellious/ hated the crown. 2. Many countries ( many the French) hated Britain 3. Parliament confused 4. Most British didn t want to kill their American cousins 5. British generals in America were 2nd rate and the soldiers were often brutally treated 6. The war was to be in America, giving Americans the homeland advantage. 7. Outstanding leadership like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin 8. Foreign aid from the French German Baron von Steuben Blacks fought in the Amercian revolution - only selective minority of the American colonial attached themselves to the cause of independence with a spirit of selfless devition. Seldom have so few done so much for so many

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