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Chapter 5 (2 nd Half) Pg. 139-156

Chapter 5 (2 nd Half) Pg. 139-156. Quartering Act. Colonial Legislatures forced to pay for goods needed by stationed soldiers NY objected the most Resistance heightened Parliaments dislike of Colonial resistance. Townshend Duties. Indirect tax-glass, paint, lead, paper, tea

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Chapter 5 (2 nd Half) Pg. 139-156

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  1. Chapter 5 (2nd Half) Pg. 139-156

  2. Quartering Act • Colonial Legislatures forced to pay for goods needed by stationed soldiers • NY objected the most • Resistance heightened Parliaments dislike of Colonial resistance

  3. Townshend Duties • Indirect tax-glass, paint, lead, paper, tea • Intended to help pay the salary of the royal governors to lessen their loyalty to the Colonial Legislative Assemblies

  4. Colonial Resistance • Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania • “Circular Letter” • Non-Importation/Non-Consumption • Women

  5. British Support • Merchants and Artisans against Townshend Duties • John Wilkes

  6. American Board of Customs Commissioners • Increase number of customs officials (enforce Navigation Acts) • Pay secret informers for info. On smuggling • Cases tried in Vice Admiralty Courts • “Liberty” incident

  7. The Boston Massacre • Feb. 1770 11 year old boy killed by a Customs Official • March 5, 1770 in protest riot started in Boston

  8. Committees of Correspondence • Locally established groups to keep colonists informed of goingson around the colonies

  9. Tea Act • Boston Tea Party

  10. Intolerable Acts • 1) Boston Port Bill • 2) Mass. Gov. Act • 3) Administrative Justice Act • 4) Quartering Act • 5) Quebec Act

  11. Rebellion to Revolution • September 1774-1st Continental Congress • April 1775-Warrants for Colonial Leaders • Lexington and Concord • May 1775-Continental Army formed (GW) • June 1775-Olive Branch Petition, Breeds and Bunker Hill • December 1775-All out Rebellion in eyes of GB

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