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Road to Revolution

Road to Revolution. England in 1763. British angry about economic crisis, inflation, elections, & Parliament Whigs vs. Tories George Grenville wanted colonies to help pay for maintenance of colonies and soldiers 1754 – 1764 = English debt grew from 3 million to 170 million pounds.

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Road to Revolution

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  1. Road to Revolution

  2. England in 1763 • British angry about economic crisis, inflation, elections, & Parliament • Whigs vs. Tories • George Grenville wanted colonies to help pay for maintenance of colonies and soldiers • 1754 – 1764 = English debt grew from 3 million to 170 million pounds

  3. Plantation Act/Sugar Act, 1764 • Meant to Prevent Smuggling of rum, molasses, sugar • Bribery of customs officials • Less corrupt British customs officials • Resistance = Nasty letters, Non-Importation Acts, pamphlets

  4. Stamp Act, 1765 • Revenue measure • Paper products required stamps • England wanted 60,000 pounds • Resistance: “No taxation without representation,” colonial assemblies wrote “Stamp Act Resolves”

  5. Representation Virtual representation vs. Actual representation Funeral Procession for the Repeal of the Stamp Act

  6. Loyal 9/Sons of Liberty • Sam Adams organized protests • EbenezarMacIntosh= leader of South Boston mob • Andrew Oliver, tax collector • August 14, 1765 = House of Thomas Hutchinsondestroyed by South and North Boston mobs • November 1765 = no stamp collector in colonies • Repealed in 1766 Tarring & Feathering of Stamp Collector

  7. Quartering Act • Colonists required to find homes for soldiers • Provided bedding, utensils, condiments, and alcohol to the British soldiers

  8. Townshend Acts, 1767 • Britain wanted 40,000 pounds • Meant to control smuggling • Non-Importation of British goods • 1774 = New York imported 437,000 pounds of British goods • 1775 = New York imported 1,000 pounds of British goods • English merchants convinced Parliament to repeal in 1769

  9. Boston Massacre, 1770 • British soldiers competed for jobs • 5 people killed • 6 soldiers acquitted, 2 convicted of manslaughter & branded on thumb • Became inspiration for anti-British propaganda • painting

  10. Dumping of the Tea • May 1773 = Tea Act • Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson gave 20 days to unload tea • Dec. 16, 1773 = Sons of Liberty dumped 300 crates of tea

  11. Coercive Acts, 1774 • King George III closed Boston Harbor to punish Boston • General Gage became new Governor • Massachusetts under military rule • King George 3 King George III

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