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Boston Newsletter
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The First Great Awakening
The First Great Awakening was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies between the 1730s and 1740s. George Whitefield ,Jonathan Edwards , and Gilbert Tennent were among the most famous speakers in the revivals. -
Stono Rebellion
20 slaves broke into a store, taking the ammunition and weapons and killing the storekeepers. Moved south, killing whites and acquiring blacks into their army. Eventually they were executed. New slave codes were made and slave importation dropped a small percentage for about 10 years. -
The Writs of Assistance
Royal Officials could search houses without needing a warrent -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar was taxed by three cents per gallon of sugar. Nobody liked the sugar act and this would fuel some fire for breaking away from Mother England. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required that colonists take in military troops and provide for them. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act forbade the Colonists from making their own currency. There was not enough money to go around at all. -
Stamp Act
This tax appeared to be the most irritating tax to the colonists. There was tax on documents in court proceedings, diplomas, appointments to public office, clearing ships from harbors, bonds, grants, deeds for land, and newspapers. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress decided to find ways to prove that the Stamp Act was unconstitutional. Finally they decide that they would not import any British goods. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act said that Parliament was able to create the laws for the colonists -
Townshend Revenue Act
Import tax on things like lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea. The King thought the colonists only minded internal taxes, and not external taxes. -
The Incident on King Street
The Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams -
The response Bills
- Boston Port Bill closed Boston’s port to all trade until they repaid the cost of the tea
- Massachusetts Government Act: Upper house (Council) is appointed by king from now on, no town meetings without governor’s approval, and governor appoints judges and sheriffs
- Administration of Justice Act: governor could send someone on trial to England or another colony to be tried there
- New Quartering Act: permitted quartering of troops in homes
- Boston Port Bill closed Boston’s port to all trade until they repaid the cost of the tea
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America Declares Freedom
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. However, Great Britain didn't fully recognise them as a free country. -
Jay's Treaty
The British basically say that they would give equal treatment to each other in their ports, no confiscation of property, more defined border with Canada, and they would evacuate forts by June 1, 1796. -
Alien Sedition Acts
Any suspicious alien could be deported if they seem to be a threat to National Security -
Judiciary Act
John Adams has power to expand federal judiciary by appointing 16 new judges and any other positions, filling everything with Federalists before he left office.
