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The French and Indian War
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The French and Indian War was also known as the 'Seven Year War' (1754-63). The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean. After the English won the war, England was in a lot of debt and desperate to recover the battle in North America and also to restore the profitability of the East India Company. So they begian taxing the colonies. (AP&AN pg112 and ushistory.org.) -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was to prevent the clashes by the Indians and the colonist by not allowing the colonist to move onto Indian land. This infuriated the colonist who had squatted west of the line. (AP&AN pg114). -
The Sugar Act
"Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced. The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron. The enforced tax on molasses caused the almost immediate decline in the rum industry in the colonies." (ushistory.org). -
The Currency Act
The colonist suffered a lot of shortage of currency to conduct trade, and since there was no gold or silver mines, the only way the currency to be obtained was through trade by Great Britain. So the Parliament passed the Currency Act that controled all of the colonial currency system. This act prohibited any new bills and existing currency. (ushistory.org). -
Sons of Liberty
"In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty. And grow it did! These were not the leading men of Boston, but rather workers and tradesmen." (ushistory.org) -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act. The colonist reponded by circulating a letter calling for unity among colonial legislatures and a joint petition of protest. (ushistory.org). -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a patriot mob and a squad of Bristish soldiers. The mob threw snowballs, sticks, and stones at the British soldiers. Against orders, the Bristish soldiers opened fired at the mod, therefore killing 4, wounding 8, and 1 died days later. (AP&AN pg123). -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed to save the East India Company from bankruptcy. This act allowd the company to sell tea in America. The company lowered its prices to compete with smugglers, but only to have the Parliament to tax the tea. This perceived a threat to the colonist's freedom. So about 60 men disguised as Indians, boarded the ships, and dumped the cargo into the harbor. (ushistory.org) -
Coerive and Quebec Act
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The Quebec Act allowed Catholics a greater religious freedom.
The Parliament adopted 4 laws that is known as the Coercive Act; it order Boston's port closed until its tea was paid, prohibiting all but coastal trade in food and firewood, and later, the Parliament passed 3 more other measures.
The colonist were going to boycott, but came to another suggestion..."the colonies agreed to send delegates to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia in September."(AP&AN pg126) -
Daughters of Liberty
Women played a central role in the noncnsumption movenment. More than 3oo boston matrons promised not to buy or drink tea. Women had tea substitues or drank coffee instead. The Daughters of Liberty would met to in public squares to persuade other women to make homespun and wear home-spun clothing.These women would sit outside at their spinning wheels all day, eating food only in America and listening to patriotic sermons.(ushistory.org and AP&AN pg121-122).
