The American Colonies: From Loyal Subjects to Independent States

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The American Colonies: From Loyal Subjects to Independent States

I. British AND Independent: The Colonies Before the French & Indian War A. Economic Independence: The Poorly Enforced Navigation Acts

B. Political Independence: Town Meetings, Royal Governors and the Power of the Purse

C. Geographic Expansion & the Population Boom Year Colonial Population 1625 1,980 1641 50,000 1688 200,000 1702 270,000 1715 434,600 1749 1,046,000 1754 1,485,634 1765 2,240,000 1775 2,418,000

II. 4 Problems After the French and Indian War

A. Land: The Proclamation of 1763

B. Taxes: The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts

C. Troops: The Quartering Act and the Boston Massacre

D. Political Power: Royal Governors & Admirality Courts

III. From Gripes to Gunshots: The Battle of Lexington and Concord

A. Context: Intolerable Acts & The 1st Continental Congress (1774)

B. “The Shot Heard Round the World” (April 1775)

C. Uncertainty About Independence (1775-1776)