1. REPERCUSSIONS & REACTIONS OBJ: HOW DO EVENTS AFTER TREATY OF PARIS LEAD COLONISTS TO REVOLUTION?
BRITISH TROOPS IN WEST & COLONIES & NATIVES SUSPECT
COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS CONTINUED
NATIVES PREFERRED ‘DEVIL THEY KNEW’, I.E. FRENCH THAN ENGLISH
PONTIAC LEADER ENCOURAGED REVOLT
2K+ COLONISTS CAPTURED ALONG W/ FORTS
BRITISH ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL AFTER 2 YEARS
REALIZATION THAT COLONIAL ADMIN IS COSTLY
MAINTAIN PEACE IMPERATIVE SO..
PROCLOMATION LINE 1763

2. PROCLAMATION LINE 1763
FRENCH & INDIAN WAR FOUGHT FOR RIGHT TO SETTLE WESTERN LANDS
PONTIAC’S REBELLION
NATIVES MUST UNITE FOR SELF DEFENSE
NO SETTLEMENT WEST OF OHIO
COLONISTS & LAND SPECULATOR COMPANIES ENRAGED AT POLICY
ISSUE FAR FROM SETTLED

3. COLONIAL DISSATISFACTION
LAND STRUGGLES IN EAST TOO
IMPACT OF MERCANTILISM
DEBT ROSE IN COLONIES, PRICES FALLING LED TO REBELLION
PAXTON BOYS: SCOTS-IRISH IN PA
SIMILAR TO BACON
NORTH CAROLINA REGULATORS
TOBACCO PRICES FELL, DEBTS UNPAID, LAND SIEZED
WANT REPRESENTATION IN ASSEMBLY – NOPE
GOV.CALLED IN BR. TROOPS 1771
30 DEAD, 7 REGULATORS EXECUTED
BRITISH POLICIES IMPACTING COLONIES MORE & MORE

4. CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WHAT WAS AT THE HEART OF THE BREAK UP?
BRITISH VIEW
AMERICAN VIEW
PARLIAMENT SOVEREIGN
COLONIES PART OF EMPIRE
VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION
NO NEED TO QUESTION HISTORY
SHARED POWER
COLONIAL POLITICAL CULTURE
ACTUAL REPRESENTATION
WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS
EMBRACED LOCKE’S IDEAS

5. CHANGED POLICIES IN ENGLAND TO ADDRESS COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION & DEBT
END OF SALUTARY NEGLECT
NEED FOR REVENUE- COLONIES MUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
G. GRENVILLE P.M. 1763
SUGAR ACT 1764 – NOT A HARDSHIP BUT…IMPOSED ON COLONIAL RIGHTS
DOUBLED DOWN ON ENFORCEMENT OF NAVIGATION ACTS
JAMES OTIS ‘NO TAXES UNLESS HE CONSENTS IN PERSON OR BY HIS REPRESENTATIVES’ – ENG. CONST. VIOLATED
WRITS OF ASSISTANCE FURTHER ANGERED COLONISTS – ENTER SHIP OR BUILDING W/O WARRANT

6. GRENVILLE IGNORED PARLIAMENT
QUARTERING ACT 1765: HOUSE BRITISH TROOPS & FEED THEM
STAMP ACT 1765: “TO DEFRAY EXPENSE OF PROTECTING, DEFENDING & SECURING COLONIES”
ALL PAPER ITEMS: MARRIAGE CERTS, DEEDS, NEWSPAPER, CARDS ETC.
IMMEDIATE PUSHBACK BARELY A FARTHING COLLECTED
VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS, P. HENRY
MASS CALLS FOR STAMP ACT CONGRESS
SONS OF LIBERTY
FROM ARGUMENT AMONG ELITE TO THE POPULOUS

7. STAMP TAX CONGRESS & RESPONSE
REPS FROM 9 COLONIES IN NY
REFUSED TO USE STAMPS
NON-IMPORTATION
COLONIAL MANUFACTURING
BOYCOTT: ROLE OF COLONIAL WOMEN, SAVE YOUR MONEY, SAVE YOUR COUNTRY
PRESSURE IN ENGLAND
REPEALED DUE TO PRESSURE FROM MERCHANTS, PARLIAMENT
BUT, DECLARATORY ACT: PARLIAMENT STILL SUPREME
STILL NEED MONEY SO MORE TAXES

8. NOW WHAT? TOWNSHEND RESPONDS
TOWNSHEND ACTS – MORE TAXES
LEAD, PAINTS, GLASS, TEA ETC
NEW BOYCOTT, 2 YEARS IMPORTS DOWN BY ½
MASS. GENERAL COURT “CIRCULAR LETTER” TO COLONIAL LEGISLATURES: SAM ADAMS, MORE RADICAL
NO TAXATION W/O REPRESENT-ATION, NATURAL RIGHTS VIOLATED
PARLIAMENT ‘RESCIND LETTER’ BOSTON: ‘NEVER’
G.C. SHUT DOWN, MOBS ATTACK CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, BRITISH TROOPS TO BOSTON 1768

9. AND THEN CALMER HEADS PREVAIL (?)
J. DICKINSON “LETTER FROM A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER”
MORE CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE TO TAXATION POLICIES
PARLIAMENT SUPREME BUT ACTED BADLY, WE’RE STILL CHILDREN SO SHOULD OBEY
TAXES TO REGULATE OK BUT NO RIGHT TO TAX FOR REVENUE W/O REPRESENTATION
COULD COLONISTS BE SEEING BENEFIT TO UNITY? A COMMON IDENTITY EMERGE? AT LEAST ON SOME LEVEL?

10. BOSTON MASSACRE MARCH 5, 1770 ROLE OF MEDIA
GOT VIRGINIA RESOLVES WRONG BUT PEOPLE RAN WITH IT
MASSACRE? REALLY?
MANY FEARFUL OF MOB VIOLENCE BUT ENCOURAGED BY ELITE NONETHELESS
SOLDIERS FAIR TRIAL, ALL TOWNSHEN DUTIES REPEALLED EXCEPT TEA, FOR PRINCIPLE
AND THEN NOTHING FOR 3 YEARS

11. IN OTHER IMPERIAL NEWS….
BRITISH EAST INDIA CO. NEARLY BANKRUPT
P.M LORD NORTH OFFERS SOLUTION
EVERYONE WINS IN THIS SCENARIO – OR SO HE THOUGHT
HELP BRITISH EAST INDIA CO. MAKE MONEY & SELL RICH, BLACK, COVETED TEA CHEAP TO THE COLONISTS