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1 Toward The Revolution I. A Theory of Opposition a) Robert Walpole II. Escalation Toward Revolution a) The American Problem b) Reaction to the Stamp Act c) Virtual vs. Actual Representation d) The Tax Issue Refuses to Go Away III. Opposition Becomes Revolution IV. Hearts and Minds: The Case of Bill Scott

2 Terms: Tea Act “Robinocracy” Stamp Act “Virtual” & “Actual” Representation Bill Scott

3 Themes 1) The American Revolution had a strong ideological component, drawn largely from British political thought. 2) But the cause of the Revolution may have been simpler than that.

4 Sir Robert Walpole & His Enemies: A Theory of Opposition

5 Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister, 1721-42

6 Escalation Toward Revolution

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8 The American Problem

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11 Reaction to the Stamp Act

12 The Stamp Act

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14 This teapot protesting the Stamp Act was produced in England and marketed in colonial America.

15 A Pennsylvania Newspaper Shuts Down in Protest over the Stamp Act, 1765

16 Intimidating a Stamp Agent, New Hampshire.

17 More intimidation: the Sons of Liberty warn against using the stamps.

18 Protests Against the Stamp Act

19 Stamp Act Protest, Boston, 1765

20 The Repeal

21 Virtual vs. Actual Representation

22 A blinded Britannia, on the far right, stumbles into a pit. Meanwhile American colonists suffer unjust taxation and repression.

23 The Tax Issue Refuses to Go Away

24 William Pitt (the elder), Prime Minister July 30, 1766 – October 14, 1768

25 Paul Revere’s Engraving A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New England and British Ships of War Landing Their Troops, 1768.

26 Revere’s Engraving of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770. Five people were killed.

27 The Old State House, Boston.

28 Boston Massacre Victims

29 Judge Peter Oliver

30 Opposition Becomes Revolution

31 Paul Revere’s “Liberty Bowl,” 1768

32 Sam Adams, 1768

33 Tea Act, 1773

34 Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773

35 The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught, 1774 Lord North (holding the Boston Port Bill in his pocket) forces the Intolerable Acts down the throat of America

36 The Bostonians Paying the Excise- Man, 1774

37 Hearts and Minds

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