1. ACTION AND REACTION The Imperial Crisis

2. Focus Question Describe three ways people can make changes in their community

3. Objectives After today’s lesson, you will: Describe actions taken by Britain in the Imperial Crisis Describe the actions taken by the Colonists in the Imperial Crisis

4. The Imperial Crisis British Agenda in the 1760s  Incorporate diverse populations in the empire  Manage the debt  Centralize the management of the colonies Efforts ran afoul of ideas of Salutary Neglect

5. British Actions Parliament asserted authority through laws  Taxes levied on the colonies  Restrictions laid on the colonies  Control shifting to Parliament, not colonial assemblies

6. Colonial Reactions Colonists saw Parliamentary actions as an assault on their sovereignty  Petitioned the King  Organized boycotts (Nonimportation agreement)  Mobilized the public  Gesture politics

7. Summary What details of today’s lesson would you share with any absent classmates? Homework: Read Chapter 4, Section 2