The American Revolution - Chapter 4
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- The French and Indian War
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-French and Indian v. British
-fighting over land that was seen as protective for the colonies
-French lost land, British gained land
-wanted to charge the colonies for this protection - The Albany Conference
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-meeting of colonies representatives
-wanted to make an alliance with the Iroquois, but they refused
-agreed that Britain should appoint one supreme commander of all British troops in the colonies - Albany Plan of Union
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-developed by Ben Franklin
-proposed that the colonies unite to form a federal govt.
-colonies rejected the plan - Ohio River Valley
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-desirable land that was good for farming
-wanted by the British and the French - Royal Proclamation of 1763
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-created the line that the colonists were not to cross
-announced the acquisition of New France to be named Quebec - George Grenville
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-Prime Minister of Britain
-First Lord of the Treasury
-wanted to reduce England’s debt
-tax on colonies - Sugar Act
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-introduced by Grenville
-changed the tax rate on sugar and molasses, imported from foreign countries
-new tax on wine, silk, coffee, pimento and indigo
-allowed British to seize goods without due process - Due Process
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-proper court procedures
-right to a jury of peers
-right to a judge - Stamp Act
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-on printed materials, newspapers, pamphlets, posters
-first direct tax on colonists - Quartering Act
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-pay for their own defense
-pay the rent for soldiers to stay in taverns, inns, etc., if no barracks were available - Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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-Isaac Sears
-meeting and demonstrations intimidated Stamp distributors
-daughters spun their own cloth
-homespun (American made) - Stamp Act Congress
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-representatives from 9 colonies met
-No representation - “Taxation without representation is Tyrannyâ€
- -if there was no representation in parliament, then Britain did not have the right to tax the colonies
- Direct Tax
- -tax that the colonists had to pay themselves directly