1763-1776
 Salutary neglect is over
 unofficial and long-term 17th & 18th-century British policy of
avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to
keep American colonies obedient to England.
 Colonists had united against common foe
 2nd and 3rd generation Americans with no direct ties to Britain
 Massive debt leads to British Taxation
 10,000 permanent British troops in the colonies
 Proclamation of 1763
 London halted western expansion
 The Stamp Act – 1765
 Required colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper
they used, including ship's papers, legal documents, licenses,
newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards
 Affected all the colonies
 Huge uproar
 Repealed in 1766
 The Quartering Act – 1765
 Colonists required to provide housing, food, drink to British
soldiers
 “No taxation without representation!”
 Virtual Representation – British claim that Parliament
had well being of the colonists in mind
 The Declaratory Act – 1766
 Parliament has right to declare any law for the colonies
 The Townshend Revenue Act – 1767
 Tax placed on glass, lead, oil, paint, paper, and tea
 Resulted in the Boston Nonimportation Agreement of
1768 – refusal to import or export items with Britain
 Repealed in 1770 except for the tea tax, which continued
to be hated by the colonists
 Britain kept the tax on tea to assert their right to tax the
colonists
Loyalist Views
Patriot Views
 Strong British empire is
 We’ve done our part in the
good for all
 As British subjects they
should obey British law
 Taxes are due for the war
 Generally supported
monarchial government
French and Indian War
 No taxation without
representation – rejected
virtual representation
 People have rights the
government cannot take
away
 Over time, hated King
George III and monarchial
government
 Tar and Feather
 Boycotts
 Vandalism
 Imprisonment
 Fines
 Floggings
 March 5, 1770
 Squad of British soldiers came to support a sentry being
heckled
 Colonists led by Crispus Attucks were throwing things at
the soldiers
 British troops fired into the crowd, killing total of five
civilians
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 Response to Tea Act (1773) – reduced tax on British tea
so the East India Company could have unfair
advantage in selling tea in North America
 Colonists condemned the act
 New York, Charleston, and Philadelphia refused to
take the shipment of tea, but Boston officials wouldn’t
cave to patriot demands
 Three British ships carrying the tea entered Boston
Harbor
 On December 16, 1773, Samuel
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Adams led men from the Sons of
Liberty onboard three British ships
The Patriots dumped 342 chests of
tea into the harbor
Estimated over $1 million dollars
worth of tea dumped in today’s
money
First significant act of defiance
Tea became a symbol of Britain
Americans embraced coffee as an act
of defiance
 Also known as the Coercive Acts
 Comprised of four separate acts
 Aimed to isolate Boston and New England from the
other colonies
 Boston Port Act
 Boston Harbor closed until expenses paid from the Tea
Party
 Administration of Justice Act
 Gave British officials immunity to criminal prosecutions
in Massachusetts
 Quartering Act
 Required colonists to house British troops on demand
 Continuation of the same act of 1765 with some
differences
 Massachusetts Government Act
 Put limitations on democratic practices in the state
 Quebec Act
 Gave Catholics freedom to worship in Canada
 Permitted continuation of Canadian judicial system
 Met in 1774 in Philadelphia
 Led by John Adams
 The Association – colony wide trade boycott of all
British goods
 By the end of 1774, war was unavoidable
You’re a New England merchant in the 1760s- early 1770s.
Would you be a Patriot or a Loyalist? Why? Must provide
three reasons for your answer.