George Grenville’s
Program, 1763-1765
1. Sugar Act - 1764
2. Currency Act - 1764
3. Mutiny Act - 1765
4. Stamp Act - 1765
Stamp Act Crisis
*
Patrick Henry - Virginia Resolves
Sons of Liberty:
Samuel
Adams
Stamp Act Congress – 1765 (NYC)
* Stamp Act Resolves – James Otis
Declaratory Act – 1766
Theories of
Representation
Q-> What was the extent of Parliament’s
authority over the colonies??
Absolute?
OR
Limited?
Q-> Representation?
VIRTUAL
vs.
ACTUAL
What was John Locke’s influence on ideal government?
Townshend Duties
Crisis: 1767-1770
1767  William Pitt, P. M. appoints Charles
“Champagne Charlie” Townshend as
Chancellor.
A
A
External Tax on imports  paper, paint,
lead, glass, tea.
Increase custom officials at
American ports  established a
Board of Customs in Boston.
Colonial Response to the
Townshend Duties
1. Boycott British goods
2. Homespun:
* “Daughters of Liberty”
* spinning bees
3.Groups like the Sons of Liberty
lead Riots against customs agents.
4.MA & NY Assembly voted to
refuse to obey duties disbanded.
The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)
Committees
of Correspondence
Purpose  warn neighboring colonies
about incidents with
British
 broaden the resistance
movement.
The Gaspee Incident
(1772)
Providence, RI coast
Tea Act (1773)
8 British East India Co.:
 Monopoly on Br. tea
imports.
 Many members of
Parliament held shares.
 Cut out colonial
middlemen
8 North expected colonists
to be happy - cheaper tea.
Tar and Feathering
Boston Tea Party (1773)
The Coercive or
Intolerable
Acts1.(1774)
Port Bill
2. Government Act
3. New Quartering
Act
Lord North
4. Administration of
Justice Act
The
Quebec
Act
(1774)
First Continental
Congress (1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda  Response
to the Coercive
Acts & Quebec
Act?
1 vote per colony
represented.
What 5 Decisions
were made?
The British Are Coming .
..
Paul Revere & William Dawes make their
midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of
approaching British soldiers.
The Shot Heard ’Round the World!
Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775