Chapter 7
US History AP Notes
How/why did a sense of independence begin long before 1776?
Define mercantilism.
Under mercantilism what were the colonial disadvantages and colonial advantages?
Colonial Disadvantages
Colonial Advantages
How was mercantilism implemented?
What is the significance of currency issues? Gold, silver, paper?
What is meant by the “Rights of Englishmen”?
What is the British rationale for taxing the colonists?
Chronology of British Actions:
Briefly identify each
 1763 Enforcement of Navigation Laws
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Sugar Act – 1764
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Quartering Act – 1765
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Stamp Act -1765
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Declaratory Act – 1766
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Townshend Acts – 1767
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Boston Massacre – 1770
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Tea Tax/Boston Tea Party – 1773
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Intolerable Acts – 1774
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Quebec Act – 1774
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Lexington and Concord – 1775
What is the view of the American colonists towards the above actions?
How do the colonists respond (what actions do they take) to persuade Parliament to repeal/modify its
actions?
Moderate Responses –
Militant Responses –
Who were the important colonial leaders during this period?
Moderates –
Militants –
What is the significance of each of the following:
Stamp Act Congress
Committees of Correspondence
First Continental Congress
What is at issue here? Political or economic rights?
What are the British advantages and disadvantages in the war?
Advantages
Disadvantages
What are the American advantages and disadvantages in the war?
Advantages
Disadvantages
What is African American involvement in the war?