•Imperial Controls
•Crisis in the Colonies
•War

A.
British Colonial Policy, pre-1763
1.
Economic Policy: Unregulated Mercantilism a.
Navigation Acts, 1650
2.
Political Policy: Decentralized government a.
Royal Veto used sparingly b.
Whig influence
B.
British Colonial Policy, post-1763
1.
Economic Policy: Regulated Mercantilism a.
Restricted lax bankruptcy laws b.
Sugar Act raised but lowered c.
Currency Act addressed currency crisis d.
Quartering Act to house troops
2.
Political Policy: Centralized government a.
Royal veto (used sparingly 469/8563) b.
Virtual representation

A.
Stamp Act, 1765
1.
Purpose: Raise revenue to pay for troop deployment a. Admiralty courts
2.
Colonial Reaction a.
Legislation v. taxation b.
Stamp Act Congress c.
Nonimportation of British goods d.
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
3.
British Reaction a.
Declaratory Act
B.
Townsend Acts, 1767
1.
Colonial Reactions a.
Boston Massacre, 1770 b.
Gaspee Incident, 1771 c.
Committee of Correspondence,
1772

C.
Tea Act, 1773
1. Boston Tea Party
D.
Intolerable (Coersive Acts),
1773
1.
Boston Port Act
2.
MA Government Act
3.
Administration of Justice Act
4.
Quartering Act
5.
Quebec Act, 1773
E.
Colonial Response
1.
Continental Congress, 1774 a.
Declaration of Rights and
Resolves b.
The Association
2.
Colonial Militias a.
Paul Revere/William Dawes b.
Lexington, April 20, 1775 c.
Concord (273 v. 95)

STRENGTHS
• Pop favored GB (7.5 to
2.5)
• GB had more $
• Slaves joined GB
• Indians joined GB
• GB had 50,000 army
• GB hired 30,000 army
• GB enlisted 50,000
Loyalists
WEAKNESSES
• Overcome enormous distances
• America too large
• Poor leadership
• GB had to win
• Ireland & France
• Whigs cheering American victory

STRENGTHS
• Outstanding leadership
• $ from France
• Military aid from France
• Defensive war
• Agriculturally selfsustaining
• Better marksman
• Moral advantage
WEAKNESSES
• Badly organized
• Colonial rivalry
• Economic difficulties
• Military problems
• Low morale in
Revolutionary Army
• Greed among profiteers
• Only select few truly committed

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• Baked
• Tea
• Cookies
• Inside
• Freshly
• Layered
• Spicy
• Dough

1.
2.
3.
4.
John Hancock
Lord North
George Grenville
Samuel Adams
5.
6.
7.
8.
Charles Townshend
John Adams
Crispus Attucks
Marquis de
Lafayette
9.
King George III
10.
Baron von Steuben
1. Mercantilism
2. Nonimportation agreement
3.
“Virtual” representation
4. Quebec Act
5. Navigation Acts
6. Declaratory Act
7. First Continental Congress
8. Sugar Act
9. Townshend Acts
10. Quartering Acts
11. Boston Massacre
12. Stamp Act
13. Committees of correspondence
14. Boston Tea Party
15. Stamp Act Congress
16. Intolerable Acts

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6.
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3.
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8.
9.
10.
Cause
America’s distance from Britain and the growth of colonial self-government
Effect a.
Prompted the summoning of the First Continental
Congress
British mercantilism
The large British debt incurred defending the colonies in the French and Indian
War
Passage of the Stamp Act b.
Led Grenville to propose the Sugar Act, Quartering
Act, and Stamp Act c.
Precipitated the Battle of Lexington and Concord d.
Fired on colonial citizens in the Boston Massacre
British troops sent to enforce order in
Boston
The British government’s attempt to maintain the East India Company’s tea monopoly
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
A British attempt to seize the colonial militia’s gunpowder supplies
The Continental Congress’s reluctance to tax Americans for war e.
Prompted passage of the Intolerable Acts, including the Boston Port Act f.
Resulted in the printing of large amounts of paper currency and skyrocketing inflation g.
Enforced restrictions on colonial manufacturing, trade, and paper currency h.
Led to gradual development of a colonial snese of independence years before the Revolution i.
Spurred patriots to stage Boston Tea Party j.
Was greeted in the colonies by the nonimportation agreements, the Stamp Act Congress, and the forced resignation of stamp agents

1.
H
2.
G
3.
B
4.
J
5.
D
6.
I
7.
E
8.
A
9.
C
10.
F