Road to Revolution

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Road to Revolution
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The Acts

• Currency Act 1764
• Problem Britain wanted colonists to pay
• debt in silver and gold
• Sugar Acts 1764
• Importance 1st act ever passed that specifically
  raised revenue for the crown
• Stamp Act 1765
• Purpose raise revenue to support new military
  force in colonies
• Legacy possibly the single most important event
  leading to war
• Declaratory Act 1766

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Stamp Act Congress

• 9 colonies sent 27 delegates
• Demand the king and Parliament repeal Act
• Significance brought together the colonies and
  broke down sectionalism

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Sons of Liberty

• Led by Samuel Adams
• Violently enforced
• non-importation
• agreements

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Boston Massacre 1770
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Committees of Correspondence

• Created by VA House of Burgesses 1772
• Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson
• Samuel Adams organized local committees in MA
• Purpose warn neighboring colonies about
  incidents with Britain, also to broaden the
  resistance movement

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More Acts

• Tea Act 1773
• Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16, 1773)
• Intolerable Acts 1774
• Aim to punish Boston
• Boston Port Act
• Quartering Act
• Quebec Act 1774
• Allowed French residents to keep traditional
  political and religious institutions
• Quebec territory extended to Ohio River in NY and
  PA
• Colonial reaction thought it was punishment for
  party French Canadian and Amerindian threat to
  colonists?