Chapter 7 Road to Revolution 1763 1775 Period
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Chapter 7: Road to Revolution 1763 -1775 – Period 2
Roots Republicanism Citizens give up interests for the common good Liberty – Radical Whigs Be aware of threat to rights Americans had been autonomous
Mercantilism What is it? Navigation Law – 1650 Enumerated products Royal veto Paper currency Loosely enforced, Smuggling
The “Acts” Debt PM Grenville Sugar Act Quartering Act Stamp Tax Admiralty courts No taxation without representation
Colonial Response Stamp Act Congress Nonimportation agreements Sons and Daughters of Liberty Repealed! Declaratory Act
Boston Massacre Townshend Acts Smuggling “Red-coats” Boston Massacre
Response Samuel Adams Committees of Correspondence British East India Company Annapolis and Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts Quebec Act First Continental Congress The Association Lexington and Concord
Who will win? England America Monetary wealth Population: 3 -1 colonists Naval Power Leadership: George Washington Professional Army Home field advantage American Loyalists Defense wins championships Inept government Spread out territory Geographical distance Self-sustaining agriculture Moral advantage Poor organization Unity? Inflation Shortage of manufactured goods Women and Blacks’ Roles Brothers fighting brothers