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c I would rather be part of great england than any other nation on earth properly limited. (as long as
england is a good government then they want to be a part of it. They believe that they are
preserving their rights and liberties and the english government has gone outside of the
constitution. 

c ×olonial Politics and Economics

g ˜ssemblies
c Political maturity- like mini parliaments
c aocal control- taxes and representation. ˜mericans are about a century behind the
rest of the world. 
g ercantilism
c Econ benefits, neglect, free trade. ˜mericans are still claiming that they have all the
rights of any englishman and additional rights that came with the charters and
compacts. They have economic liberty which gives them the right to pick profession,
have limited infringement from government and not be taxed without representation.
ercantilism is an economic sytem where colonies are created and exist to benefit
the mother country. 
Ô ×olonies make raw materials, the materials go to mother country then they are
transformed into finished poducts. Those finished products go back to the
colonies and are purchased.
Ô oonlighting- americans develop trade with other countries.

c ërench and Indian War (1754-63)

c ºeorge Washington
c Ñhio river valley- wanted land
c è1 year old virginian & fort necessity.
c ×ommanding officer was mistreated and executed. His powerful friends in france were un happy.
any believe that the french made tensions so high that a war resulted
c 1754 inter-colonial congress
g Iriquois, ×T,  , ˜, NH, NY, P˜, RI. North eastern states.
g ˜lbany Plan of Union- home rule. They ask mother country for more freedom. They want to
be subject to great britain but control their own local matters. Benjamin franklins idea was
shot down in 1754. we couldn't get home rule. 
g ërench made powerful Indian allies in canada.
c ërench and indain war (aka seven years war)
c War started in colonies and went to europe
g William Pitt (1758) general for england. 
c Treaty of Paris 1763- Ended War. People stayed but government left.
c Results of war
g ºB only world power
g 140 million pounds in debt
g ërench gov out
g pain distant threat
g 1st time colonists united
g ×olonial/ºB tensions were high. ˜fter the war the troops don͛t go away
c ºreat Britain tries to raise revenues and to regain political control
g ˜cts of parliament
c Navigational act (1763) trade on ºB ships. ˜ll Trade must go to london first. They cut
down on moonlighting but having pirates. The crown issues writs of assistance. earch
warrants and arrest warrants. They didn͛t need probable cause. James Ñtis quits and
represents the people. He says that the judice system has the right to declare
parliaments act unconstitutional. 

g ugar ˜ct (1764) Taxed sugar imports. ugar was a very expensive item so it doesn't hit the
common person much but they are still unhappy. There is no jury.
g uartering act (1765) you had to pay for and house the troops. NY assembly. They forced
the ny assembly to be diessembled because they didn't enforce the quartering act
g tamp ˜ct (1765) taxes on periodicals, documents, playing cards. If you violate it then you
are tired by a military tribunal. 

c Why colonists protested

c oney yes but mostly rights
g aocal internal taxes from parliament
g Taxation without representation
g No jury trial (for sugar and stamp act)
g ue process violations (writs of assistance and privacy issues)
g tanding army during peace. oldiers didn't leave. 
g trict limitations on free trade
g Patronage and corruption- british are selling jobs in government. They aren't serving the
public good for virtuous reasons. They are being immoral
g ëear of enslavement. England is largely detatched from america. They are a centralized
empire instead of a republic. They have goals and they treat and talk to americans like
slaves. 

c tamp act ×ongress oct 1765

g M colonies met in NY
g ènd inter-colonial body
g aist of rights and grievances
g ºB ignored it. 

c aess dignified efforts

g ×olonial actions
c Rough tactics. amuel adams and the sons of liberty. They rough up kings officials such
as tar and feathering. 
c Non importation agreements. ˜mericans understand that money is what england
cares about. They boycott england. With help from groups such as sons of liberty.
They start enforcing the boycotts. 
g Parliament counters
c Repealed stamp act but enact 1776 declaratory act- "in all cases whatsoever" (total
control) & later the 1767 townsend acts(tea, glass, paper, paint and lead. )

c Boston assacre (march 5, 1770)

 g Bostonians are upset about moral decay. Troops are still there. 
g ob forms mainly because a boy gets roughed up by guards. ob closes in on captain and
captain is killed. 
g It may have been a riot instead of a massacre. The individual who wrote about it was
samuel adams and paul reviere made the engraving.
g The ˜dams- If you want to create a country then john adams is your man. If you want to
destroy a country then use amuel ˜dams. 
g 5 dead, 6 wounded. 
g The facts are that the captain was trying to keep the troops from firing. It started because
the troops were being hit by snowballs. The crowd was yelling fire. 
g John ˜dams wanted the facts. He joins the defense and protects the soldiers. 
g werdict results- è convicted of manslaughter. They are publicly yelled at. Then they were
kicked out of the army.
g ènd result was that the Rule of law was sustained.
g They replealed the townsend act except for tax on tea. 
g Things were calm for a short while. 

c Boston Tea Party ( ec 16, 1773)

g Potested tea tax and troops. 
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