HIST 105 1nd Edition Lecture 12 I II III I II Outline of previous lecture England a Colonies France Seven years war a Treaty of Paris Outline of current lecture Society a French and Indian war b Parliament c John Locke Empire a Tension b Acts c Massacre Current Lecture These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Colonial Society Eclectic society o Englishmen o French o Dutch o Native Americans o African Americans Young 60 21 Wealth unevenly distributed South o Value of slaves Most wealth because they had slaves Middle Colonies o Agriculture exports Europe and Caribbean New England o Made money from Ship building o After 7 years war NE does not have as much agr stuff to export make less ships Effects of French and Indian War Ship building is reduced Debt England and colonies Inflation o Decrease in purchasing power of a currency o i e bread you buy a loaf of bread from baker for a dollar a year later a dollar can only buy half a bread value of currency has gone down English parliament Dominant in England o Calling the shots Authority to Tax citizens and citizens in the colonies Versus colonial assemblies o Colonial assemblies want locals to be in charge Colonies not represented in Parliament John Locke Rights o Natural o Inalienable cant take away o Life o Liberty o Property Consent of the people o Government comes from the consent of the people We the People preamble to the constitution England in the colonies Troops o Safety of colonists o Native Americans o Canada o Florida Problem for Indians One trading partner Pontiac s war 1763 Shaky peace o Middle ground negotiation Paxton boys o Lancaster Pennsylvania o Christian women and children o Killed Indians to get land Managing Empire Board of Trade o Guys in England who make all rules of commerce between colonies and mother country Navigation acts Colonial manufactures restricted Growing Tension Sugar Act 1764 o Reduction on molasses duties o Goods shipped only to England o Strengthened vice admiralty courts prosecuting violations of trade acts Colonists wanted a jury Growing Tension Stamp act 1765 o Newspapers o Legal documents o Academic diplomas Put a stamp on everything generate revenues Reactions to Stamp Act Virginia Low tobacco prices House of burgesses o Assembly in Virginia Taxation by consent of people Resolutions Patrick Henry House of burgesses Reactions to Stamp Act Massachusetts o Andrew Oliver Collect the stamp act o Lt Gov Thomas Hutchinson Born in the colonies Office was ransacked by angry colonists Stamp Act Congress New York 1765 9 colonies Recall Albany Congress 1754 o Wanted unity to protect each other Taxation without representation Colonial Reaction Boycott British goods Merchants threatened The Women React Homespun fabric Avoided merchants Avoided items taxed by parliament Sons of Liberty Artisans and shopkeepers Violent protests British Reaction Repealed Stamp Act 1766 Other Crown Actions Townshend duties paper lead painters colors tea Stricter enforcement customs collections Boston Massacre 1770 British soldiers come along colonists start throwing rocks and British general instructs to fire on colonists Aftermath Fot Thomas Hutchinson o Troops out of Boston o Soldiers arrested Acquittal o John Adams Defended British soldiers Got them off the hook Also Crispus Attucks o Runaway slaves o Sailor o First black the dies in the defense of the new country Townshend duties Hurting British merchants Encouraged colonial production
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