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Leading up to the American
Revolution
Chapter 4
Before the American Revolution
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Salutary Neglect (1609-1763) – GB did
not enforce laws in AC
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AC= self gov’t
Navigation Acts -1651
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GB – controlled AC trade
Problems Facing Parliament
Parliament = Brit. Congress
 King George III
 F & I War – 1754-1763
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War=debts
 Territory- Atl. Oc. To Miss. R
 Control
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Proclamation of 1763
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Can’t settle WEST of App. Mtns
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American Indians
- i.e. Pontiac’s Rebellion
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Question
What was the name of the area that both
GB and France claimed and then fought
over that led to the French and Indian
War?
 What side did the Indians mainly fight on
in the French and Indian War?
 Who was the young Colonel that led a
retreat from Fort Duquesne after General
Braddock was shot and killed?
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Sugar Act (1764)
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Low Duty (import tax) on
sugar/molasses
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Revenue/Smuggling
can search:
1.Homes/ Ships/Warehouses
Quartering Act (1765)
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Mass. Citizens must house Brit. soldiers
Questions
What laws are the British trying to
enforce again dealing with imports and
exports?
 Why did Britain not really enforce the
laws from above in the mid 1600s until
1763?
 What are the taxes paying for?
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Stamp Act (1765)
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tax on printed matter
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Newspapers/legal documents/ playing
cards
Stamp Act Repealed (1766)
Declaratory Act (1767)
Parliament- full authority and AC have
to follow all laws passed by them
Townshend Acts (1767)
places duties on tea/lead/glass/dyes
 writs of assistance : gen. warrants –
search for smugglers
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Questions
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Why would the colonists be upset with
the writs of assistance?
Tea Act (1773)
British East India Co – gets tea
monopoly
 THIS WAS NOT A TAX ON TEA!!!!
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Question
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Even though tea was actually cheaper
due to this Act, why would the colonists
protest it?
Intolerable Acts (Coercive)
(1774)
4 laws-punish Boston and Mass.
 1. closed port of Boston
 2. Royal Martial Law
 3. Brit. Officials – commit crime, tried
in GB
 4. New Quartering Act
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