In between French and Indian war and the Revolutionary War

Exam 3

What two new laws do Britian put on the colonies in 1765?

The Stamp Act and The Quartering Act

What was The Stamp Act?

• notary seal, must be put on all legal documents

  • includes: wills, diplomas, marriage license, property deed, birth/death certificates

• 3 cents per seal (1 pg. doc)

• created jobs called Stamp masters

  • their job is to sell the stamps

What two new laws do Britian put on the colonies in 1765?

The Stamp Act and The Quartering Act

What was The Stamp Act?

• notary seal, must be put on all legal documents

  • includes: wills, diplomas, marriage license, property deed, birth/death certificates

• 3 cents per seal (1 pg. doc)

• created jobs called Stamp masters

  • their job is to sell the stamps

What was The Quartering Act?

• 10,000 new troops were to be sent to the colonies to enforce the proclamation line

• American colonist must house (in barns & sheds) and provide blankets/beer.

  • Fear of wives/daughters being raped by soldiers

What two groups were created from the Stamp Act?

The Sons of Liberty and The Daughters of Liberty

Who were the sons of liberty?

• upper income members:

  • shop/store owners & plantation owners

  • plan strategy boycott

• lower income members:

  • sailor/day labor

  • enforce strategy- not to buy British products

    • Start with threats the to violence (tar and feather) then to murder (if necessary)

Who were the daughters of liberty?

• upper income members:

  • wives and daughters of business owners

  • female academies

    • manners, French/Spanish, bible study

  • plan substitutes

    • ex: coffee is boycotted, sub= chicorce

• lower income members:

  • wives/daughters of sailors/day laborers

  • enforcement of boycott

    • stand in front of shops

    • confront shoppers

    • administer “The Treat”

      • bucket of mud and manure, which would be dumped on the people who shopped and then followed home to dump on the front door

What happened with the Boycott in 1766?

• english merchants complained to parliament

• parliament repeals the stamp act and passes the Declaratory Act

  • “Right to make all laws…”

What does Ben Franklin explain to Parliament in 1766?

Lectures parliament in Internal vs External taxes

• Americans will accept:

  • External tax- import tax: buy item & tax / skip item (sugar act)

  • Internal tax- unavoidable tax: ex poll tac ($2 to vote) or stamp

What does Parliament pass in 1768?

Townshed Duties

What is the Townshed Duties?

Taxes on certain British products like glass, slik, paper, tea.

What did the Townshed Duties make the colonists do?

boycott

What else happened in 1768?

British troops arrived

What happened when British troops arrived in 1768?

• sent to be police

• sons of liberty violence

  • 30,000 sailors out of work

• customs house (pay tax before getting merchandise)

  • troops are to guard

• troops needed part time jobs (never went well)

Where did the British troops arrive in 1768?

costal cities (not as planned)

What was another name for the British troops?

lobster backs or red coats

What happened on March 5 1770?

Boston Massacre

What was the Boston Massacre?

• it was an incident at a customs house

  • sons of liberty members group up (mob)

  • they insult the guards, then hit them with snowballs, then added rocks in the snowballs, then started throwing large rocks.

  • troops felt in danger and shot into the mob

    • 5 dead (became martyrs)

Who was one of the individuals who died at the Boston massacre?

Crispus Attucks: 40 year old African American Sailor

What happened six hours before the Boston Massacre?

Parliament repeals the Townshed Duties