QUIZ 8 - Chapter 5: British policies, Grenville, Acts, Taxation

What were the two British concerns other than taxation after 1763?

1. Sovereignty

2. Control

What were the British policies after 1763?

1. Navigational Act enforcement

2. Americans must pay taxes

3. No/suppressed limited autonomy

4. No westward expansion

Why did Britain not want the colonists to cross the Proclamation Line?

1. Because they said so

- Asserting control

2. Improve native relations

Mercantilism

Colonies existing for the benefit of the mother country

- England 1st

- Benefits: Guarantee of market, British Navy protection

- Problems: Britain > America, serve Britain only

Folly

The pursuit of an unattainable policy

- Destroy oneself in process

George Grenville

The first British Prime Minister of 10 in 1763

Sugar Act of 1764

A 3 pence tax on each gallon of sugar, enforced and replaced the Molasses Act

- Enforced by vice-admiralty courts and writs of assistance

Writs of Assistance

Blank search warrants

Vice-Admiralty Courts

Jury-less military nautical courts without due process

- Guilty before innocent

Due Process of Law

Rights when arrested, the right to a jury and fair trial, innocent when guilty

How did the colonists react to the vice-admiralty courts?

1. Protests, letters to Parliament

2. Smuggling

- Received the Stamp Act in response by British

Stamp Act of 1765

54 printed items were given tax

Boycott

An economic weapon to bankrupt Britain

Declaratory Act of 1766

The act stating Parliament is supreme in all matters of taxes, authority, and legislation

- Power to tax = power to control

What did the colonists want?

Icetip: No taxation without representation

Bottom: Sovereignty