APUSH The Road To The American Revolution Notes

tobacco) ○ Goods to America had to go through England first ○ Eliminate manufacturing competition w/ colonies ○ Molasses Act -taxes on rum, sugar, anything imported from French Caribbean Pro/Con Mercantilism ● Colonial Positives ○ No effect on colonial economy (until 1763) ○ Enjoyed the rights of Englishmen ○ Self-Government ○ Military protection ○ Profits from manufacturing and trade ● Colonial Negatives ○ Manufacturing hindered ○ Southern/Chesapeake colonies especially suffer as export prices drop ○ New Englands resentment toward Southern policy ○ Writs of Assistance ■ British search warrants for colonial ships ■ James Otis utters famous words

"No taxation without representation" French and Indian War (1754-1763) ● Land disputes in Ohio River Valley ● George Washington ● Many French scattered throughout continent ○ Louisiana Cajuns ● Albany Plan of Union ● Peace of Paris ○ Britain = dominant N. America ○ Britain incurs significant debt End of Salutary Neglect ● George Grenville ○ New PM enforces Nav. Acts ● Huge English debt ○ ½ of all debt due to American protection ○ Wanted colonists to pay ⅓ of cost to maintain British troops there to protect them ● King George III ● Proclamation Line Three Acts ● 3 Acts push Americans over the edge and spark the Revolution ○ Stamp Act ○ Townshend Act ○ Tea Act 1765 Stamp Act ● Tax on printed documents in colonies ● British ○ Reasonable and Just ○ Fair Share ○ Virtual Representation ○ Enforcement of Law ● Americas ○ Illegal ○ External vs. Internal Taxes ○ Stamp Act Congress ○ Sons of Liberty ● Stamp Act repealed in 1766 1767 Townshend Acts ● Taxed goods imported to colonies ● British ○ Punishment ○ Taxes to Raise Revenues ● Americans ○ Ager ○ Mass