Louis B. Vega
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Chapter
4/Sec 4
TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
The Sugar Act
Prime Minister
Buying time
Colonies no longer profitable/Local investment
vs. England
High/low taxes/Duties
Enforcement of Navigation Acts/Admiralty
courts
Protection/Greed/Capitalism/Reasonability
The Stamp Act
Passed by Parliament
On
all printed matter - Deeds/marriage/land/ads/news/diplomas
Moral
objection/Petition/regulations
Congress/polite
protests
“Sons
of Liberty”/riots - boycott of British goods
The Declaratory Act
Sovereignty of Parliament - 150 years of
precedence
Statement of power/ Subordination
Supremacy of Parliament - Change of
relationship
“Unwise and ill advised”
The Townshend Act
Low
opinion of Colonists
Indirect
taxes – Tariffs/All imports
Rebellion
in the colonies
Board
of customs got 1/3 value of articles - Corruption
Circular
letter by legislature - Tax without rep
Boston Massacre
No troops even stationed - At Custom House
Samuel Adams - Radical/Founder of Sons of
Liberty/Drafted Circular Letter
Paul Revere - Engraving of Boston Massacre/
Propaganda
The Calm before the Storm
Repeal of Acts except tea/Act of power
Normalization/Change of attitude
>cooperation and communication
Cause
and
Effect e.g.
Condition
Person
Event
taxes
colonial protection