- 1760 George III becomes king of England
- Why are the colonies resentful? Colonies felt like they were overtaxed
- Proclamation of 1763: settlement prohibition west of Appalachians
- Pontiac's Rebellion: uprising against British by Indians
area had been controlled by French
reserved for British
Britain's Financial Problems
Causes: cost of goverment
-cost of defense (supporting a military)
-heavy debt
-high taxes
George Grenville, Finance Minister of England
What did he do to annoy the colonists?
He thinks colonists should be responsible for some of England's tax burden
Ben Franklin realizes Grenville wants to tax American colonists
new taxes are coming down the pike
what are some new taxes?
duties on imports
Sugar Act 1764 (also molasses)
why do we need it? baking.
British try to cut down on smuggling
smuggling allows Americans to get goods without paying all of the taxes (evasion)
Stamp Act 1765
what's the purpose? taxes support the British military
who was effected? printers, merchants, lawyers
James Otis, Massachusetts lawyer, challenges search warrants
boycott, withdraw from buying goods as a protest
Hurting British merchants, they are frustrated
Townshend Act, 1767
duties on glass and tea
protests and violence began
Boston Massacre, 1770
British soldiers mow down American crowd
Magna Carta, no sentencing with a trial of your peers
precedent, current legal decisions need to be made with regard to previous legal decisions
John Adams did not his personal beliefs or politics to get in the way of the appropriate practice of law
John Adams defends the troops that murdered the Americans
POV: murder or self defense
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