End of Week 3_ The Empire in Crisis PDF

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The 3 StartedProclamationLineof1763 Paris176 Treatyof viewthemselvesasindividualcolonies a DETECT 088 Join or die Benjamin Franklin: wanted to work for The New England Courant, meets Deborah read but Deborah marries an abusive guy but she’s an active gure but also signi cant other of Benjamin franklin even tho they didn’t marry ◦Benjamin Franklin= starts the Pennsylvania courant, opens grocery store, forms Junto (group of people who get together and talk about life), founds a lot of buildings. 1749- enough money to retire and invents Franklin stove, bifocals, glass harmonica, swim ns, etc ◦1757- goes to London to represent Pennsylvania, 4 other colonies ask too, remains in English as colonial representative, chosen to write Declaration of Independence, known in Paris as icon, signs constitution after American revolution, over 2000 people attend his funeral bc he did a lot and knew everyone ◦William franklin Albany congress 1754= colonies should unite and form a government but it’s rejected, Benjamin Franklin introduces his plans to colonies may 28 1754 but still rejected the idea ◦1760s= tension increases between colonies due to the proclamation line, Great Britain sends a standing army- permanent military force, in times of war and peace ◦Still didn’t let winning team go to land won, made colonists feel restrained, primarily in Boston and New York ◦Takes about 200 pounds (3 million dollars) sterling to sustain Standing Army French and Indian war made government go into thousands of debt - colonists have more deposable income ◦try to reciprocate money and pay for the standing army but see colonies of New World thriving so they implicated taxes First act implicated was Sugar Act (1764) after war that was an external or indirect tax - taxed luxury items that come to colonies (sugar, tea, wine, rum, oil, etc), reduces tax on foreign molasses and had people pax taxes even if it was lower ◦cracked down on colonial items for people to pay more with less money for items ◦Colonists respond- speeches, pamphlets, protests, starts Committee of Correspondence ◦Committee of Correspondence= people don’t like it, and push back Stamp Act (1765)= gets a lot more pushback, England tries to gain control so they kept implementing taxes, expands to American Revolution ◦All documents needed stamps (newspaper, playing cards) ◦defend and protect colonies ◦Stamps earn money for colonists, internal tax (get something but pay money to get it, paying two dollars more to get smoothing with money for item), bothers colonists in everyday life, announces March but e ect in November (7&8 months to get worked up) ‣ Virginia Resolves= by Patrick Henry (“give me liberty or give me death”), taxation without representation isn’t fair ‣ Massachusetts call for Congress and discuss what’s going on (like Albany Congress), only 9 colonies and delegates ‣ Organizations formed= Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty, calls stamp distributor on tree and call for his resignation Colonial Frustrations with The Stamp Act 1. The principle of the matter ( no taxation without representation) 2. Uneven impact= judges, lawyers, newspaper editors, anybody that publishes paper as a part of their job gets impacted 3. All about money= open about wanting to earn money so they implemented taxes 4. Fear of corruption= a lot of stamps that were intimidating, people take “wrong stamp” and need to pay more, raise prices when it wasn’t the original price, people who have power to collect money for stamps will do what they want to do (no accountability, abuse of power), Government of Great Britain allowed this Push back is so bad that they repeal the Stamp Act but pass the Declaratory Acts (1766) ◦Says Great Britain has a right to make laws ◦Declares Great Britain as boss even with no taxes ◦After this, relative harmony for over a year. 3 years pass. solution to problem in mind of colonist, want a seat at the table  Resentment= really don’t like it Resistance= hold back ◦Passive to active scale ‣ Passive- let it happen but refuse to do something or go somewhere, legal and nonviolent ‣ Active= violent, illegal, don’t like or want to do something but is violent or illegal ‣ Ex: picture of The Repeal or the Funeral of Miss Ame- Stamp. Funeral service for the stamps ‣ Ex 2: the able doctor swallowing the butter drought (America is the person on the ground exposed held down and fed hot liquid from teapot, she’s surrounded by leaders soldiers or people) ‣ Active resistance= tar and feather someone (liquid tar poured on someone and roll them with feathers even down their throat) illegal ex of active resistance= “Excerpt from Boston Massacre Oration” by Joseph Warren= not everybody on board, killing a lot of people (brutal slaughter of people; 5 ppl died)