The Crisis in the Colonies 1763-1775
Jun 09, 2015
The Crisis in the Colonies
1763-1775
George III
• Ruled 1760-1820• 22 years old in 1760
Prime Minister Grenville
• George Grenville• Victory in the Seven
Years War/French and Indian War Gave Britain:
• 1. Territory• 2. Debt
The British Perspective
• Parliament is the defender of Liberty.
• It intercedes between the Monarchy and the People
• Parliament has authority over the Colonies
• Virtual Representation
• The total debt from the war exceeded 150 million Pounds (Trillions today)
The Colonists’ Perspective
• Attitudes Toward Parliament Changed in the 1760s
• Colonial Legislatures Were Viewed as Being like “Colonial Parliaments”
• Colonial Legislatures Came to Reject the Authority of the British Parliament
• Actual Representation
The Proclamation of 1763
• No Settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains
Parliament Takes Control
• The Sugar Act/Molasses Act, 1764– Court of Admiralty
• The Currency Act, 1764
• The Mutiny Act/Quartering Act, 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765
• A Tax on all written, printed documents: Wills, Trusts, Deeds, Contracts, Newspapers, Books, Pamphlets, Dice and Cards
• Alienated Everyone
Responses to the Stamp Act
• Virginia Resolves– House of Burgesses
– Patrick Henry
• “Sons of Liberty”• Stamp Act Congress
Repeal of the Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act, 1766• Marquis de
Rockingham, 1766
Return of William Pitt, 1766
• Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Townshend Acts, 1767
• Tax on British Lead, Paint, Paper and Tea
Boycotts
Trade Between England and the Colonies, 1763-1775
Frederick, Lord North
• 1770-1781• Repeal of the
Townshend Duties
Trouble in Boston
• March 5, 1770• Five Killed • Six Wounded• John Adams
The Boston Massacre
• Samuel Adams• Paul Revere
The Tea Act of 1773
• East India Tea Company
• John Hancock
The Boston Tea Party
• 12/16/1773
The Intolerable Acts, 1774
• Coercive Acts
The First Continental Congress
• Philadelphia• September 1774• Carpenter’s Hall
Today
Patrick Henry
• March 1775
The Massachusetts Militia
• Minutemen• Paul Revere• William Dawes• Joseph Warren
Lexington and Concord
• General Thomas Gage
Lexington and Concord
• Weapons Arsenal at Concord
• April 19, 1775
Lexington and Concord
The American Revolution, 1775
• April 19, 1775• Old North Bridge