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“Tightening the Screws” OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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“Tightening the Screws” OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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1. Britain’s post-war problems 2. Britain’s post-war program 3. Resistance and Retreat 4. Britain’s “nasty plot” 5. Concord and Lexington
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Schoolhouse ROCK “No More Kings”
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Schoolhouse ROCK “No More Kings”
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1754-63
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French & Indian War 1754 - 1763
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1754-63
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BRITAIN’S POST-WAR PROBLEMS
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BRITAIN’S POST-WAR PROBLEMS
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defense
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Colonial wartime defense?
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Colonial wartime defense? meh
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“peace force” £ 200,000 / year
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deficit spending
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20%
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1-2 %
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BRITAIN’S POST-WAR PROGRAM
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7500 soldiers
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1/2 ~500 1/4 1/4
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Parliamentary Taxation
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SUGAR ACT (1764) £ 20,000
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SUGAR ACT (1764) £ 20,000
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STAMP ACT (1765) £ 60,000
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STAMP ACT (1765) £ 60,000
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TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
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TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
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TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
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TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
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RESISTANCE AND RETREAT
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Parliamentary Taxation WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
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“Virtual” Representation
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BOYCOTT
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Sons of Liberty SoL
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Result?
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concessions…
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repeal Stamp Act (1766)
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lowered duty on molasses (1766)
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repeal Townshend Duties (1770)
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except
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except
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BRITAIN’S “NASTY PLOT”
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Boston “Massacre” 1770
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Tea Act 1773
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£
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£ ££
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£ ££ £££
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East India Company
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SoL
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SoL
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Britain’s response
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Gen. Thomas Gage
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Coercive Acts “Intolerable” or “Repressive” Acts
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Gage’s decision
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CONCORD AND LEXINGTON
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Gage’s decision
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Gage’s decision
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“Lay down your arms, you damned rebels...”
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“Lay down your arms, you damned rebels...”
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“…[T]he Shot Heard Round the World!” April 19, 1775
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