POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: First Continental Congress, Intolerable Acts, Sugar Act
25 Sep 2016
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No british taxation (only tariffs: the french and indian war (1754-63) After war, britain decided to tax goods going to america so they can pay for the lost money defending the colonies. (a): boston tea party caused the intolerable acts. Massachusetts loses right to try their own people (have to go a different colony or. Boycotted merchandise coming from britain for a year. If something happens to massachusetts; everybody comes to save them. Each colony has there own country separate government, military + going to wars: governance under the articles. Proven to be too weak: inherent weakness of the articles of confederation. Congressmen were state delegates: further challenges for the new nation. Cant compel states to pay for the debt. The states in general weren"t interested in coming together because they liked consequences. being separate. A rebellion in central and western massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. Farmers were upset about the taxes and the amount of debt they were in.
