HISTORY 7A Lecture Notes - Suffolk Resolves, Thomas Paine, Sugar Act
24 Oct 2013
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Lecture #16: war, revolution, and the remaking of government: from resistance to rebellion, 1773-1775, boston massacre" as an instance in the militarization of imperial relations. People objected strongly to the idea that they should free up buildings for the british troops that were there to enforce the crown on the people. Revenue acts and the costs of military government. Some of the money for the revenue acts was going to support the military government in north america. Suggested that the military was going to play a bigger and bigger role in the government and the enforcement of colonies. Immediately recognized that the boston massacre" was a huge disaster. Troops moved to a fortress somewhere else in boston to relieve the tension: the repeal of the townshend duties an interval of (relative) quiet. Like the stamp act, it had been repealed.
