POS 2041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sugar Act, Connecticut Compromise, First Continental Congress
5 Jul 2017
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Sugar act 1764: e(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:272)ed a p(cid:396)e(cid:448)ious ta(cid:454) o(cid:374) (cid:373)olasses. Stamp act 1765: re(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed p(cid:396)i(cid:374)ted (cid:373)ate(cid:396)ials to ha(cid:448)e a sta(cid:373)p o(cid:374) the(cid:373) East india trade company had monopoly on importing tea and sought to bypass the merchants by selling it directly to the colonists. Goal was to provoke a government clampdown: closed the po(cid:396)t of bosto(cid:374) a(cid:374)d shut do(cid:449)(cid:374) the massa(cid:272)husetts go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Philosophical document stating that certain rights were inalienable. Political document explaining that since the king had violated those rights, the colonists had the right to separate. Weak central government; no president, only a legislature. Impractical government, giving each state one vote regardless of population, and requiring all 13 to make amendments. Prevented colonies from creating treaties - lacked an army or navy to protect citizens - no taxing authority. Goal was to prevent the court from repossessing debt-ridden lands held by poor farmers in western massachusetts.
