POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Luxury Goods, Limited Government, Class Conflict
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Mayflower compact: (1620): early example of social contract and republicanism. Seven years war: (1754-1763): battle of the miden -french indian war- (cid:271)y the (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1010)(cid:1004)"s the a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ies (cid:449)ere o(cid:448)er (cid:1005)(cid:1009)(cid:1004) years old. 1. ) sugar act (1764): tax on luxury items and effected the wealthy the most. Stamp act (1765): tax on lawyer and official documents. The documents would not be valid until you got the stamp that you had to pay the tac for them. Quartering act (1765): if a soldier showed up at your door then you had to house. British and did not like that at all. This act made it to where the british make rules that the americans. Declaratory act (1766): the american colonies felt like they were being ruled by the had to follow. Daughters of liberty: boycott luxury good and make them yourself. Sons of liberty: 1- get you naked 2-cover you in tar 3-cover you in feathers 4-hang you.