POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Quartering Acts, Sixteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Seventeenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
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The historical context of independence and the constitution. Sugar act of 1764 there were only a few approved exported goods which were exported to only great britain, limited exports of the united states to anyone else. Stamp act of 1765 any paper product required a stamp to say you had paid the tax; tax on products made and sold in america. Townshend acts of 1766 repealed stamp act, replaced with a tax on imports; Us imported many products from great britain, this tax was placed on any imported items. No taxation without representation! was a popular phrase of the american people during this time. Boston massacre 1770, dissolution of massachusetts legislature; protest of taxation, british soldiers released open re on crowd, killing 6 americans. Britain rescinded the townshend act in 1773 (except for tax on tea) Boston tea party 1773; drunk americans dumped an import of tea into the harbor;