HLTH 5392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Pointless
6 Dec 2016
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Requires a crown stamp on all mails. External axes on all imports to colonies . Stamp act (people like washington, adams, franklin) Taxes and the crown now effecting the lives of ordinary people. After man events and writers like thomas payne, america moved toward a radical direction (breaking away from britain) An occurrence between the colonists and soldiers, unsure how started or who shot first. 8 soldiers arrested and indicted for murder. John adams was the da (defense attorney on the side with the soldiers) First person to die in the boston massacre. Created a monopoly for the east india company. Frist time leaders from different colonies unite. Declared allegiance to the king, but asserted that. British soldiers try to seize militia"s stockpile. 20,000 men gather to form a military unit. Attempt to patch things up with the king. Took place around the new jersey/new york area.
