HISTORY 3011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Boston Caucus, Quartering Acts, Loyal Nine
25 Oct 2016
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John hancock-(cid:449)ealthiest (cid:373)er(cid:272)ha(cid:374)t i(cid:374) ne(cid:449) e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d that does(cid:374)"t pa(cid:455) ta(cid:454)es (cid:894)this is a problem) England is greedy they were taxing and it was oppressive. The king is struggling to pay for the french and indian war, england is in extreme debt. 1765-enactment of the stamp act & reinforcement of the quartering act. Stamp has to be purchased to put on any document. Benjamin franklin-well-known printer, largest purchaser of paper actively against this tax (he created the skull and cross symbol to represent death and negativity) Quartering act: reinforcing act january 1, 1754 - provide the british soldiers with any needed a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odatio(cid:374)s or housi(cid:374)g (cid:894)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) pla(cid:272)es (cid:449)here people do(cid:374)"t alread(cid:455) li(cid:448)e! (cid:895) Also required colonists to provide food for any british soldiers in the area. Made out to be such an intrusive act but england is not trying to intrude. 1766-enactment of the american colonies act (declaratory act stamp act repealed)
