01:512:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mercy Otis Warren, Stamp Act Congress, Public Finance
18 Mar 2018
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I)after glorious revolution parliamentary leaders less inclined to tighten imperial control b/c depended on support of merchants + landholders who feared taxes, diminished profits ii)colonial administration inefficient split between board of trade and plantations, privy. Many royal officials in america apt b/c of bribery or favoritism iii)resistance centered in colonial legislatures, claimed right to tax, approve appts, pass laws. Saw themselves as little parliaments, checked governor power: the colonies divided. I)colonists often felt stronger ties to england than to one another. Yet canons still forged, atlantic settlement created roads, trade, colonial postal service ii)loath to cooperate even against french and indian threat. Iroquois proposed establishing a general govt with power to govern relationships with. This albany plan was rejected by all the colonies: the struggle for the continent, new france and the iroquois nation. I)by 1750s growing english and french settlements produced religious and commercial tensions. Louis xiv sought greater empire, french explorers had traveled down.
