HSTAA 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stamp Act 1765, Townshend Acts, Quartering Acts
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1763- great britain sent a standing army to the colonies: france and spain are no longer around the 13 colonies, proclamation of 1763: no settlement past allegheny mts (result of pontiac"s. 1765- stamp act (paper items: quartering act. Colonists must allow british soldiers in homes and they must feed the troops. 1767- townshend acts: these were taxes on glass, paper, tea, led to more troops being sent to keep order. 1770- boston massacre: british and colonists openly clashed, 5 colonists killed, british soldiers put on trial (john adams defended them, etching was used as propaganda for colonists by paul revere. 1773- boston tea party: the sons of liberty dumped a huge amount of tea overboard a ship, they tarred and feathered a custom"s official. The colonists were not represented in british government but they were still taxed highly due to the french and indian war that had to be repaid: led to no taxation without representation .
