HIST1055 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Intolerable Acts, Tea Act, Quebec Act
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Where are the two new crises that emerge in and around the ohio country after the end of the seven. Seven years war: global war, local decisions. Foothold in bengal ultimately changes terms of trade with china. English settlers assume they will be able to keep pressing west. Disruptive to established hunting economy of ohio country. Animals they bring disrupt ecosystems (i. e. cattle, dogs) English settlers are not supposed to cross this line. To prevent local violence and political conflict. Debt becomes a problem when people see it as a problem when they want stuff, when other people look down on them, when they decide they don"t want it. Decide to initiate series of taxes on relatively wealthy north american subjects. In british eyes the war was for the protection of the american subjects so therefore they should pay their portion of the costs. These taxes included both increase/new taxes but also enforcement/administration on incoming/exporting good sales.
