GOVT 1313 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Three-Fifths Compromise, Stamp Act Congress, Annapolis, Maryland
14 Nov 2016
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Chapter 2: constructing a government: the founding and the constitution. Stamp act of 1765 created because england needed a way to pay for the soldiers they were sending over to defend the colonies. Required all printed and legal documents to be printed on official paper that was stamped and sold (and taxed): were first steps that led to war/new nation. (act was repealed in 1776) Created nonimportation agreements, protests, and the stamp act congress (oct. Colonists used to have salutary neglect while england was distracted with france. Lesson: james madison says that politics generally involves struggles among. Got used to it, so when the war ends they"re unhappy with more eyes on them. conflicting interests. Five sectors of society had interests important in colonial politics o new england merchants o southern planters o royalists (licensed to engage in a profession or business activity) o shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers o small farmers.
