HIST 1115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Intolerable Acts, Townshend Acts, Sugar Act
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Chapter 6: the british empire and the colonial crisis: e(cid:448)e(cid:374) year"s war- 1754-1762- between britain and frane that ended with british domination of. Re(cid:271)ellio(cid:374) heighte(cid:374)ed britai(cid:374)"s deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) to (cid:272)reate a boundary between americans and indians: pontiac was the chief of the ottawas, attacked ft. detroit. Issued proclamation of 1763 to help separate indians and settlers as well as add restriction s on land and trade: colonists cant go west of the appalachian mts. Regulated trade and raised revenue: stamp act. Imposed a tax on all paper used for official documents: purpose was to raise revenue, repealed in 1766, vital representation- theory that all british subjects were represented in. Parliament, whether they had elected representatives or not. Colonists rejected this theory and wanted only direct representation: resistance, virgi(cid:374)ia"s assembly, house of burgess, 2/3 members had left, virginia resolves- series of resolutions on the stamp act.
