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Britain's New Policy for Colonial America: Understanding Mercantilism and Colonial Resistance

This content outlines Britain's new policies regarding colonial America, focusing on mercantilism and the Navigation Laws established in the 1650s. It explores why British authorities were initially lenient in enforcing these laws before 1763, contrasting British and colonial perspectives post-French and Indian War. The document also reviews significant events, including Pontiac's Rebellion and key legislation like the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and the Coercive Acts. Students are encouraged to engage with the material through various assignments and illustrations that clarify these acts' impact.

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Britain's New Policy for Colonial America: Understanding Mercantilism and Colonial Resistance

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  1. Good Afternoon • Please pick up “Britain’s New Policy for Colonial America” outline • Update Table of Contents (Unit Two) • Write down Homework

  2. APUSH Britain’s New Policy for Colonial America

  3. Mercantilism

  4. Navigation Laws (1650s)

  5. Why did the British NOT enforce their laws in America before 1763?

  6. Colonists View in 1763 • F & I War had been fought to eliminate the French impediment to westward expansion • New colonial leadership had emerged as a result of the F & I War • Colonists strongly believed in their rights as Englishmen • Colonists believed they were the major reason for victory in the F & I War

  7. British View in 1763 • Colonists had given little aid during War • PA and NE had openly traded with the enemy during the War • Ineffective administration both in customs collections and in other laws • The feeling that the colonists had been too long indulged • Colonists out of step with mercantile philosophy

  8. Phase One

  9. Pontiac’s Rebellion, 1763

  10. Good Afternoon • Please put your FRQ in the bin located on the counter (make sure you put it in the correct class) • Take out your Britain’s New Policy for Colonial America outline • Get the American Pageant Textbook

  11. Proclamation of 1763

  12. Sugar Act (Revenue Act) 1764

  13. In Class Activity… • Explain the Definition, Cause, Change, Impact, Who’s Angry and Resistance of the British act (teacher will assign act) • Develop an illustration, cartoon, pictures, etc… that will help explain your act • Use the reading “Imperial Wars and Colonial Resistance” AND Chapter Seven in American Pageant (p.126-144)

  14. Good Afternoon Please make sure you review for your Unit Two Vocabulary Quiz

  15. Quartering Act, 1765

  16. Stamp Act, 1765

  17. Colonial Response to Stamp Act

  18. Phase Two

  19. Townshend Acts, 1767

  20. Repeal of Townshend Acts, 1770

  21. Boston Massacre, 1770

  22. Phase Three

  23. Committee of Correspondence

  24. Gaspee Affair, 1772

  25. Tea Act, 1773

  26. Boston Tea Party

  27. Coercive (Intolerable) Acts, 1774

  28. Colonial Reaction to Intolerable Acts

  29. First Continental Congress

  30. British Response to 1st Continental Congress

  31. It's Too Late to Apologize http://www.schooltube.com/video/310e895daf33714b3b48/Too-Late-to-Apologize

  32. Lexington & Concord, 1775

  33. Emerson By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world

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