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Colonial Resistance and the Path to Revolution: The Impact of the Quartering Act and Townshend Duties

This chapter delves into the pivotal events leading to colonial unrest in America due to the Quartering Act, which mandated that colonial legislatures provide for British soldiers. New York exhibited the strongest opposition, intensifying the rift between the colonies and Parliament. The imposition of the Townshend Duties, seen as indirect taxes on essential goods, sparked widespread resistance, including non-importation agreements and the formation of Committees of Correspondence. Key incidents, such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, marked a turning point that propelled the colonies toward rebellion and ultimately revolution.

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Colonial Resistance and the Path to Revolution: The Impact of the Quartering Act and Townshend Duties

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  1. Chapter 5 (2nd Half) Pg. 139-156

  2. Quartering Act • Colonial Legislatures forced to pay for goods needed by stationed soldiers • NY objected the most • Resistance heightened Parliaments dislike of Colonial resistance

  3. Townshend Duties • Indirect tax-glass, paint, lead, paper, tea • Intended to help pay the salary of the royal governors to lessen their loyalty to the Colonial Legislative Assemblies

  4. Colonial Resistance • Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania • “Circular Letter” • Non-Importation/Non-Consumption • Women

  5. British Support • Merchants and Artisans against Townshend Duties • John Wilkes

  6. American Board of Customs Commissioners • Increase number of customs officials (enforce Navigation Acts) • Pay secret informers for info. On smuggling • Cases tried in Vice Admiralty Courts • “Liberty” incident

  7. The Boston Massacre • Feb. 1770 11 year old boy killed by a Customs Official • March 5, 1770 in protest riot started in Boston

  8. Committees of Correspondence • Locally established groups to keep colonists informed of goingson around the colonies

  9. Tea Act • Boston Tea Party

  10. Intolerable Acts • 1) Boston Port Bill • 2) Mass. Gov. Act • 3) Administrative Justice Act • 4) Quartering Act • 5) Quebec Act

  11. Rebellion to Revolution • September 1774-1st Continental Congress • April 1775-Warrants for Colonial Leaders • Lexington and Concord • May 1775-Continental Army formed (GW) • June 1775-Olive Branch Petition, Breeds and Bunker Hill • December 1775-All out Rebellion in eyes of GB

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