AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Stamp Act Congress, Townshend Acts, Tea Act

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: Johnson

Document Summary

Colonists originally came as loyal british citizens who allowed american colonists the right to self-government. Virginia colony had the house of burgesses and that system worked for about 140 but the ties to the crown were weakened due to the repercussions of the french and indian war (1765-1763) The british paid huge repercussions and decided the people who they protected should pay for the debt. Each colony has its own constitution providing that colony with fundamental law. Most rejected feudalism and the absolute authority of the. The british began to achieve their goal by making the colonist pay a series king and the mandated church of taxes: Sugar act of 1764: which taxed sugar, wine, coffee, and most of the products normally exported to the colonies by the british. Stamp act of 1765: taxed all paper exported to the colonies. Quartering act of 1765: required colonists to provide living quarters for the british soldiers at the colonists expense.