HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Stamp Act 1765, Freedom Suit, Plebs
26 Mar 2017
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Consequences of protest concerning tea party coercive acts 1774 - Lord north stern response laws punish ma destruction tea: boston port act closed harbor shipping until destroyed tea paid for goal undermine prosperity; ma government act altered colony"s charter underscoring. Parliament"s claim supremacy ma, royal governor"s powers increased, & council appointive not elective. Impartial administration of justice act any royal official accused capital crime tried court england; 1765 quartering act military commanders lodge soldiers private households. Quebec act nothing to do 4 coercive acts but fed american fears & confirmed. French civil law, government structure, & catholicism for quebec challenged. Protestant new england - denied own representative government: quebec control over disputed lands & lucrative fur trade ohio valley lands va, A meeting to enact change first continental congress 1774 - Most statesmen philadelphia leaders anti british cause home colonies notable colonists samuel adams & john adams ma and george washington &
