POS-1041 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: First Continental Congress, Stamp Act Congress, Supremacy Clause
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Home rule: americans responsible for managing their domestic affairs, including taxation. 1619: first colonial representative assembly convenes in va: 1650: all colonies had established elective assemblies, initiated laws and levied. Britain regulated all of its colonies" commerce and provided them w/ military security by: exacerbated free riding, little experience managing collective action. 1750s: french and indian war (seven-years"-war): britain asks for u. s. collective help to taxes means of its navy recover from losses: benjamin franklin, plan of the union : could have created a national government; American army could provide for british protection, a popularly elected national legislature w/ power to levy taxes, executive appointed by the british king. Not popular due to free-riding on british protection. 1763: french lose french and indian war, no more american colonization, britain poor: britain imposes taxes, violates home rule to consolidate its power and regain money. 1765: stamp act, tax on all printed materials. Colonial assemblies passed resolutions demanding the tax be repealed;
