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Impact of the Great War for Empire Attitudes of colonists Self-importance Separate identity Problems of British Governing new lands Political instability Indians Proclamation of 1763 Retaliation of the British government for colonial actions during the war Imperial forces won the war while colonists traded with the enemy Efforts to use writs of assistance to stop illegal trade Colonists used the war to exact concessions from their governors Problems of managing defense in the newly captured lands to the north and east Grenville’s program Paying for American defense Making customs collection efficient The Sugar Act of 1764 The Currency Act of 1764 The Stamp Act of 1765 The Quartering Act of 1765 Colonial reaction Radical ideals of the “Real Whigs” Colonial perceptions of the Grenville program Basis for the argument “no taxation without representation” The Stamp Act Crisis Early mass actions Efforts to unify the protests, the Stamp Act Congress Use of nonimportation Repeal of the Stamp Act Meaning of the Declaratory Act The Townshend Acts Changing politics in England Basis for and provisions of the Townshend Acts, 1767 Colonial reactions Dickinson’s Letters oppose taxes for revenue Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty Virginia Resolves Boston Massacre, 1770 Repeal of the Townshend Duties except on tea, 1770 Improved relations, tinder awaiting a spark Backcountry discontent Ethan Allen and the creation of Vermont, 1777 Paxton Boys’ rebellion in Pennsylvania Evidences of discontent in the Carolinas Renewed tension with England Burning of the Gaspee Formation of the Committees of correspondence Lord North and the Tea Act of 1773 Terms of the act Nature of colonial reactions Boston Tea Party, 1773 The Coercive Acts, 1774 Quebec Act prevents entry to western lands Colonial actions of support for Boston The First Continental Congress, September 1774 All colonies represented except Georgia Endorse Suffolk Resolves Adopt Continental Association Call a second Congress for May 1775 British reactions Colonists take the initiative Strengthening colonial militias Battles of Lexington and Concord Capture of Fort Ticonderoga Actions of the Second Continental Congress Battle of Bunker Hill Congress’s two documents of explanation British army retreated Impact of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense The Declaration of Independence Jefferson’s draft Modifications Contract theory of government Assessment of the causes of the Revolution