AP Government Review Project Aaron Cope Period 4 Table of Contents Slide 1 – Title Page Slides 3-68 Unit 1: The Constitution a: Slides 4-12 b: Slides 13-20 c: Slides 21-23 d: Slides 24-51 e: Slides 52-57 f: Slides 58-61 g: Slides 62-65 h: Slides 66-68 Slides 69-89 Unit 2: Political Beliefs and Behaviors a: Slides 70-71 b: Slides 72-76 c: Slides 77-80 d: Slides 81-82 e: Slides 83-84 f: Slides 85-87 g: Slides 88-89 UNIT I:The Constitution 1. Historic Events Major Parliament Actions Currency Act of 1764 This act threw out the colonial currency. It also made a court that was meant to prosecute smugglers and the like however it was skewed to serve British interests. The colonists responded with protest. Sugar act This tax on sugars that came from non-British Caribbean sources eventually was lowered but this strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain. Stamp Act of 1765 This tax was on paper products in the colonies. The colonists responded with protests and riots. The American/British Dispute Declaration of Independence - 1776 This document contained the complaints of the colonists to many of the acts of Parliament. They objected to the oppression of Americans by distant British crown. They were taxed unfairly without representation and their trade was regulated for the benefit of England. To preserve the colonists’ rights, America’s independence form Britain was formally announced. American Revolution Britain didn’t respond
Second theTownsend Act gave the British the right to tax the colonies. This was truly unfair as it states in document 2 by John Dickenson a letter from a farmer in Pennsylvania “the Townsend Acts, were placed not for regulation of but, for the single purpose of leving money upon us. “ Colonist did not want to live under such strict leadership as though they were still in England.Colonist had come such a long way to start a new life only to be put under total monarchy by a country that did not represent them well.
Huge debts were owed to Great Britain for supplying the colonists with military support and supplies. To pay the dues, there was the establishment of the Stamp Act, the taxation on domestic goods and services. A tax on domestic merchandise brought even more anger to the colonists. The Sugar Act, the Townshed Duties and the Tea Act were also all introduced with the same fundamentals: applying tax on goods whether it be directly or indirectly, domestic or international. “British commercial regulations imposed a paltry economic burden on Americans, who enjoyed a rapid economic growth and a standard of living higher than their European counterparts” (McGaughy). Each act resulted in irritated colonists. Some even retaliated by tarring and feathering certain English tax enforcers living in the colonies.
In the chapter Kings, Parliament, and Inherited Rights, starts off with the quote about the revolution. The revolution was in the mind and the hearts of people, a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. The evolution of the revolution began was an argument over rights that changed into struggle for power of each party to assert their rights as it understood them, then afterward struggle for empire as Americans began to conceive a more ambitious and independent course for themselves. Americans believe that legally of all parliamentary statutes was measured against the constitution; on that basis, being unrepresented in Parliament, they denied the rights of the body to tax them directly according to the principles of constitutional law. A particular act focused on in the chapter is the Stamp Act, which imposed a stamp tax ranging from one shilling to six on various commercial and legal documents such as wills, mortgages, and college degrees, as well as on newspapers, almanacs, calendars, pamphlets, playing cards and dice. Also the Trade and Navigation Acts was a parliamentary revenue raised in America would make England governors and their appointees independent of local pressure and more faithful enforcing British statutes. These made the colonies more united. Colonies wanted to distance
Under the tyranny of Great Britain the colonist faced many hardships placed onto them by the parliament. Unconstitutional taxes were implemented for no reason other than to increase Britain’s revenue. In addition laws that disregarded man's’ natural rights were enforced by Britain onto the colonists. And because of these reasons the American colonist were justified for separating from Great Britain by declaring independence.
The Stamp Act, which was passed in 1765, had many reactions from the colonists. When the British passed the Stamp Act it taxed everything printed like newspapers, dice, playing cards, legal documents, etc. They all needed a British stamp on it. George Grenville, the prime minister, proposed it because of the debt from the French and Indian War. The colonies were the least taxed of the colonies, but they were enraged because they had no representation. After the British passed the Stamp Act the colonies weren't happy.
This was a tax, also to get revenue from the colonists, on glass, lead, paper, tea and paint imported into the
The attitudes between the king and the colonists were very distinct from one anothers. The colonists felt as if they were being used by the government. They did not want to be robbed from their money and especially from their government. In document A it shows how in some ways the people believed their rights/liberties and being changed or in some manners, revoked "because if any man or any set of men take
The American Revolution was preceded in part by a series of British Parliament laws that regulated trade and taxes. Rumors from England that more taxes might follow encouraged some colonists to begin thinking about whether they really consented to taxes passed by a Parliament to which they elected no representatives. (1) This particular legislation of taxation caused tensions between colonists and local imperial officials, who readdressed the colonists concerns that the British Parliament would not address American complaints concerning the new laws. The unwillingness to respond to American demands for change by the British opened the doors to colonial argument that they were part of a corrupt and tyrannical empire in which their traditional liberties were at stake! This position eventually served as the foundation for the Declaration of Independence.
Once again, the British were meddling in colonial affairs, and the colonists felt that the British were out of touch with the Americans. The sugar act reduced the tax on foreign importation of molasses and other goods, but it was more strictly enforced. It had a negative effect on colonial economies, especially the rum trade, and caused boycotts. Americans were becoming more and more angry with British meddling, especially this law which was seen as Britain only trying to help itself even if the colonies got harmed economically in the
In 1764 they passed the currency act prohibiting the American’s production of paper money. This made it difficult for colonists to pay their debts and taxes. Later the Stamp act was passed, making the Americans buy stamps from the government for goods. This helped unite the colonies against the British. In 1767 the Townshend Acts were passed.
They felt like the government was just using them for their resources, such as money, food, and shelter for soldiers overseas. This started to confirm their suspicions of not being seen as equals by the British. At this time the colonists believed themselves to just as British as the people on the mainland, but the British believed the opposite. When the colonists received this act they were devastated because they now knew they weren’t seen as equal. This caused the colonists to revolt (Gale Quartering
They renewed the Act in 1764 with some provisions which was in their favor. At a quick glance at the tax, it looks like it would favor the Colonies because it went from six pence per gallon to three pence per gallon on molasses. But, before the law was rewritten, the Colonies were smuggling their molasses from the French West Indies to avoid paying the tax which made it cheaper than the products coming from Britain. Since the colonies were not paying the tax, the products from the French was much cheaper than the products from Britain. Along with the tax the British also mandated that the Navy enforcement the new tax and stop the illegal smuggling of sugar and molasses from the French. The British also made stricter punishments for people caught smuggling. The punishment being, once caught, you were not entitled to a trial by jury but from only a judge. This made the punishment for smuggling much stricter than before. This was done to motivate the people to stop smuggling and buy their products from the
The Stamp Act: Direct Tax on the colonists by the British, every public and legal document had to have a stamp, which cost money- 3/22/1765
This act stripped the colonists from their Independents. What would of you done? This act made it where it taxed glass, lead, and paper. To enforce the Townsend Act. The British officials had to assistive. This allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. Colonists were upset because it took powers away from them. Colonists boycotted many British goods. Women supported the boycott. They called them selves the daughters of liberty. Samuel Adams wrote a letter stating that the laws violated their rights. The letter was shared and others join the protests. So the British came in Boston and restored order. The Boston massacre was a bad sight for Britain. They seen troops as foreign enemies. A fight broke out between the two. On March 5, 1770 is when it stared. The soldiers fired into a crown and killed several innocent people. Samuel Adams protests about the spread about the shooting. Colonists called the shooting the Boston Massacre. The soldiers was charger of murder but was not guilty. The reason they were charger was because it was a act in self defense. The Parliament repealed almost all of the Townsend Act. They kept the tax on tea. British knew the demand tea was high the boycott. Colonists were smuggling tea and not paying for it. Parliament passed out the tea act in 1773. Which allowed British East India company to sale tea. The colonists feared that it would put them out of business. Three ships arrived filled with tea. So the colonists dressed up like Indians and dumped all the tea out in the river. And that is how it became the Boston Tea Party. Parliament decided to punish Boston In the spring of 1774 it passed the coercive acts. Colonists called the laws the Intolerable act. These stated MA charter was canceled. The new Quartering act. Required colonists to home British soldiers. General Thomas Gage became the government MA. The British hoped these acts would
This document was basically a break up letter form the colonies to Great Britain it was a formal document telling the king that we were done working for you we had enough of your hereditary rule.we were very civil in sending Great Britain the document of independence and not sending a Tarred and Feathered tax collected with a formal document full of foul language. Respectively we sent out thoughts to Great Britain and it’’s monarch telling it’s people that the thirteen colonies were no longer part of Great Britain. The people were tired of the colonies treating them like slaves sucking them dry for every single penny we had no choice some families couldn't feed themselves we had to revolt .Most people could not live the life they use to before so so daily lives were deeply impacted they were living a harsh life their rights were being violated they were being punished for no reason .The people had enough heavy taxes with no representation was a major violation of their God given right .(NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.) The men of this nation had no say and what’s worse is that the king and his people gave them a phony type of representation called virtual representation.The nation's population had virtually no representation the king and its parliament just did what they felt like doing when ever they felt like doing it.