Period 6 Wednesday

We immediately dived into discussion of pages 184-192.
We begin in the Colonies right after the French and Indian War

• The English needed money and created the Sugar Act of 1764. It focuses mainly on molasses, a major colonial buisness.
• Next is the Currency Act of 1764, banning paper money printed by the colonies.
• The double punch of the Quartering Act and the Stamp Act pushes the colonists to say enough is enough
• The Stamp Act is eventually repealed, but the seeds of dissent were already sown.

In order to save face, Parliment repeals the Stamp Act, drafts the Declatory Act and Revenue Act to prove their control. Then we get into the Townshend Crisis. The Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 taxes tea indirectly, but still upsets the colonists. Their protests center in Boston. When the colonists begin to riot, the British sent in four regiments of troops. The tense situation that followed led to the Boston Massacre and the seizing of John Hancock's ship Liberty. Then we concluded for the day.

AJ