Thursday Sept. 28th Period 6 notes

Today in class we talked about:

The Regulator Movement in the Carolinas:
- In South Carolina the government to the backcountry provided a circuit court system for the entire colony.
- In North Carolina the backcountry was full of corruption but not because of the absence of government.
- Vigilantes imposed order in the absence of any organized government. The Vigilantes took the law into their own hands.

* The Tea Act of 1773 repealed import duties on tea in England but retained the Townshend duty in the colonies.
* Boston Tea Party took place December 16th 1773. This is when the Boston radicals dressed themselves as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea into the Harbor.
* The Coercive Acts (later known as the Intolerable Acts):
* Boston Port Act- closed the port of Boston until the Bostonians paid for the tea.
* Quartering Act- allowed the army to quarter soldiers on civilian property if necessary.
* Administration of Justice Act- permitted a British soldier or official who was charged with a crime while carrying out his duties to be tried either in another colony or in England.
* Massachusetts Government Act- overturned the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 and made the council appointive and restricted the town meetings. This basically shut down the government within Massachusetts.
* The Quebec Act- established French Civil law and the Roman Catholic Church. Extended the administrative boundaries of Quebec to the Great Lakes and the Ohio River.

- The Radical Explosion occurred after all of these new acts were enforced. The colonists were furious and summoned the First Continental Congress. This is when the Government Act was nullified because the colonists weren’t going to obey the laws because Britain couldn’t take the government in Massachusetts away.

Don’t forget Data Key/ Information Sheets are due tomorrow. I hope my notes have been helpful :)

*~*Stephanie~*~