Part 1
Road to Revolution
KEY CONCEPT
• British policies after 1763 were designed to raise revenue to pay for
the cost of the empire.
• The American colonists were divided over what course of action to
take in response to British policies.
• The Americans created a government, the Continental Congress, to
address the deteriorating relationship between Britain and the
colonies.
Ch. 7
• “Salutary Neglect”
• Mercantilism
– Policies not challenged
Major British Mercantilist Policies
• The Navigation Laws
– American trade
– Writs of assistance
– British Board of Trade
•
The Wool (1699), Hat (1732), and Iron (1750)
Acts, The Molasses Act (1733)
From annoying to uproar
• 1763 a turning point
– George Grenville
– Proclamation Line of
1763
• result
Discontent on the Frontier
• Paxton boys Pennsylvania
frontiersmen (1763)
Left-Side
“Ch. 7 Focus Question & Acts”
• Answer Chapter 7
focus question
#3 on the leftside of spiral
• Directions: state the historical
significance for each of the following:
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7.
Navigation Acts (1650)
Sugar Act (1764)
Quartering Act (1765)
Stamp Act (1765)
Declaratory Act (1766)
Townshend Act (1767)
Intolerable Acts (1774)