Imperial Crisis
History 103
Sept. 25, 1998
Why was there an American Revolution?
Major Schools of Interpretation
- Imperial
- Progressive
- Neo-Whig
- Ideological
Postwar Imperial Concerns
Governing new territories
War debt
Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)
Postwar Imperial Reforms
Proclamation of 1763
British troops remain in North America
Colonial administration tightened
Sugar Act (1764)
Stamp Act (1765)
Colonial Objections to Taxation
Limited opposition to Sugar Act
Virginia Resolutions protesting the Stamp Act
Newspaper reports
Stamp Act Congress (1765)
British Defense of Taxation
Virtual representation
Parliamentary sovereignty
Popular Resistance to the Stamp Act
Urban factor
Boston crowd
Sons of Liberty
Merchant boycotts
Resolution of the Crisis
Parliament’s dilemma
Repeal of Stamp Act (1766)
Declaratory Act (1766)
Colonial celebration
Revenue Act of 1766
Renewed affection and continuing differences