History 103 *** AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 *** Sept. 30, 1996

IMPERIAL CRISIS

I. Interpretations of the Causes of the American Revolution

• Imperial
• Progressive
• Neo-Whig
• Ideological

II. Imperial Reform

• Postwar problems
• Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)
• Proclamation of 1763
• British troops stay in North America
• Tighter administration
• New taxes: Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765)

III. Colonial Objections

• Limited opposition to Sugar Act
• Virginia Resolutions protesting Stamp Act
• Stamp Act Congress

IV. British Defense of Stamp Act

• Virtual representation
• Parliamentary sovereignty

V. Dynamics of Popular Resistance

• Boston crowd
• Sons of Liberty
• Merchant boycotts
• Proceed without stamps

VI. End of the Stamp Act Crisis

• Repeal of Stamp Act (1766)
• Declaratory Act (1766)
• Revenue Act of 1766
• Unresolved issues