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Module 5: The Coming of the Revolution (Part 1)

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To understand that the relationship between England and the North American colonies changed dramatically after 1763, as Parliament attempted to institute policies to streamline the administration of the colonies after the Great War for Empire. The British, deeply in debt after a century of continental and colonial wars, attempted to mandate a traditional colonial relationship and the colonists will resist.

In this 1747 painting by J. Stevens, View of the landing of the New England forces in ye expedition against Cape Breton, British forces land on the island of Cape Breton to capture Fort Louisbourg.

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4.5 Wars for Empire
Wars for empire composed a final link connecting the Atlantic sides of the British Empire. Great Britain fought four separate wars against Catholic France from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s. Another war, the War of Jenkins’ Ear, pitted Britain against Spain. These conflicts for control of North America also helped colonists forge important alliances with native peoples, as different tribes aligned themselves with different European powers.
5 Introduction
The British hoped to gain greater control over colonial trade and frontier settlement as well as to reduce the administrative cost of the colonies and the enormous debt left by the French and Indian War. Each step the British took, however, generated a backlash. Over time, imperial reforms pushed many colonists toward separation from the British Empire.
5.1 Confronting the National Debt: The Aftermath of the French and Indian War
The massive debt the war generated at home, however, proved to be the most serious issue facing Great Britain. The frontier had to be secure in order to prevent another costly war... Parliament had to find ways to raise revenue to pay off the crippling debt from the war. Everyone would have to contribute their expected share, including the British subjects across the Atlantic.
5.2 The Stamp Act and the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
While the architects of the Stamp Act saw the measure as a way to defray the costs of the British Empire, it nonetheless gave rise to the first major colonial protest against British imperial control as expressed in the famous slogan “no taxation without representation.” The Stamp Act reinforced the sense among some colonists that Parliament was not treating them as equals of their peers across the Atlantic.

Benjamin Franklin and the Stamp Act Crisis

Primary source material from "The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin before an August Assembly Relating to the Repeal of the Stamp Act"

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U.S. History
Authors: P. Scott Corbett, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Sylvie Waskiewicz, Paul Vickery
Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction
Sections located at: 4.5 https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/4-5-wars-for-empire; 5 Introduction https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/5-introduction; 5.1 https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/5-1-confronting-the-national-debt-the-aftermath-of-the-french-and-indian-war; 5.2 https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/5-2-the-stamp-act-and-the-sons-and-daughters-of-liberty
License: Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0

Benjamin Franklin and the Stamp Act Crisis
Source: Mintz, S. & McNeil, S.; Digital History, https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=152
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HIS 210 - U.S. History through the Civil War - Textbook

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HIS 210 U.S. History through the Civil War

Module 5: The Coming of the Revolution (Part 1)

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