chapter 5
Subject:
English [1]
Tags:
Humanities [4]
intolerable acts [7]
Tea Act [8]
Townshend Acts [9]
boston tea party [10]
Stamp Act [11]
Samuel Adams [12]
Politics [14]
chapter 7 [15]
Mark Gilbert Imperial Reform: The great war for empire left england with an enormous debt the war exposed weaknesses in the royal governors had to share power with colonial assemblies afterwards the british deployed a 10,000 man army in north america in order to george III wanted military commands for his friends subdue native americans secure the dependence of the colonies on great britain To pay for this army and the debt, prime minister began heavy sales taxes on the middle and lower classes in england British taxpayers were now paying over 5 times than free americans england started the currency act of 1764 ban on paper money in new england therefore all american workers would pay debts in gold and silver