Unit 2 Study Guide
The declaration of the rights of stamp act congress
"Lastly, that is the indispensable duty of these colonies | -Parliament attempted to raise money through direct taxes.
-They passed the stamp act, which required almost all printed material, including newspapers, and other printed material produced in the colonies to carry a stamp purchased from authorities.
-Stamp act managed to offend all free colonists, both rich and poor.
-Colonists felt that they shouldn't be taxed since they weren't represented in parliament.
-In October of 1765, The Stamp act Congress wrote a declaration of the Rights of the Stamp Act, saying that the colonists still held allegiance to the British Nation, but insisted that the right to consents taxation was essential to freedom and demanded the repeal of the stamp act.
- In result, merchants throughout the colonies started to boycott British goods until parliament repealed the stamp act in 1776.
- This was the first major cooperative action among Britain’s mainland colonies. | Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1776
" As a long and violent abuse of power" | -Thomas Paine was an English craftsman and minor govt official whom emigrated Philadelphia late in 1774. -He offered vision of broad American independence. ---He wrote Common sense in 1776, which argued that the English constitution produced a corrupt king, rather than being the most perfect system of govt, which the british had claimed.
-He also stated that being a member of the british empire was a burden, not a benefit.
- Common sense was written in a form that could be read by all colonists, since other pamphlets at the time only appealed to those whom were educated.
- Common sense ended up being one of the most influential political pamphlets ever produced, and contributed to the decision to cut ties with great Britain. | Abigail Adams 1776
"I long to hear that you have declared an independency. and by" | -Abigail Adams was born in Mass in 1744. She married lawyer
"Lastly, that is the indispensable duty of these colonies | -Parliament attempted to raise money through direct taxes.
-They passed the stamp act, which required almost all printed material, including newspapers, and other printed material produced in the colonies to carry a stamp purchased from authorities.
-Stamp act managed to offend all free colonists, both rich and poor.
-Colonists felt that they shouldn't be taxed since they weren't represented in parliament.
-In October of 1765, The Stamp act Congress wrote a declaration of the Rights of the Stamp Act, saying that the colonists still held allegiance to the British Nation, but insisted that the right to consents taxation was essential to freedom and demanded the repeal of the stamp act.
- In result, merchants throughout the colonies started to boycott British goods until parliament repealed the stamp act in 1776.
- This was the first major cooperative action among Britain’s mainland colonies. | Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1776
" As a long and violent abuse of power" | -Thomas Paine was an English craftsman and minor govt official whom emigrated Philadelphia late in 1774. -He offered vision of broad American independence. ---He wrote Common sense in 1776, which argued that the English constitution produced a corrupt king, rather than being the most perfect system of govt, which the british had claimed.
-He also stated that being a member of the british empire was a burden, not a benefit.
- Common sense was written in a form that could be read by all colonists, since other pamphlets at the time only appealed to those whom were educated.
- Common sense ended up being one of the most influential political pamphlets ever produced, and contributed to the decision to cut ties with great Britain. | Abigail Adams 1776
"I long to hear that you have declared an independency. and by" | -Abigail Adams was born in Mass in 1744. She married lawyer