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| | :C) British burdens hurt nearly all colonists in all walks of life. (Amanda S.) | | :C) British burdens hurt nearly all colonists in all walks of life. (Amanda S.) |
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| − | :British burdens hurt nearly all Colonists in all walks of life. The Proclamation Act hurt the farmers. The Sugar Act hurt the Southern colonies. The Stamp Act hurt the Northern colonies, especially Pennsylvania, which ran a large printing business. The Coercive Acts which were known to the colonists as the Intolerable Acts, hurt Massachusetts. It was as if England was trying to cripple the colonies. | + | :--British burdens hurt nearly all Colonists in all walks of life. The Proclamation Act hurt the farmers. The Sugar Act hurt the Southern colonies. The Stamp Act hurt the Northern colonies, especially Pennsylvania, which ran a large printing business. The Coercive Acts which were known to the colonists as the Intolerable Acts, hurt Massachusetts. It was as if England was trying to cripple the colonies. |
| | :--Taxes hit at a bad time: postwar depression After the war the colonists did not have chance to recover financially, before England began taxing them. | | :--Taxes hit at a bad time: postwar depression After the war the colonists did not have chance to recover financially, before England began taxing them. |
| − | :--Colonists were accustomed to much independence and self-determination, and Tory efforts to regulate and tax were bitterly opposed by the Colonies. The colonies thrived under “salutary neglect”. When England became ‘hands-on’, the conflicts began. (Jonathan R.) | + | :--Colonists were accustomed to much independence and self-determination, and Tory efforts to regulate and tax were bitterly opposed by the Colonies. The colonies thrived under "salutary neglect." When England became 'hands-on', the conflicts began. (Jonathan L.) |
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| | '''2. Who used the phrase "taxation without representation," and why?''' | | '''2. Who used the phrase "taxation without representation," and why?''' |
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| | '''H1. Look at the map of the 13 colonies in the lecture and describe what you find interesting or revealing about it.''' | | '''H1. Look at the map of the 13 colonies in the lecture and describe what you find interesting or revealing about it.''' |
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| − | | + | :It appears as though New Hampshire ascended up the North East Coast. The Colonies had some land in Canada. (Nathanael H.) |
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| | '''H2. Explain how Britain taxed the colonies, and whether you think it was right for Britain to do so.''' | | '''H2. Explain how Britain taxed the colonies, and whether you think it was right for Britain to do so.''' |