APUSH- Chapter 7 TF

The republican idea of a just society, in which selfish interests were subordinated to the common good, took deep root in Britain’s North American colonies.

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The theory of mercantilism held that colonies existed primarily to provide the mother country with raw materials as well as a market for exports.

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British mercantilism prohibited the colonies from printing their own paper money.

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In practice, British mercantilism provided the colonies with substantial economic benefits such as military protection and guaranteed markets for certain goods.

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The fundamental motive behind the steep new taxes in the 1760s was to repay the large debt that Britain had incurred in defending its North American colonies.

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Americans generally accepted the right of Parliament to tax the colonies to provide money for defense, but denied its right to legislate about colonial affairs.

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When Americans first cried “no taxation without representation,” what they wanted was to have their own representatives elected to the British Parliament.

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The colonies finally forced repeal of the Stamp Act by organizing political protests and enforcing nonimportation agreements against British goods.

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The new British Townshend Acts were not direct taxes, but rather required colonists to shelter and feed British troops in their homes.

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The Boston Massacre provoked colonial outrage because the British troops suddenly opened fire on peaceful Boston citizens without any provocation.

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