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After the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, Britain's King George III decided to keep the largest standing army in the world in peacetime. To pay for the army the Parliament decided to tax the colonies, especially those in North America.
In 1763, virtually all Georgians were loyal subjects, however, these acts, some particularly burdensome to Georgians, began to create opposition to British rule. The phrase "no taxation without representation" and the word "boycott" become popular terms within the American culture.
Name Date Provisions Georgia's reaction Revenue Act of 1764
(Sugar Act)April 5, 1764 Revised duties on sugar, tea, coffee, wine; expanded jurisdiction of some courts. Protests about taxation; Georgia especially concerned because of lumber trade with sugar-producing Caribbean countries. Stamp Act March 22, 1765 thru March 18, 1766 Documents must contain a revenue stamp to be legal. All deeds, wills, marriage licenses, even newspapers affected. Georgia's stamp master serves a single day in January, 1766. Quartering Act May, 1765 British troops must be given housing on demand from colonists. New York Assembly is punished for not complying. The king could not house troops in subjects homes in England, but permitted to do so in the colonies. Declaratory Act March 18, 1766 Parliament declares sovereignty over colonies in all cases. Enacted on the same day that Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, this was merely positioning so that England would not lose face for giving in to the colonies. Townshend Acts June 26, 29, July 2, 1767; repealed April 12, 1770 (some texts list a March date.) except for tax on tea. Includes duties on new items including tea, glass and other goods available in the Western Hemisphere Georgia begin to import goods directly from nearby Western Hemisphere trading partners rather than buy from England. Georgia House dissolved in dispute over this act. Tea Act May 10, 1773 East India Tea Company granted sole right to sell tea directly to Americans; some duties on tea reduced Tea was a popular drink not only in Georgia but throughout the colonies. Nearest Tea Party (small in amount of tea and number of participants) in Charleston, SC because Savannah has no tea assigned. Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) March-June, 1774 Closes Boston Harbor; eliminates current government of Massachusetts; restricts many other government meetings. Convening of first Continental Congress (September, 1774). Because Georgia's radical movement had not matured at this time, no representatives were sent although Liberty County's Lyman Hall was elected to go by the county Prohibitory Act December 22, 1775 Tries to force Americans into submission with direct attacks on liberties granted all Englishmen. Final blow for many Georgians, although a majority may still have been loyalists at this time. War was already 8 months old.
While Americans, in general, like to believe they were in the forefront of rebellion, much of the early ideology is taken from the tiny island country of Barbados. In 1652 they first proposed two concepts that would become much of the crux of the American Revolution, "No Taxation Without Consent," and self-government by a governor and council. Benjamin Franklin's original plan for a Colonial Confederation included Barbados and other colonies.
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