Britain's Poor Choices and Colonial Unity

ACTIONS OF BRITAIN

• Proclamation Line of 1763
• Quartering Act (1765)
• Stamp Act and other mercantilist taxes
• Intolerable Acts
• Viewed colonists as inferior to British nationals

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• Didn't give colonists representation in Parliament
• Sent soldiers to the colonies to enforce laws
• Shut down Boston port and refused to compromise in response to protests

COLONIAL UNITY AND COMMUNICATION

• Albany Plan of Union - Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" campaign
• First and Second Continental Congresses
• Thomas Paine published Common Sense pamphlet
• Wrote letters to communicate long-distance (slow and unreliable)
• Declaration of Independence united colonies

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• Paul Revere and network of people who warned colonies of British arrival
• Patriots unified in boycotts and protests
• The Loyal Nine (later Sons of Liberty) united the colonies