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Cotton.

Fustic.

Dyeing woods.

1704. Were added:

Rice from Carolina and Georgia.

(Set free in 1730.)

1721. Copper ore.

Furs.

1751. On the list were :

Pitch.

Tar.

Turpentine.

Masts.

Spars.

1764. Were added :

Iron.

Lumber.

1672. An act was passed requiring duty to be paid on the transit of "Enumerated Articles" from one colony to another.

1699. Another act forbade the transportation of domestic woolen from one colony to another, except woolen hats, and also forbade the export of colonial wools or cloths to any foreign country.

NOTE.

Colonial trade and shipping increased constantly notwithstanding these acts. Bancroft estimates the value of colonial imports from England in 1715 as £2,000,000; at the same time the trade with the West Indies, the Azores, and continental Europe, most of it illegitimate, was far greater.

1719. An act was passed forbidding the manufacture in the colonies of iron wares, from pigs, sows, or bars. Only strenuous opposition on the part of the colonists defeated a clause forbidding the manufacture of bolts or nails.

1733. THE MOLASSES ACT imposed a duty on imports from the French or Dutch West India Islands.

The duty was

I cent per lb. on sugar.

12 cents per gal. on molasses.

18 cents per gal. on rum.

These duties were almost entirely evaded.

1750. An act forbade the running of slitting and rolling mills for the manufacture of iron in the colonies.

1764. THE SUGAR ACT reduced the duties imposed by the Molasses Act, but levied a duty on

Coffee,

Pimento,

French and East India goods.

Wines from

NOTE.

East Indies.
Azores.
Madeira.

At the same time particular orders were sent to the executive officers in the colonies for the enforcement of the Navigation Acts, and the powers of the admiralty courts, which had jurisdiction over all cases arising under the Navigation Acts, were extended.

1765. The ministry were authorized to send as many troops to America as they saw fit, and the

QUARTERING ACT was adopted. By it the colonies where troops were stationed were required to furnish

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1765. The Stamp Act. By it must be stamped

Newspapers.

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NOTE. The withdrawal of the whole duty on import into England was granted to the merchants of the East India Company for all tea exported to the colonies, so that the colonies paid three pence duty, while duty on tea used in England was one shilling.

1770. Repeal of the Commercial Taxes, except the tax on tea.

1772. THE TRANSPORTATION ACT. An act for the transportation

for trial of all persons in the colonies concerned in destroying royal ships, dockyards, or military stores.

At the same time £600 reward was offered for the discovery of the destroyers of the Gaspeè, and a free pardon to any accomplice confessing and aiding in the discovery.

1774. THE BOSTON PORT BILL.

1. Removed the government of Massachusetts to Salem.

2. Constituted Marblehead the port of entry for Massachusetts.

3. Made the condition of repeal that the colony should indemnify property owners, especially the East India Company, for their losses.

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1. Elections held under the charter should be void.

2. The Council should be appointed by the crown.

3. The Governor and Council should appoint and remove All judges of inferior courts.

Justices of the peace.

Minor officers and sheriffs, who should select all juries. 4. Town meetings were forbidden except to elect officers or by special permission of the Governor.

1774. THE QUEBEC ACT.

1. Restored French law in the Province of Quebec.

2. Guaranteed its property and full freedom of worship to the Catholic Church.

3. Extended the boundaries of the province to the Mississippi on the west and to the Ohio River on the south.

4. Confirmed to the clergy the dues and rights, including tithes, which had been granted to them by the French king.

5. Granted legislative authority, except in matters of taxation, to a council nominated by the crown.

NOTE.-Nothing more has been attempted than to give such a summary of the more important acts about trade and navigation as would be useful for the students for whom this book is designed. The authorities followed have been Bancroft, Hildreth, Winsor, Frothingham, Marshall, Palfrey, etc. A more extended discussion can be found in Weedon's "Social and Economic History of New England."

XXXIV. The parties and their names.

Johnston's U. S. 173.

XXXV. What preparation and resources had the colonies for

sustaining a war?

(Student make out for himself from knowledge already obtained.)

What disadvantages?

What advantages had England?

What efforts did the colonists make to prevent war?

Previous references.

XXXVI. The First Continental Congress.

Hildreth's U. S. III. 42-3. Fiske's War of Independence, 84-5. Johnston's U. S. 180. Bancroft's U. S. III. 61-2, 74-5. Morris's Half Hours, I. 481. Washington and His Country, 141+. Andrews' Manual of Const. 30. Johnston's U. S. Hist. and Const. 50-1.

a. Place of meeting.

b. How called?

c. Colonies represented.

d. Acts. Fill out.

Notice the men who were prominent.

XXXVII. Lexington.

Moore's From Colony to Commonwealth, 91-114. Johnston's U. S. 183 5.
Bryant's Popular Hist. III. 384-92. Hildreth's U. S. III. 67-8. Morris's
Half Hours, I. 444. Washington and His Country, 148+. Higginson's

U. S. 242-50. Fiske's War of Independence, 86. Lossing's Field-Book of
Rev. I. 522. Coffin's Boys of '76, chaps. I., II.; map, 38.

Notice the leaders and the peculiarities of the fight.

XXXVIII. The capture of Ticonderoga.

Bryant's Popular Hist. III. 433-6. Hildreth's U. S. III. 74. Washington and His Country, 152. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. I. 124-5; map, 115. Fiske's War of Independence, 87.

Ethan Allen.

Benedict Arnold.

Supplies obtained.

Why was Ticonderoga an important point to the British?

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