Early Conflicts with Britain

Chapter 5

Draw or type what taxes are used for in Colorado and our country (you may add more than 2):

Main Objectives

• Describe conflicts in the west after the French and Indian War
• Explain how Britain attempted to ease tensions with the Proclamation of 1763
• Explain why colonists opposed new British taxes such as the Stamp Act
• Describe new colonial leaders who emerged as conflicts with Britain escalated
• Summarize the significance of the Boston Massacre

Vocabulary

• Tax-money that people pay to their government in return for services.
• Smuggling-import goods illegally.
• Liberty-freedom from being controlled by another government.
• Protest-an event at which people complain about something.
• Boycott-a group of people refuses to buy, sell, or use certain goods.

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The Proclamation of 1763

• King George III wanted to avoid a war with the Natives

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• A line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
• King George told the Colonist to stay East of it, the Indians West

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• Americans thought this was an act of tyranny

Britain Needs Money

• It cost a lot of money to win the French and Indian War and to keep soldiers in the Ohio River Valley.

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• Britain decided to tax

the Colonists

• Started with the Sugar Act (1764) - a tax on Molasses and other items which use Sugar

The Stamp Act

• Forced the Colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper used
• Newspapers, wills, licenses, playing cards, etc.
• The Colonists were upset because they had no say in the tax passed
• “No Taxation without representation”
• Only local representatives should pass taxes

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Stamp Act Video Clip

REPEALED!

The Stamp Act eventually repealed; met with a short lived celebration from the colonists

The Quartering Act

• Passed in 1765, forced Colonial Assemblies to provide British Troops with housing
• Also with warm beds, candles, liquor, salt, and vinegar
• Colonists decided not to dedicate funds to such an act, and tempers rose again

The Townshend Acts - 1767

• Taxed tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper.
• Colonists were angry yet again!
• Britain sent troops to protect the tax collectors.

Response to New Taxes

• Patrick Henry, a member of Virginia’s government, made an angry speech about Britain. “Give me liberty or give me death”

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• Samuel Adams led a secret group called the Sons of Liberty in Boston. He performed protests and boycotts - all colonies agreed to boycott (Stamp Act Congress)

Tea Tax Protest

Daughters of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty made their own cloth so they didn’t bring it in from Britain.

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• These women would do chores, weave all day, and then do more chores.

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• Britain took some taxes away, but still kept the tax on tea.

Townshend Acts Repealed - 1770

• Well, except for the tax on tea!

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• These events will lead to the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts (Presentation 7)