American History

Chapter 3

French & Indian War• The British had protected the

colonies from the French & Indians.

• The French & Indian War was expensive and somebody had to pay for it . . . Who?

• Somebody had to pay for protecting and governing the colonies in the future . . .

Who?

The colonies resented new policies of the English government.

Albany Plan of Union

Benjamin Franklin proposed that the colonies unite.

BUT they weren’t very interested YET.

At least they were starting to think about it.

Proclamation Act of 1763*no new settlement west of the line

Pontiac and other Native Americans attacked British forts and towns along the western boundaries of the 13 colonies.

• King George III didn’t want to pay for another war.

• So . . . . .he issued the --

• Settlers were

• They wanted to settle in new land west of the Proclamation Line.

Sugar Actof 1764

Tax rates were lowered on molasses (sugar). . .

. . . but the law was strictly enforced.

Colonists were that they were losing their rights.

“No taxation without representation!”

“due process”

Due process = Proper court procedures . . . following the law

• The British seized the goods of merchants accused of smuggling without “due process.”

• Colonists were presumed guilty unless proven innocent.

Stamp Actof 1765

• Britain still needed more money to pay its debts.

• The King and Parliament passed a new law.

• A new direct tax required people to buy a stamp to put on printed materials (newspapers, posters, wills, diplomas, dice, playing cards).

• Colonists were

“No taxation without . . . .”

Reaction to the Stamp Act

Protests

Groups called

the Sons of

Liberty led

protests..

editorials

pamphlets

speeches

“Give me liberty or give me death.”

Resolutions

in legislatures

meetings

intimidation

Reaction to the Stamp Act (2)

Stamp Act Congress

The Stamp Act Congress sent a petition to the king. They asked for relief and that the Stamp Act be repealed (cancelled).

ANDThe colonies made an agreement to boycott British goods.

* The boycott worked. So many English workers lost

their jobs that Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.BUT to show who was still boss, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act. • It said Parliament had the power to make laws for the

colonies.

Townshend Acts

George IIIThe King and Parliament still had a $$$ problem.

To raise money from the colonies they passed the ----

New taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea made the colonists

Another boycott followed.

Sam Adams

Sam Adams wrote a letter to encourage the colonies to oppose the Townshend Acts.

Sam Adams was one of the leaders of the Sons of Liberty.*

*Sons of Liberty: colonists who organized to protest the actions of the King and Parliament

Another boycott

Daughters of Liberty began making their own cloth so they didn’t have to buy from the British.

The Boston Massacre

Paul Revere showed . . . ?

But British Captain Prescott said rioters were dangerous and attacked first.

5 people died as a result of an incident on the streets of Boston.