Dress RehearsalColonists continued to flow in to North America. Expanded colonies, pushed west.Came in to contact with French settlers and Natives.

Results in the French and Indian War.British and Colonial Militia defeat French and Indians.Brits kick French out of North America.

After the war, British are heavily in debt.Decide the colonies should pay the debt.British begin issuing ‘writs of assistance’

British soldiers able to search without cause

British King George III

Issues the Proclamation of 1763Forbids colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains

Colonists furious, they feel King George III is acting as a despot.

British Parliament begins to pass laws which infuriate colonistsQuartering Act

Forced colonists to house British troops

Stamp ActForced all printed materials to be taxed and stamped.

Group of Colonists meet

Stamp Act Congress

“No Taxation without Representation!!!!”Argued that since they have no say, they cannot be taxed.

Colonists decide to boycott British Goods

Refuse to buy them, thus hurting Britain economically

Large black market develops in the colonies.

In Boston, a radical group called the Son of Liberty forms.

Headed by Samuel Adams

Used violent methods to enforce the boycott

Tar-and-Feathering, beatings, intimidation

The boycott, coupled with the violence, led to Parliament repealing the Stamp Act.Passed the Declaratory Act

Stated Parliament’s authority to pass laws on the colonies.Mixed victory

In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts

Taxes imported goods – glass, tea

Boston erupts in violence, England sends soldiers, declares Martial Law

March 5, 1770British Soldiers guarding Old State House in BostonAccosted by protestersBegin throwing snowballs, oysters, rocks

British soldiers fire into the crowd. Kill 5 colonists.Paul Revere depicts the event and creates sympathy for the colonists.