Transcript Chapter 3 Section 5
Slide 1
Conflict in the Colonies
Slide 2
Great Britain Raises Taxes
◦ Due to the French and Indian War Great Britain
faced with how to pay for things.
◦ Needed Army in North America, needed to pay for
the war
◦ 1764- Passed the Sugar Act
Tax on Molasses and Sugar imported by the colonists
First Tax specifically to raise money in the colonies
British Navy started to stop ships to check their loads
and stop smuggling
Power in the court systems peoples power was taken
away. no juries, people were treated as guilty and had
to prove their innocents
Slide 3
Taxation without Representation
◦ The actions of the Parliament angered many
colonists
◦ The Colonists thought they should have a say in if
they get taxed or not
◦ Leaders such as James Otis, Samuel Adams spoke
out against these taxes.
Adams at a town meeting in 1764 came up with the
slogan no Taxation without Representation
Adams also help start the Committees of
Correspondence
Were groups that in towns that looked at laws and ways to
challenge them. Boycotting goods was a common method.
Slide 4
Stamp Act of 1765
◦ Colonists had to buy an official stamp or seal when they
bought paper items
◦ Had to be paid on all legal items, newspapers, and other
everyday items
◦ Similar act in England
◦ First time colonists were taxed on anything beside
imported goods
◦ Protests started
◦ Groups like the Sons of Liberty formed to fight the tax
◦ Patrick Henry fought against the stamp act in court
Said it violated rights
Slide 5
Repealing the Stamp Act
◦ Delegates from the 9 colonies got together and
held the Stamp Act Congress in 1765
◦ Sent a reply on the Stamp Act to congress
◦ It was repealed in 1766
◦ Parliament was angry that the colonists challenged
their authority and issued the Declaratory Act which
stated Parliament had the right to make laws for the
Colonists
Slide 6
Townshend Acts
◦ June 1767
◦ Tax on pretty much every type of good that the
colonists used
◦ Colonists boycotted and fought the acts
◦ This caused Parliament to disband the
Massachusetts Legislature
◦ British troops were sent to keep order in 1768
Slide 7
Boston Massacre
◦ March 1770
◦ Protests
◦ At some point the British fired into the crowd and
ended up killing 5 people
◦ The troops that fired and killed people were put on
trial but were found that they acted in self defense
Slide 8
Boston Tea Party
◦ Townsend Acts repealed except Tea Tax
◦ Tea Act 1773- British East India Company had sole
right to sell to the colonies
◦ Sons of Liberty demanded that 3 ships loaded with
tea leave the Boston Harbor, but they didn’t
◦ Dec. 16, 1773- Colonists dressed as Native
Americans, went on to the ships and dumped them
into the harbor
Slide 9
Intolerable Acts
◦ British were extremely angry
◦ 1774 Passed the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
Boston Harbor Closed until tea was paid for
Massachusetts Charter revoked
Officials sent to Britain for trial to face friendly judge
and jury
Quartering Act- had to house British soldiers
Quebec Act- large amount of land to the colony of
Quebec
General Gage becomes the governor of Massachusetts
◦ Led to much anger and tension and eventually the
Revolutionary War
Conflict in the Colonies
Slide 2
Great Britain Raises Taxes
◦ Due to the French and Indian War Great Britain
faced with how to pay for things.
◦ Needed Army in North America, needed to pay for
the war
◦ 1764- Passed the Sugar Act
Tax on Molasses and Sugar imported by the colonists
First Tax specifically to raise money in the colonies
British Navy started to stop ships to check their loads
and stop smuggling
Power in the court systems peoples power was taken
away. no juries, people were treated as guilty and had
to prove their innocents
Slide 3
Taxation without Representation
◦ The actions of the Parliament angered many
colonists
◦ The Colonists thought they should have a say in if
they get taxed or not
◦ Leaders such as James Otis, Samuel Adams spoke
out against these taxes.
Adams at a town meeting in 1764 came up with the
slogan no Taxation without Representation
Adams also help start the Committees of
Correspondence
Were groups that in towns that looked at laws and ways to
challenge them. Boycotting goods was a common method.
Slide 4
Stamp Act of 1765
◦ Colonists had to buy an official stamp or seal when they
bought paper items
◦ Had to be paid on all legal items, newspapers, and other
everyday items
◦ Similar act in England
◦ First time colonists were taxed on anything beside
imported goods
◦ Protests started
◦ Groups like the Sons of Liberty formed to fight the tax
◦ Patrick Henry fought against the stamp act in court
Said it violated rights
Slide 5
Repealing the Stamp Act
◦ Delegates from the 9 colonies got together and
held the Stamp Act Congress in 1765
◦ Sent a reply on the Stamp Act to congress
◦ It was repealed in 1766
◦ Parliament was angry that the colonists challenged
their authority and issued the Declaratory Act which
stated Parliament had the right to make laws for the
Colonists
Slide 6
Townshend Acts
◦ June 1767
◦ Tax on pretty much every type of good that the
colonists used
◦ Colonists boycotted and fought the acts
◦ This caused Parliament to disband the
Massachusetts Legislature
◦ British troops were sent to keep order in 1768
Slide 7
Boston Massacre
◦ March 1770
◦ Protests
◦ At some point the British fired into the crowd and
ended up killing 5 people
◦ The troops that fired and killed people were put on
trial but were found that they acted in self defense
Slide 8
Boston Tea Party
◦ Townsend Acts repealed except Tea Tax
◦ Tea Act 1773- British East India Company had sole
right to sell to the colonies
◦ Sons of Liberty demanded that 3 ships loaded with
tea leave the Boston Harbor, but they didn’t
◦ Dec. 16, 1773- Colonists dressed as Native
Americans, went on to the ships and dumped them
into the harbor
Slide 9
Intolerable Acts
◦ British were extremely angry
◦ 1774 Passed the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
Boston Harbor Closed until tea was paid for
Massachusetts Charter revoked
Officials sent to Britain for trial to face friendly judge
and jury
Quartering Act- had to house British soldiers
Quebec Act- large amount of land to the colony of
Quebec
General Gage becomes the governor of Massachusetts
◦ Led to much anger and tension and eventually the
Revolutionary War