BRITISH POLICIES

1. BRITISH POLICIES

2. Proclamation of 1763 • – Colonist could not settle West of the Appalachian Mountains (Quebec Act = French Stay / Trade)

3. Sugar Act – • taxes on cloth, wine, coffee, sugar, molasses • Sugar Act – taxes on cloth, wine, coffee, sugar, molasses April 5, 1764 King George

4. Currency Act – illegal for colonist to print their own money (1765) BEN FRANKLIN – thought this was the primary cause of the Revolution. Franklin said it lowered the tax burden on colonists when the colonial governments controlled the money flow. people.

5. Committee of Correspondence – coordinated written communication outside of each colony. bodies organized by the local governments of the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution for the purposes of The first formal committee was established in Boston in 1764 to rally opposition to the Currency Act and unpopular reforms imposed on the customs service.

6. Stamp act – • tax on paper products (newspapers, books, playing cards; 1765) The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament on March 22, 1765 with an effective date of November 1, 1765.

8. Sons of Liberty – Organized protests (often violent) August 1765 was celebrated as the founding of the group in Boston. Sam Adams

9. Stamp act protesters burn homes of officials

10. On August 14, 1765 Andrew Oliver, distributor of stamps for Massachusetts, was hung in effigy "from a giant elm tree at the crossing of Essex and Orange Streets in the city’s South End." During a series of protests linked to the Sons of Liberty, colonists burn and sack the house of the Massachusetts lieutenant governor, Thomas Hutchinson.

11. The Stamp Act and Sugar Act lowered the tax, but now it was enforced. This also put an end to the profitable smuggling of the colonists. Colonists rioted and boycotted. Left: Tarring and feathering of a British excise man by a Liberty Tree.Right: A tax collector being tarred and feathered in 1774.

12. Declaratory Act – Britain had the final say “in all cases whatsoever” over the colonists (repealed stamp act) (1766) The Declaratory Act asserted that Parliament "had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America...in all cases whatsoever."

13. - Townshend Acts Placed a tax on common products imported into the American Colonies, such as lead, textiles, paper, paint, glass, and tea! (passed by Parliament on 29 June 1767) refer to two originally proposed by Charles Townshend).

14. Writs of Assistance – • Court orders let British soldiers search houses, ships and warehouses for smuggled goods. They were legalized by the Townshend Act of 1767.

15. Paul Revere's engraving of British troops landing in Boston in 1768.

16. " Taxation without Representation is Tyranny!“ (This statement was made famous by James Otis Jr. following the issuing of the Townshend Acts)

17. Daughters of Liberty – Organized Townshend Act boycotts (made yarn and cloth) She helped to organize a woman's group, which used the money to sew linen shirts for the soldiers of the Continental Army. Abigail Adams

18. Phillis Wheatly – • -African American slave • Famous poet • strong supporter of American independence • reflected in both poems and plays she wrote during the Revolutionary War

20. Colonists Riot in Response! Boston Massacre Britain takes all of the Townshend Acts off following the Boston Massacre except for the Tea Act

21. Tea Act – • British East India Tea Company could sell tea inAmerica without paying tax on it The Tea Act was the only piece of the Townsend Acts not to be repealed, which prompted the colonists to revolt by throwing tea into harbors all over the colonies!

22. The colonies organize tea protests at New York Harbor, Philadelphia, Charleston and the most spectacular one at Annapolis, Maryland. There, the ship captain was kidnapped and forced to watch his ship go up in flames. The most famous was in…

23. Colonists Riot in Response! Boston Tea Party

24. New tea parties have occurred to protest the excessive government spending by the Bush and Obama administration. Tea now stands for TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!

25. Intolerable Acts – Included the Boston Port Bill, Quartering Act and the Massachusetts Government Act. Make colonists pay for the tea. (Coercive Acts)

26. Boston Port Bill – Closed Boston Harbor to all shipping

27. Quartering Act – Each colony had to provide a place to live for British troops

28. Massachusetts Government Act – put the colony under royal control (council was dismissed)

29. Many colonists viewed the acts as an arbitrary violation of their rights, and in 1774 they organized the First Continental Congress to coordinate a protest. Included Patrick Henry, George Washington, Sam Adams and John Adams. In all, there were 56 attending the 1st Continental Congress

30. Policy Colonist Response 1) Smuggling 1) Navigation Acts 2) ignore; settle anyway 2) Proclamation of 1763 3) Boycotts 3) Sugar Act 4) Committee of Correspondence 4) Currency Act 5) Sons of Liberty rebel 5) Stamp Act 6) Townshend Acts (follows declaratory act and includes writs of assistance) 6) Daughters of Liberty Boycott and Boston Massacre 7) Tea Act 7) Boston Tea Party • 8) Intollerable Acts • (Mass Govt Act) • (Quartering Act) • (Boston Port Bill) 8) 1st Continental Congress formed