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Taxation Without Representation

Taxation Without Representation. Life After the French and Indian War During the French and Indian War England and the Colonies fought together After the war, Britain had to find a way to protect its new territory in North America

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Taxation Without Representation

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  1. Taxation Without Representation • Life After the French and Indian War • During the French and Indian War England and the Colonies fought together • After the war, Britain had to find a way to protect its new territory in North America • The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains • Prohibited: prevented, not allowed

  2. Taxation Without Representation • The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists. • The French and Indian War also cost Britain a ton of money. • Britain now needed revenue to pay for the expense of the war • Revenue: incoming money • In order to raise money, Britain began to tax the colonists and enforced strict anti-smuggling laws in the colonies

  3. Taxation Without Representation • Britain also passed a law authorizing Writs of Assistance: • Legal papers that allowed officers to enter ANY location, without reason, to search for smuggled goods

  4. Taxation Without Representation • Sugar Act: • Passed in 1764 • Passed by George Grenville and English Parliament (government) • Grenville hoped the lower tax would encourage colonists to stop smuggling • Lowered the tax on imported molasses (sugar) • Let officers take smuggled goods from smugglers without going to court

  5. Taxation Without Representation • Sugar Act: • Act made the colonists very angry • They believed the act violated their rights as citizens by invading their right to privacy • Violated: interfered with

  6. Taxation Without Representation • Stamp Act: • Passed in 1765 • British Parliament passed to increase revenue • Taxed all printed material (playing cards, paper, newspapers, legal documents) • Angered colonists because: • Interfered in their personal business • No consent: TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

  7. Taxation Without Representation • Protesting the Stamp Act: • Patrick Henry (Virginia) persuaded the Virginia legislature to pass aresolution stating only the colonies had the right to tax its citizens • Resolution:formal expression of opinion • Samuel Adams (Boston) founded the Sons of Liberty to protest the act • Protesters burnteffigiesof tax collectors • Effigies: rag figures or dolls

  8. Taxation Without Representation • Merchants (people who sell goods)were urged to boycott British goods • Boycott: refuse to buy • Many merchants also signed non-importation agreements :pledges not to buy anything from England • British merchants were mad that they were losing money because of the boycotts so they demanded that Parliament repeal the Stamp Act • Repeal: take back or cancel

  9. Taxation Without Representation • Parliament agreed but they then passed the • Declaratory Act: stated that Britain had the right to tax the colonies at all times • Townshend Acts: • Passed in 1767 • British Parliament • Taxed all imported goods including glass, tea, and paper • Colonists are furious….TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

  10. Trouble In Boston • By 1768 colonists were VERY IRATE with English Parliament and the King • Taxation without representation • British troops sent to occupy Boston • Occupy: control • An encounter between British soldiers and colonial protestors became known as the Boston Massacre • Encounter: unexpected meeting

  11. Trouble in Boston • March 5, 1770 a fight occurred between British soldiers and citizens of Boston. • The Bostonians made a charge on the customs house where taxes where collected, a British soldier mistakenly fired a shot in panic, more shots were fired, and five people where killed. • Among those killed was Crispus Attucks: • African American • Dock Worker • First person to die in the “American Revolution”

  12. Trouble in Boston • Colonists leaders used this as propaganda to gain sympathy for their cause • Propaganda: information made to influence public opinion • To ease tension in the colonies, the British Parliament repealed all of the Townshend taxes except for the one on tea • Colonial leaders where still not satisfied…the Committee of Correspondence was formed to create protests and air arguments with Britain

  13. Trouble in Boston • Tea Act: • Passed in 1773 • British Parliament • Raise money for the British East India Tea Company • Gave sole control of trade for tea in America to the British East India Tea Company • Angered the colonists because England could bypass colonial merchants

  14. Trouble in Boston • Boston Tea Party: • To protest the tea act, colonists dressed as an Indian tribe snuck onto tea ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor King George was FURIOUS. He realized the colonists were getting out of control and decided to punish them harshly for their defiance.

  15. Trouble in Boston • The Coercive Acts (The Intolerable Acts) • Passed in 1774 • King George and Parliament • Punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party • Closed Boston Harbor • Banned town meetings in the New England Colonies • Forced Bostonians to shelter and feed British Soldiers

  16. Trouble in Boston • Coercive Acts • Angered all colonists, not just Bostonians • Other colonies smuggled goods to citizens of Boston

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