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The Colonies Grow Discontented

Fighting with Natives Continues Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa people, united several Native American groups and goes to war against the British.  They attacked forts and towns along the frontier. British fear cost of another war Proclamation of 1763

Proclamation of 1763 Colonists were not allowed to settle in certain areas without the government’s permission.  The proclamation angered many farmers & land speculators.

Paying War Debt George Grenville, the British prime minister implemented new tax policies in the colonies. Grenville introduced the Sugar Act in the colonies. This act changed tax rates for raw sugar & molasses & placed new taxes on silk, wine, coffee, pimento, and indigo.

Colonists get Angry Merchants felt the Sugar Act hurt trade & argued that it violated traditional English rights. Colonists argued that they were being “taxed without representation” in Parliament. Currency Act of 1764 –banned use of paper money to payoff debts, angers farmers

Stamp Act Crisis Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765, most printed material now taxed First direct tax Britain placed on the colonists. Next, the Quartering Act, forced the colonists to pay to house British soldiers Parliament, passed the Declaratory Act, which gave them the power to make laws for the colonies.

Colonists Respond By the summer of 1765, demonstrations against the stamp tax took place in the colonies. Colonial merchants signed a nonimportation agreement, agreeing not to buy any British goods until the Stamp Act was repealed. The protests led to the Stamp Act being repealed in 1766.

Townshend Acts The Revenue Act of 1767, placed new customs duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea imported into the colonies.  The Townshend Acts gave British officials the right to seize property without following due process. 

Colonists Resist the British John Dickinson published a series called Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer, asking colonists to resist the Townshend Acts  The Sons of Liberty encouraged colonists to boycott British goods.  Imports from Britain declined sharply from what they had been the year before. 

Britain gives in…again After the Boston Massacre, the British seen as killers of people who stand up for their rights.  In response, Britain repealed the Townshend Acts, leaving only one tax–on tea–to uphold its right to tax colonies. _____________

Checking for Understanding Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left. __ 1. the loss of value of money __ 2. a tax on imports and exports __ 3. a search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling __ 4. a pledge by merchants not to buy imported goods from a particular source A. customs duty B. inflation C. nonimportation agreement D. writ of assistance

Coercive / Intolerable Acts British Acts British Action Colonial Reaction British Response Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Stamp Act Quartering Act Declaratory Act Townshend Act Tea Act Coercive / Intolerable Acts Quebec Act

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