Chapter 4 Section George III- King of England 22 years old- very young Problems in North America
Chapter 4 Section 2 Resentment among colonists British colonists were farmers- greater threat to Indians General Jeffrey Amherst- British military commander- North America- despised the Indians Spring Indians rebel Pontiac’s Rebellion- Ottawa leader British forts destroyed besides Fort Pitt, Fort Detroit
Chapter 4 Section 2 Proclamation of closed area west of the Appalachian Mountains- under British military control People still move into the region Result: British authority undermined British heavily taxed George Grenville- finance minister to prime minister Colonists should start paying their own costs
Chapter 4 Section 2 New taxes along with duties- tax on imports Sugar Act of regulations Ships would be seized Trials in British courts- only a judge not a jury Quartering Act- provide housing and supplies for British troops Stamp Act- tax- newspapers, documents, pamphlets Purpose: to raise money
Chapter 4 Section 2 Impact on printers, merchants, lawyers Stamp Act Congress- leader- James Otis- lawyer- Massachusetts “No taxation without representation” Petitions- letters sent to the king, Parliament Boycott- refusal to buy Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty Boston Sons of Liberty- Samuel Adams Stamps delivered- houses and lives would be in danger Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
Chapter 4 Section 2 Declaratory Act- Parliament- make laws- in all cases whatsoever Charles Townshend- Britain’s chief financial officer- Townshend Acts March 5, British soldiers threatened Five colonists dead- Boston Massacre Parliament canceled the Townshend Acts Committee of Correspondence created
Chapter 4 Section 2 Parliament passes the Tea Act- help British East India Company American tea merchants out of business? Tea dumped into the harbor- Boston Tea Party Coercive Acts passed by Britain Town meetings once a year Canada’s boundary to the Ohio River Thomas Gage- charge of British forces- new governor of Massachusetts Committees of Correspondence meet Now the First Continental Congress
Chapter 4 Section 2 September 5, meeting- Carpenter’s Hall- Philadelphia GA not represented Washington, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John Dickinson, John Jay present Renewed boycott October Congress ended Patriots or rebels form militias- guns Concord- British troops try to seize supplies
Chapter 4 Section 2 Boston Patriots on alert- Paul Revere Arrive in Lexington- Minutemen Battles of Lexington and Concord Costly defeat for the British Revolutionary War begins