1. The Quarrel with Britain Begins
What’s the point of winning a lot of land in a war if you’re not allowed to use it?
Colonists had moved on to the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River

2. Colonists Claim New Land
France had given up their claim over the land
Colonists were happy to have it all to themselves… thought it was not quite only theirs!
The land was full of Native American tribes
Some were allies of the British
Tribes united with Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe to drive out settlers
Indians captured British forts and killed hundreds of settlers
Great Britain thought for the time being they should keep the settlers out of the Indian homelands
1763: George III, the British king, issued a proclamation:
Until further notice, no settlers were allowed to settle west of a line he drew on a map from New York to Georgia
Colonists were angry- they had not won the war for the Indians
British troops were stationed along the frontier to keep peace

3. The Quarrel Grows
To win the French and Indian war, Britain poured lots of $$$ into ships, men, supplies… more $ than they had
Britain now needed to repay the $
Needed more $ for troops stationed in forts on the American frontier
WHERE TO GET THE MONEY?!
Parliament’s answer- COLONISTS
Begin paying taxes they should have ALREADY been paying (in Parliament’s opinion)
Colonists had been smuggling goods in, so they didn’t have to pay taxes
Parliament sent more officials to make sure the colonist paid taxes for goods, especially taxes on molasses and sugar

4. The Quarrel Grows Cont’d
Officials- search colonists’ homes and businesses WITHOUT the owner’s permission
Trying to prove they smuggled goods or broke other laws
WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE ENGLISHMEN?!
Government officials are not allowed to search anyone’s property without legal permission
How could their own British government take away this right?

5. More Taxes
Many troops were left in America after the French and Indian War
Britain wanted to keep them there, so they came up with the Quartering Act
Quartering Act: the colonist government had to provide furnished quarters for all the British troops
Americans were not happy- Why would the British government want to keep troops in the colonies?
Protection?
If so, against whom?
Or to make the colonist obey British laws?
Should colonists have to pay for the troops?

6. The Stamp Act Crisis 1765- Parliament passed the Stamp Act
Made colonists pay a tax on any kind of printed paper
About 50 items in all, including newspapers, marriage licenses, and even playing cards!

7. Tax On Paper Colonist would buy special stamps from a tax collector
Buy a newspaper, minister’s sermon, calendar, marriage license, legal or business paper, playing cards… Pay a tax.
Place a stamp on each side of the item they purchased
Colonists were ANGRY- they did not want to pay the taxes!
Do you see why the colonist were so angry?
Was it their own colonial assemblies that had passed this tax law? No.
British Parliament, 3,000 miles away, was responsible for this
Called “taxation without representation”

8. Tax On Paper Cont’d
29-year-old Patrick Henry strongly opposed the Stamp Act
Part of the Virginia assembly (Virginia House of Burgesses)
Made a fiery speech protesting the tax
Speech was printed in newspapers
Formed groups called the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Stamp collectors were felt threatened (a few were even beat up)
Many tax collectors left town
Sons of Liberty organized a boycott (an organized campaign in which people refuse to have any dealings with a particular group or country in order to force a change of policy)
Daughters of Liberty- made homemade cloth so colonists could purchase cloth without having to buy from British merchants
Colonists who were against the Stamp Act began calling themselves Patriots

9. Tax On Paper Cont’d
9 colonies sent representatives to a meeting held in New York
The meeting became known as the Stamp Act Congress
Asked Parliament to repeal (cancel or do away with) the hated Stamp Act
British government was shocked by the colonists actions
Never before had the American colonists acted against the British government
British merchants were upset- losing lots of $
1766: after only one year, Parliament did repeal the Stamp Act
Americans lit bonfires in celebration
Americans still loved the King
No one was talking about leaving the empire
Just a little quarrel… Right?

10. What was Parliament’s answer to fix the debt problem?
Tax the colonists

11. Why did the British conduct unlawful searches of colonists’ homes?
They were trying to prove if colonists had smuggled goods or broken other laws

12. What was the act called that made the colonist government provide furnished quarters to the British troops?
Quartering Act

13. What did the colonist have to buy prior to buying their Sunday morning newspaper?
Stamps

14. 2. Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Who was part of the Virginian assembly that opposed the Stamp Act? What was the name of the special group that was formed?
1. Patrick Henry
2. Sons and Daughters of Liberty

15. What was the outcome when the colonists stood up to the British for their rights regarding the Stamp Acts?
The British government was shocked that the colonists opposed this.
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766.