1. An Era of Colonial Protest

2. The Imperial Wars
French & Indian War was one of four costly wars fought between
British monarchs wanted colonists to bear the cost of fighting these wars/rebuilding the British empire
Thought colonists should also pay for their protection

3. New Revenues & Regulations
Sugar Act (1764)- Placed taxes on foreign sugar and other luxuries
Chief purpose was to raise money for the crown
Quartering Act (1765)- Required all colonists to provide food and living quarters for any British soldiers stationed there

4. New Revenues & Regulations
The Stamp Act (1765)- required stamps be placed on all paper documents (newspapers, pamphlets, advertisements, etc.)
Colonists paid for the price of these stamps- money was collected directly from them
First direct tax paid by the colonists

5. The Stamp Act
Angered the majority of colonists- no taxation without representation
1765- Stamp Act Congress resolved only elected representatives had legal authority to approve taxes
Not the monarchs
Sons and Daughters of Liberty violently intimidated tax collectors
Destroyed stamps, tar and feather

6. The Stamp Act Boycotts were the most effective form of protest
Colonists refused to purchase British goods
Sharp drop in trade
Parliament forced to repeal the Stamp Act

7. Declaratory Act of 1766
Colonists rejoiced at news of the Stamp Act being repealed
Parliament enacts a face-saving measure called the Declaratory Act
Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
Led to renewed conflict between Britain and the colonists

8. Townshend Acts New taxes collected on imports of tea, glass, and paper
Higher tax rates to pay the British officials in the colonies
Suspended NY’s assembly for defiance of the Quartering Act

9. Townshend Acts
Most colonists accepted these taxes because they were paid by the merchants
Indirect taxes
Eventually boycotts threatened British revenue and the acts were repealed in 1770
Parliament keeps a small tax on tea as a symbol of their power over the colonies

10. Renewed Conflict
Boston Massacre, Gaspee Incident, and Boston Tea Party all renewed the conflict/violence between the British and the colonists
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passes a series of punitive acts

11. The Coercive Acts (1774) Directed mainly at Boston and Massachusetts
Closed port of Boston until destroyed tea was paid for
Reduced power of Massachusetts legislature
Royal officials accused of crimes in the colonies could be tried in Britain
A fourth law expanded the Quartering Act

12. Quebec Act (1774)
An effort to organize lands won from France in French & Indian War
Established Roman-Catholicism as official religion of Quebec, set up a government without a representative assembly, extended Quebec’s boundaries to the Ohio River
Colonists viewed this as a direct attack on their rights
Took away lands they claimed along Ohio River
What if Parliament enacted similar laws in the colonies?

13. ?
Why is the French & Indian War relevant to colonial protest and the American Revolution?
How did Parliament decide they would collect money from the colonists? Give some examples.
What was the primary reason colonists were so upset about the Stamp Act?
Even though they repealed the Stamp Act, what did Parliament do in response to the colonial boycotts and protest?
How did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party? Give details.