1. Ch 6.1 – 6.2: Tighter British Control Leads to Greater Colonial Resistance
EQ: What events caused colonists to consider going to war with England for their independence? (Use details!)

2. FYI: Fur Trade English competed with French for furs.
Iroquois allied with English
Alliances with Native Americans led to the French and Indian war in 1689.
French and English Colonist fought with Native American allies.
Neither side won a clear victory
Iroquois had trapped all the beavers on their own land by mid 1600s
To get more fur they made way with Huron and Algonquin neighbors. (Iroquois won and controlled much of the land).
French were upset and armed the Huron and Algonquin / Iroquois were armed by English
In 1689

3. French and Indian War
After French and Indian War, England passed Proclamation of 1763
– colonists could not settle west of Appalachian Mountains
To enforce proclamation King George III also passed the Quartering Act which required colonists to house and feed British troops for free

4. Proclamation Line of 1763

5. Proclamation of 1763 Boundary Line

6. England needs money!
England owed large debt from French and Indian war
England needed money to meet expenses and pay back debt, so began taxing colonists to help pay part of war debt
Sugar Act
Taxed all sugar and molasses
Stamp Act
Required all printed materials (documents, playing cards, newspapers, etc) to carry a stamp showing a tax had been paid.

7. Resistance Movement(s)
Sons of Liberty
Resistance Movement(s)
Participated in acts to show their protest against taxes. hrough various forms of protest, direct action and violence the Sons of Liberty sought the repeal of the Stamp Act (for example, they were famous for the tarring and feathering of opponents as well as outright killings of stamp distributors and the like [5].  And although small at first, groups identifying themselves as Sons of Liberty eventually existed in almost every colony. The organization spread month by month, after independent starts in several different colonies 
Intimidation
Mass Protests

8. Protesting the Stamp Act Political Cartoon
 Liberty tree as gallows
Stamp Act poster
upside down
Protesters in Boston 
Customs official tarred
and feathered 

9. Parliament’s actions affect England and the Colonies
Acts/taxes led to greater colonial unity
Colonial assemblies adopt cry, “No taxation without representation!”
Colonies claim colonial assemblies, not Parliament, has the right to tax colonies

10. English Colonists had NO representatives in Parliament
English Parliament made up of 2 “Houses”:
House of Commons (elected by the people)
House of Lords (non-elected lords, judges, and church officials)

12. Parliament’s actions affect England and the Colonies
Colonists begin to boycott against English goods
Parliament repeals Stamp Act, due to violence and boycotting from colonists
Parliament passes Declaratory Act, giving England “supreme authority” to govern colonists

13. Reduced dependence on British textiles
Daughters of Liberty
Homespun Fabric
Women contributed in protest to the taxes imposed by British rule by boycotting British goods. They also homespun wool to make cloth for for colonist to wear instead of Birtish textiles.
Reduced dependence on British textiles

14. Parliament’s Not Done

15. Townshend Acts
1767
Tax on Imports

16. The Townshend Acts
England wanted to avoid further conflict with colonists, but needed $ to pay for expenses
Most British troops located in NY, but NY refused to “quarter” them
Townshend Act suspend NYs legislature until they agree to house troops
Taxes also placed on glass, lead, tea, paper, and paint
Colonists protested Townshend Acts and considered them a serious threat to their rights and freedoms

17. These Guys Again

18. More of
These Guys

19. The Boston Massacre
Tensions between British troops and Boston workers build
Troops always watching colonists, and stealing their jobs, colonists tired of it
Fight breaks out, British soldiers kill 5 Bostonians, event becomes known by colonists as the Boston Massacre

20. The Boston Tea Party
Many British taxes had been repealed (ended) because American boycotts hurt British economy
Parliament tries again and passes Tea Act in 1773
Act gives English company control of all trade of tea
Colonists respond by dumping British tea that had arrived by ship into the harbor
Event known as the Boston Tea Party

21. Reflect!
Create a 10 sentence minimum summary answering the EQ with details!
Remember the EQ was:
What events caused colonists to consider going to war with England for their independence? (Use details!)