1. Chapter 5: A New Nation Begins to Grow

2. Section 5.1: The Proclamation of 1763

3. British control of America was established with the Treaty of Paris
However, the real hold that Great Britain had on the colonies was weak
New and different laws were passed in an effort to control trade
Colonial merchants and shippers found other ways of getting around those laws
Then new events affected the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies

4. Proclamation of 1763 The first problem occurred in spring of 1763
Great numbers of colonists settled in Ohio Valley, west of Appalachian Mountains
An Ottawa chief, Pontiac,
knew that more American
Indian land might get lost
to British settlers
Chief Pontiac organized
several American Indian
nations and successfully attacked colonial forts

5. To avoid more trouble
with American Indians,
King George III signed
Proclamation of 1763
This act ordered all
settlers to leave Ohio
Valley and return to established colonies
Did not allow any more people to make new settlements west of Appalachians
It said that no traders could enter area without approval of king

6. Taxation Without Representation
Colonists were opposed to the new law
They had fought in French and Indian War and now the law was saying that no one could go west
Many colonists felt that the king didn’t care about protecting them from American Indians
Felt its real purpose was to prevent them from developing the new land
Taxation Without Representation
New problem was British debt from the French and Indian War
Some money had been raised by increasing taxes of people in Great Britain

7. In 1764, Parliament, the government of Great Britain, agreed that it had the right to tax the colonies in exchange for protection from all enemies
Colonists disagreed with this policy, saying they did not need any British help to protect themselves
Many colonists felt this taxation without colonial agreement, or “taxation without representation,” could not be tolerated

8. New British Policies Sugar Act – passed in 1764
Raised the tax on sugar, cloth goods, and other articles from any place other than Great Britain
Currency Act – passed in 1764
Made it illegal for the colonies to print their own money
Quartering Act – passed in 1765
Demanded that the colonies provided housing and goods for all British soldiers in America
Stamp Act – passed in 1765
Enabled the government to tax legal and business papers used in America
It also taxed such items as playing cards and dice

9. The colonists protested the Stamp Act
Tarred and feathered tax collectors
Tried to force the removal of the Stamp Act by boycotting all British goods
Parliament decided to remove, or repeal, the tax in 1766
Shortly thereafter, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act
Act stated that Great Britain had control over the colonies in all cases

10. 5.1 PowerPoint Questions
1.) Why did the British decide to tax the colonists?
2.) Why did the colonists protest the Proclamation of 1763?
3.) What was the attitude of the king toward the colonists?
4.) Why did the colonies feel that taxation was unfair?
5.) What was the Stamp Act and when was it passed?
C.T.) Do you think Great Britain had the right to tax the colonists? Why or why not?