1. 6-1: Tighter British Control
The Road to Revolution
6-1: Tighter British Control

2. The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart
My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.
James Otis –
colonial leader who gave the first public speech demanding English liberties for the colonists

3. The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart
Proclamation of 1763 –
law forbidding settlement west of the Appalachians

4. The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart
Summary –
The after effects of the French and Indian War led to difficulties in the colonies:
Britain had a huge new territory to govern and sought ways to do so uniformly
Britain had a huge debt to repay and sought help from the colonists

5. British Troops and Taxes
Quartering Act –
required colonies to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in America
revenue –
income

6. British Troops and Taxes
Sugar Act –
tax (collected in England) on colonial exports like sugar, molasses, wine and whale fins...also provided harsh punishments for smugglers
(slogan) –
“No Taxation Without Representation”

7. British Troops and Taxes
tyranny –
absolute power in the hands of a single ruler
George III –
British king (tyrant?) who stationed 10,000 soldiers in the colonies to enforce the Proclamation of 1763

8. British Troops and Taxes
James Otis –
colonial leader in the fight against the Proclamation and the new taxes (it’s his slogan!)
Summary –
Because the debt had been incurred protecting the colonies, Britain expected the colonists to help pay it.

9. British Troops and Taxes
Summary (continued) –
To keep the debt from growing, colonists were forbidden to settle in the West, and troops were stationed in the colonies to enforce the law
Colonists began to feel oppressed by the new taxes and the presence of troops

10. Britain Passes the Stamp Act
tax (collected in America) on legal & commercial documents

11. Britain Passes the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry –
member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses who called for resistance to British taxation

12. Britain Passes the Stamp Act
Summary –
Colonists especially hated this new tax because it was collected in America but was not approved by Americans. They felt they were being taxed without their consent.

13. The Colonists Protest the Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress –
first meeting of the colonies to consider acting together to protest policies of the British government
boycott –
a refusal to buy goods

14. The Colonists Protest the Stamp Act
The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man or Tarring & Feathering — Philip Dawe(?)
Sons of Liberty –
secret society that often used violence to enforce boycotts

15. The Colonists Protest the Stamp Act
Declaratory Act –
passed when Parliament repealed the Stamp Act said Parliament had supreme authority to rule the colonies
William Pitt –
popular leader in Parliament who agreed with the Americans about taxation and warned against further angering the colonists

16. The Colonists Protest the Stamp Act
Summary –
Colonists began to organize to oppose the Stamp Act.
Colonial efforts were so successful that Britain’s economy was hurt.
Parliament was forced to repeal the Stamp Act – but they continued to assert their right to govern the colonists.

17. The Road to Revolution 6-1: Tighter British Control