1. Why did American colonists want to free themselves from Great Britain?

2. Greater Colonial Unity
British leaders met with colonists to discuss trade and the threat of the French/Native Americans
The Albany Plan:
Strengthen ties among the 13 colonies
Plan was

3. How did Britain’s policy toward the colonies change?
Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War):
Very costly for Great Britain
British needed to
They saw the war as a way of protecting the colonists

4. Proclamation Act of 1763 Colonists could not go past
Was set to up to cut the costs of protecting colonists
Angered colonists
(many had bought land in those areas as well)

5. Stamp Act and Quartering Act
First serious attempt to exercise financial control
Quartering Act:
Colonists HAD to

6. Why resist British Control?
Acts and taxes challenged the
Colonists believed: tax laws should be passed only in their
Declaratory Act Britain had full
Britain sends many troops to

7. Other Acts that influenced the colonies
Sugar Act:
Tax on sugar and increased
Townshend Acts:
Tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and establishes the British right to
Tea Act:
Tax on tea  led to Boston Tea Party
Writs of assistance British officials could

8. Colonist Organization to Resist Control
First Continental Congress:
Imposed a ban on
Goal of the trade ban force Great Britain to
The British saw the trade ban as
The British ordered the arrest of the