1. Take out your binder and sit quietly before the bell rings!

2. How do you feel about this new fee? Do you understand why the administration is imposing this fee? Do you think it is fair to push financial problems of the district onto the students? Do you think that all possible solutions were addressed? Would you have liked to have more personal input into the decision? Do you think that it is your right to have more personal input into the decision? Do you have any suggestions for solving this problem in the Social Studies department? How do you feel about this new regulation?

3. Marching Towards Revolution Class work Section of your Binder

4. King George III 1760 Raised Colonial Taxes Hated Figure- Unpopular British laws Fear of Disobedience

5. French and Indian War placed Britain in debt and Prime Minister Grenville decides that colonists should help pay costs.

6. Sugar Act Sugar Act (1764) places a tax on molasses Triangular Trade Greenville

7. Stamp Act Stamp Act (1765) taxes all legal and written documents: wills, diplomas, and marriage papers Tax also included: newspapers, almanacs, playing cards and dice

8. Colonists protest Stamp Act Parliament has no right to tax colonists. Magna Carta “NO Taxation Without Representation!”

9. Stamp Act Congress 9 colonies sent delegates Colonists unite to send a petition to Parliament it was ignored by Parliament and King George Petition: formal written request to someone in authority.

10. Colonist Protest Boycott British Goods Trade fell off by 14% 1766 Parliament repealed Stamp Act But passed a different law asserting that Parliament had the right to raise taxes in “all cases whatsoever”

11. Write a letter: Pretend you are an Englishman living in England. Write a letter to a colonist explaining why do you think it is right for the English government to tax the colonies. Write a response: Pretend you are a English colonist living in Massachusetts. Write a response to the Englishman’s letter enforcing the new taxes. When you are finished start reading Chapter 5.3 in American Nation