Taxation Without Representation Objectives: Explain why Great Britain created new taxes for the colonies Analyze the ways that colonists challenged the new taxes Examine why the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party were significant events

French and Indian War: 1754 – 1763 France + Native American Tribes (Shawnee) vs. Great Britain + Native American Tribes (Mohawk & Cherokee) 42,000 British vs. 20,100 French British victory France lost a lot of their territory

After the French and Indian War With Great Britain winning the French and Indian War… The King was desperate for new revenue: incoming money; usually by taxes

The King and Parliament felt it was only fair that the American colonists pay for part of the cost of the war.

American colonists took action: smuggled goods/items into the country to avoid taxes Parliament passed the Sugar Act (1765):lowered taxes on imported goods Allowed: officers to take goods cheaper

Parliament passed another law in an effort to raise money: Stamp Act:  1765 Tax on all printed materials

Townsend Act  1767 to raise revenue to pay the salaries of governors and judges to create a better way of enforcing trade regulations/rules to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the Quartering Act: (1765) Must provide British soldiers with housing and food to establish the British Parliament as the head of the colonies and the right to tax the colonies

Tea Act:  1773 Only allowed colonists to purchase tea from British East India Company, which included a tax.

View points of the American Colonists: 1. Parliament was interfering in colonial affairs 2. Taxing without consent

Violence in Boston Relations between the redcoats (British soldiers) and the Boston colonists grew pretty tense Boston Massacre: March 5, 1770 killed 5 colonists; wounding 6 ***Side Note: foreshadowing the American Revolutionary War.

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party: December 16, 1773 Men disguised as Mohawks boarded ships in Boston Harbor Threw 342 chests of tea overboard ***Side Note: key event in the growing tensions leading to the American Revolution.

Intolerable Acts: 1774 Closed Boston Harbor until colonists paid for all the tea Colonists can’t get food or supplies with the harbor closed Colonists are not allowed to have town meetings Colonists had to shelter redcoats in their own homes

***Side Note: these acts were seen as a violation of the rights of colonists, which organized the  First Continental Congress in September of 1774 and escalated to the  American Revolutionary War

Ticket Out Describe the act or law passed by Parliament that you felt was the worst one of them all. Explain your answer in 3 – 4 sentences.