Knights Charge 10/2 What was the cause of the French and Indian War? What did the British gain as a result of the Treaty of Paris? What was the Proclamation Line of 1763? What were some of the effects of the French and Indian War?

Knights Charge 9/28 What caused the French and Indian War? Who were on the two sides of the French and Indian War? What treaty ended the war? Who won? What did they get? What was the Proclamation Line of 1763? What were 2 effects of the French and Indian War?

Knights Charge 9/29 What was one of the main impacts of the French and Indian War that had a direct economic impact on the colonies? What did the Navigation Acts lead to? What were the Writs of Assistance? Why did the British pass this? What was the Sugar Act? What was the Quartering Act? How did the colonists respond to it?

British Taxes in the Colonies Lecture 2 British Taxes in the Colonies

Navigations Acts (1651) Forced American colonists to trade only with Great Britain

Colonial Response Massive amounts of smuggling occurred which angered the British

Writs of Assistance (1761) British Officers could search any American boat at any time Intended to prevent smuggling

Colonial Response Heightened tension between the colonists and the British Colonists complained it violated their rights as a British subject

Sugar Act (1764) Increased taxes on molasses and sugar Attempted to crack down on smugglers

Colonial Response Further angered colonists They felt they were being unfairly treated and taxed “Taxation without Representation”- colonists being taxed with no say about it

Quartering Act (1765) British troops could stay in American colonists’ homes Could provide Protection for colonists

Colonial Response Angered by having to feed and house British soldiers Felt military presence was highly unnecessary

Knights Charge 10/2 What were the Navigation Acts? What happened as a result in the colonies? How did the British attempt to stop smuggling? Name 3 Acts passed by the British and how the colonists reacted to them.

Colonial Response: Stamp Act (1765) Required that printed materials in colonies be taxed

Colonial Response: Stamp Act Congress Formed official protest against new British taxation.  It was the first gathering of elected representatives from the American colonies to from a protest

Colonial Response: Virginia Resolves (1765) Formal responses created by the House of Burgesses in reaction to the Stamp Act Asked Britain to repeal Stamp Act

Colonial Response Many colonists would harass tax collectors which made collecting the taxes for the British very difficult and inefficient

Declaratory Act (1766) Repealed the Stamp Act Justified Britain’s ability to tax the American colonists

Colonial Response Colonists felt that Britain didn’t have the right to continue to tax Americans Felt that more unjustified acts were upcoming

Townshend Acts (1767) Placed tax on paper, glass, paint, and tea British wanted to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain Punished New York for not obeying the Quartering Act

Colonial Response Colonists extremely angered Protesting took place Britain sent troops to Boston which eventually led to the Boston Massacre