Colonial Acts Wednesday 10/25/2017 Someone Pass out the notebooks Date your Through and label it: Colonial Acts

Patrick Henry - “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speaker/Politician American Revolution “The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!” Patrick Henry - “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speaker/Politician

1764 Sugar Act 1764 First effort to impose new taxes on colonies to help pay for war. Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which was a tax on sugar, wine, indigo (a type of color dye) and molasses. New England was especially effected by this act because they used Molasses to create Rum which they sold to the surrounding French and Dutch.

1765 and 1774 Quartering Act Colonists were required to provide housing, food, and drink to British soldiers. While they were supposed to house these soldiers in public, empty facilities, the colonists were expected to pay for the facilities. All colonies were forced to comply and the British troops could live and eat in colonial homes without the owners' permission.

Stamp Act 1765 The Stamp Act was a tax put on the American colonies by the British in 1765. It said they had to pay a tax on all sorts of printed materials such as newspapers, magazines and legal documents. It was called the Stamp Act because the colonies were supposed to buy paper from Britain that had an official stamp on it that showed they had paid the tax.

1766 Declaratory Act Passed the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, the Declaratory Act stated that Parliament (the British Government) had free and total legislative powers over the colonies.

1767 Townshend Act - 1767 The Townshend Act placed a tax on 72 different items including paint, tea, glass, and paper. British Parliament believed the colonists would be okay with taxes on imported goods. Writes of Assistance were used by customs officers as warrant to search anywhere, anytime The Act was later repealed in 1770 - the same year as the Boston Massacre.

Boston Massacre Perspective Activity The Boston Massacre began the evening of March 5, 1770 with a small argument between British Private Hugh White and a few colonists outside the Custom House in Boston on King Street. The argument began to escalate as more colonists gathered and began to harass and throw sticks and snowballs at Private White. Soon there were over 50 colonists at the scene. The local British officer of the watch, Captain Thomas Preston, sent a number of soldiers over to the Custom House to maintain order. However, the sight of British soldiers armed with bayonets just aggravated the crowd further. They began to shout at the soldiers, daring them to fire. Captain Preston then arrived and tried to get the crowd to disperse. Unfortunately, an object thrown from the crowd struck one of the soldiers, Private Montgomery, and knocked him down. He fired into the crowd. After a few seconds of stunned silence, a number of other soldiers fired into the crowd as well. Three colonists died immediately and two more died later from wounds.

The repeal of the Townshend Act removed all except the tea tax. Tea Act - 1773 The repeal of the Townshend Act removed all except the tea tax. The British East India Company was able to supply CHEAPER tea than any other supplier, but the colonists would have none of it. They still saw a tax on tea as “taxation without representation”. Their response was to refuse to unload the tea from the ships.

December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party The evening of December 16, 1773, a group of colonists boarded 3 ships in the Boston Harbor holding 342 containers of tea. Dressed as Mohawk Indians, these colonists dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the harbor. Today’s worth is in the millions. The Boston Tea Party lead to the Intolerable Acts passed by British Parliament.

1774 Intolerable Acts Boston Port Act - Direct punishment for the Boston Tea Party. It closed the Port of Boston until all the wasted tea was paid for. Massachusetts Government Act - It gave more power to the governor (who was appointed by Great Britain) and took away power from the colonists. Many of the government officials that used to be elected by the people would now be appointed by the governor.

1774 Intolerable Acts Cont. Administration of Justice Act - This act allowed the governor to move capital trials against government officials to Great Britain. Quartering Act - Like the Quartering Act of 1763, the act said that the colonies had to provide barracks for British soldiers. In the case where barracks weren't available, the soldiers could be housed in other buildings such as barns, hotels, and homes.

1774 Intolerable Acts Quebec Act - The Quebec Act expanded the British Canadian territory south into the Ohio Valley. It also made the Quebec Province a Catholic province.