Road to Revolution

To Review… After the French and Indian War England had the supreme power in North America Debt Taxed colonists Proclamation of 1763 Enlightenment Rousseau, Montesquieu, Locke

Long-Term Causes Salutary Neglect Colonies are growing and prospering Developed their own political institutions Different ”political culture” French and Indian War Outcomes

Short-term Causes Writs of Assistance Sugar Act 1761 Allowed British troops to search any building or ship Decrease smuggling Traders in Boston did not like Sugar Act 1764 Passed by Parliament to combat smuggling Lower price of molasses Hurt merchants and traders

The Stamp Act 1765 Direct tax Went to British gov. Pay debt from F&I war Tax on legal documents, playing cards, newspapers Legal Stamps are required Affected both rich and poor British tax collectors were tarred and feathered

Declaratory Act After Stamp Act Repealed Made colonists aware that Parliament had the power to tax them

The Quartering Act 1765 Required certain colonies to provide food and quarters(housing) or British troops

Townshend Acts 1767 6 acts but known together New tax placed on imports Tea Glass Paper Paint Colonist protest = more British troops

Colonists fight back Sons of Liberty - May 1765 Boston Secret resistance group Independence Stamp Act Congress – Oct. 1765 NYC 9 Colonial Delegates “No taxation without representation” Colonies began to act as one Merchants agree not to import goods

Cont. Committees of correspondence Message system to allow colonies to communicate injustices

Boston Massacre – 1770 Protest by colonists British troops fire at crowd 5 colonists killed

Boston Tea Party 1773 British East India Company hit by protests Tax on tea still remains in effect British company now has a monopoly Colonists/ Sons of Liberty raided Boston harbor and threw the tea overboard and burned the ships 18,000 gallons of tea Disguised themselves as Indians

Intolerable Acts Passed by British Parliament as a reaction to the Tea Party Really called the coercive Acts Colonist call them The Intolerable Acts Closed Boston Harbor Suspended basic civil rights Housed troops in peoples’ homes