foldable - Road to revolution Use 2 sheets of construction paper. Fold in hot dog style.

Taxation without representation The Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Stamp Act Quartering Act Townshend Acts Boston Massacre The Tea Act No representatives in Parliament!

Proclamation of 1763 Issued by King George III Banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains (Ohio River Valley) Angered colonists because they fought for that land in the French and Indian War

Sugar ACt Taxed imported sugar and molasses Arrested smugglers To raise money to pay debt from French & Indian War If you were arrested, your trial was in a military court No jury – the judge is a Navy officer Assumed you are guilty until you can prove you are innocent

STAMP Act Colonists pay a tax on paper goods (legal documents, newspapers, playing cards) There was a stamp on the product to the show the tax had been paid Proposed by George Grenville (finance minister) to pay off England’s debt Effects: Samuel Adams organized committees of correspondence and Sons of Liberty to protest; colonists boycotted British goods and sent petitions to England; the Stamp Act was repealed because British merchants were losing money.

Quartering Act British left 10,000 troops (redcoats) to enforce the laws British didn’t want to pay for the soldiers’ food and housing, so they forced colonists let the soldiers live with them and feed them

Townshend Acts Tax on lead, glass, tea, paint, etc. Collected on the merchant ships that arrived in port; cost passed on to buyers in the stores Protests: Daughters of Liberty boycotted (not buy British goods & make their own stuff to use)

Boston Massacre Caused by tension between soldiers and Bostonians Started with snowballs and rocks thrown at guards at Boston customshouse (tax collector’s office) – mob 6 people dead – Crispus Attucks, African American was first one shot Trial – defended by Patriot John Adams – “Every man deserves a fair trial.” Led to repeal of Townshend Acts to calm people down, except for the tax on tea

Tea Act Designed to help British tea merchants make money Taxed tea, but the taxed tea was still cheaper than smuggled tea People refused to buy the tea Sons of Liberty dumped the tea into Boston harbor – Boston Tea Party (Civil Disobedience)

Taxation without Representation Colonists elected local government members and followed their own laws. Parliament made laws in England for the colonies, but colonists could not elect anyone to Parliament Colonists had no representatives in Parliament, so they said Parliament shouldn’t be able to make laws for them “No taxation without representation” became the colonial slogan