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Taxation Game King George III = Mrs. Yates Parliament Member = One student Tax Collectors = Two students Everyone else will be a tax paying colonist Form of currency = Tootsie rolls! (If you eat any of your tootsie rolls during this activity, you will be sent to tax jail and will not receive any at the end of the game.)

Taxation Game Reflection Who feels upset in this situation and why? Is it fair that the king has so much? Why? Were the taxes fair, why or why not? Was there a way to make the taxes fair? If so, how? In what ways did this activity resemble the taxation system in colonial America?

1754-1763: The French and Indian War French and Indians vs. Colonists British Colonists win and expand empire

Proclamation of 1763 Provisions Colonial Reaction Settlers were forced to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains, Native Americans were to stay west Settlers crossed anyways

Sugar Act of 1764 Provisions Colonial Reaction Taxes on sugar, coffee, tea, wine, other imports Several assemblies protest taxation

Stamp Act of 1765-1766 Provisions Colonial Reaction Printed documents (deeds, newspapers, marriage licenses, etc.) issued only on special stamped paper Riots in cities Collectors forced to resign

Quartering Act of 1765 Provisions Colonial Reaction Colonists must supply British troops with housing and other items (candles, firewood, etc.) Protest in assemblies New York Assembly punished for failure to comply (1767)

Townshend Revenue Acts of 1767 Provisions Colonial Reaction New taxes on glass, lead, paper, paints, tea customs collections tightened in America Stopped importing British goods Assemblies protest Newspapers attack British policy

Boston Massacre (1770)

1770: Repeal of the Townshend Acts Ended Acts because British merchants were losing so much money during the boycott Tax on tea remained “I am clear that there must always be one tax to keep up the right, and, as such, I approve the Tea Duty.” -King George III

Tea Act of 1773 Provisions Colonial Reaction Parliament gives East India Company right to sell tea directly to Americans Some taxes on tea reduced Protests against favoritism shown to monopolistic company Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)

Boston Tea Party 1773 Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded three British ships They dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the sea to rebel against the Tea Act

Intolerable Acts of 1774 Provisions Colonial Reaction Closed port of Boston Restructured Massachusetts government Restricts town meetings Troops quartered in Boston Officials accused of crimes sent to England or Canada for trial Boycott of British goods First Continental Congress

Work Period Read and answer questions on the London Magazine Read and answer questions on Common Sense