 Proclamation of Forbade colonists to settle west of an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains  Stamp Act- Placed a tax on all paper documents  Petition- A formal written request to someone in authority  Boycott- To refuse to buy certain goods or products for a reason

 Repealed- Cancelled  Townshend Act- Taxed goods such as paper, glass paint, lead and tea

 Colonial populations are growing quickly  Colonists are moving west to find land that they can call their own  With the French gone, colonists sought to colonize that land west of the Appalachian Mountains  Many Native American nations lived there already  The British did not treat the Native Americans there as well as the French had

 Pontiac, an Ottowa Chief, united many tribes against the British  Pontiacs forces attacked Fort Detroit  The force soon captured many of the British forts in the region  With the Treaty of Paris, the Native Americans could not count on French help  They soon gave up their fight

 Great Britain decided to try to protect the Native Americans in the West by halting westward expansion  The Proclamation of 1763 forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains  All settlers already living there had to leave  Obviously, this angered many colonists  Colonists even had to pay for the additional troops sent to enforce this unpopular proclamation

 After the French and Indian War, Britain was in deep debt  British officials felt that the colonists should help pay  Colonies after all were still supposed to serve the homeland  Sugar Act- Taxed molasses, also made it easier to bring smugglers to trial

 Stamp Act- Taxed legal documents as well as newspapers, almanacs, playing cards and dice  All of these items had to be stamped to show that the tax had been paid  The stamp act was very unpopular  Colonists protested the act, tarred and feathered tax collectors and rioted

 Officials in Great Britain were shocked that the colonists didn’t like the new taxes  They felt that they had helped the colonists, especially during the French and Indian War  People at home were already paying higher taxes than the colonists as well

 The colonists felt that the taxes were unjust  They argued that only their own elected representatives could vote to impose a tax on them  This was a British tradition dating back to the Magna Carta  The colonists were willing to pay taxes, but only if they were passed by their own colonial legislatures

 Colonists were united in their distaste for these new taxes  A delegation from nine colonies met to discuss the stamp act in New York City  The delegation drew up petition to the King and Parliament  They rejected the Stamp Act and other new taxes  The King and Parliament paid little attention

 The colonists then turned to boycotting British goods  Trade fell by 14% and British merchants complained  British workers also upset as demand for goods fell  It worked!  In 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act  Also passed a law though that gave them the right to raise taxes in the future

 The Townshend Acts taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint and tea  The tax was low, but it was still unpopular  The principle of the tax was the same  The Acts also allowed for searches and seizure without court orders  Personal property could now be searched without consent and with no proof a crime had been committed  The Quartering Act required colonists to open their homes to British troops and give them blankets, food and candles

 Merchants banded together and agreed to stop importing goods that had been taxed by the Townshend Acts  The Sons of liberty hung British officials in effigy  Wanted to intimidate tax collectors  The Daughters of Liberty urged women to raise and make their own goods

 Samuel Adams was an outspoken leader in Massachusetts  He was a failed businessman and a poor public speaker  His talent was to organize  He set up protests and grew public support  John Adams was a schoolteacher turned lawyer  His knowledge of British law proved useful  Patrick Henry was a well known critic of the British in Virginia  He once said “If this be treason, make the most of it!”  A young Thomas Jefferson was moved by his speeches

 March 5, 1770, colonists gathered at the Boston customs house and shouted insults at the “lobsterbacks”  The crowd grew larger and began throwing snowballs and ice at the soldiers  A soldier panicked and fired, triggering more to shoot  5 colonists were killed  John Adams defended the soldiers in court, the soldiers were essentially let off the hook

 The day after the Boston Massacre, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts  Most of the taxes as well as the Quartering Act were repealed  The tax on tea was kept at the behest of King George III  Most colonists were not opposed to it  The principal of British taxation remained with it though  A relative calm would last for a few years