1. Q Aim: 12/ 2/ 2016 How did British actions after the French and Indian
War lead to Revolution?
Committee of Correspondence Activity.
Present your pamphlets in the following order: Proclamation Line
2. Stamp Act
3. Quartering Act
4. Townshend Acts Q
HOMEWORK:
Quiz Wed: Underlying Causes of the Revolution

2. Sugar Act 1764:
taxed on molasses and sugar. This was the 1st time all 13 colonies were taxed to raise money directly for England.
Underlying Cause: Sugar was a popular item in the colonies and therefore paying the tax was almost unavoidable. It was also viewed as a tax the colonists had no say in. V

3. 1763: Proclamation Line
prohibited colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains. England created
this “line” to protect colonists from Indian
attacks led by Chief Pontiac
who was angered by British
settlement of his land. V

4. Underlying Cause: Colonists helped England during the
F & I War and were now angry that Ohio Valley was off limits
2. Colonists forced to pay English soldiers guarding the “line” . V

5. Stamp Act: 1765
Colonists were forced to pay a tax on all paper goods such as wills, playing cards, and newspapers.
Underlying Cause:
colonists were being taxed on goods made in the colonies without their consent: “taxation without representation” V

6. Quartering Act ( ):
Law that required colonists to provide their homes as “living quarters” to the increased number of Redcoats (British soldiers)
sent to the 13 Colonies to enforce tax laws.
Underlying Cause:
Colonists viewed
this as a violation
of their private
property

7. 1767: Townshend Acts : Tax on glass, lead, paper, and paint.
Included unpopular law called:
the Writs of Assistance: gave British officers the right to search colonial ships and property for smuggled goods without a warrant.
Underlying Cause: Colonists view this as a violation of their private property. It’s also taxation without representation. V