1. Chapter 6.1 Tighter British Control
Revolutionary Acts
Chapter 6.1 Tighter British Control

2. When the addition of the school is finished, you will not be moving into it, but will stay here with no air conditioning or heat
Unfortunately, there will now be 5 people to a locker
For every item that contains sugar (cookie, soda pop…) you must pay Miss Hansen $1
For every piece of paper in your backpack right now you must pay Miss Hansen $.50
For every electronic device you have you must pay Miss Hansen $50
If you protest you will lose all of your participation points for this week
You all will eat lunch in the cafeteria in silence
New Rules

3. -When the addition of the school is finished, you will not be moving into it, but will stay here with no air conditioning or heat
-Colonists could not settle west of Appalachian Mountains
-Cause: French and Indian War, but more importantly Pontiac’s Rebellion
-Effect: Angered the colonists, many of them ignored it anyway, King George sends troops
Proclamation of 1763

4. Unfortunately, there will now be 5 people to a locker
Colonists must house and provide supplies for troops
Cause: colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763, troops sent to enforce proclamation
Effect: saves British money, angers the colonists even more, the eventual Townshend Acts
Quartering Act

5. War is Expensive Revolutionary War - $101 million
War of $90 million
Mexican War - $71 million
Civil War: Union - $3,183,000
Civil War: Confederacy – $1,000,000
Spanish-American War – $283 million
WWI - $20 billion
WWII - $296 billion
Korea - $30 billion
Vietnam - $111 billion
Persian Gulf - $61 billion
Iraq - $715 billion
Afghanistan/Other - $297 billion
Total Post-9/11 – Iraq, Afghanistan/other - $1, 046,000,000
War is Expensive

6. The French and Indian War cost Britain 40 million pounds, which is $63,564,000
They had to figure out how to pay off the war
The colonists were their answer
French and Indian War

7. The Sugar Act Cause: to pay off the French and Indian War
For every item that contains sugar (cookie, soda pop…) you must pay Miss Hansen $1
Tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to colonies
Cause: to pay off the French and Indian War
Effect: strict enforcement, harsh punishment for smugglers, angered colonists
“TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”
The Sugar Act

8. Stamp Act (1765) Cause: to pay off the French and Indian War
All legal and commercial docs must have official stamp saying tax was paid
For every piece of paper in your backpack right now you must pay Miss Hansen $.50
Cause: to pay off the French and Indian War
Effect: effected everyone in colonies, not just merchants, led to protests and boycotts, as well as the Stamp Act Congress (first assembly to act together in protest in colonies), Sons of Liberty emerge, customs official tarred and feathered, many quit
Stamp Act (1765)

9. If you protest you will lose all of your participation points for this week
Parliament’s authority and laws were binding in the colonies
Cause: boycotts were hurting British trade, repealed (canceled) the Stamp Act
Effect: Britain declares that IT has complete control of the colonies, colonists angry
Declaratory Act 1766

10. Townshend Acts Cause: colonists refuse to house troops
Suspended NY’s assembly until agreed to pay to house troops, placed taxes on goods
You all will eat lunch in the cafeteria in silence
Cause: colonists refuse to house troops
Effect: because taxes were to be paid before arrival of good a lot of smuggling occurred, which let to writs of assistance (searching of houses), protests immediately break out, pressure from Sons/Daughters of Liberty, riots begin when British try to seize American ship Liberty, 1,000 more redcoats arrive taking jobs from the colonists
Townshend Acts