1. SUGAR, STAMP AND TOWNSHEND ACTS

2. WARM UP – February 11th
BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING REVIEW QUESTIONS:
What were the causes of the French and Indian War (what did each side want)?
What advantages helped the British win the war?
What did the British do that would start making the colonies resent them?

3. CREATE A MOVIE POSTER
Your assignment is to make a movie poster for a movie you are directing about the French and Indian War
Graded on: Title (25 pts), the slogan for the movie (25 pts), Starring actors (25 pts), colorful images (25 pts)
Your poster needs to be historically accurate – title, slogan, picture should all be related to something that really occurred during the French and Indian War

4. EXAMPLE OF MOVIE POSTER

5. LASTING EFFECTS OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
1. Colonists see how the British mistreat the French (take away their rights)
(Think about it-If they did it to the French, could it happen to the colonist?)
2. British raise colonial taxes to pay off the war
3. British are cruel to the Natives (give them smallpox-on purpose)
4. Proclamation of 1763-told colonists they couldn’t settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
(they thought it was too expensive to protect and wanted to contain the colonists)

6. THE SUGAR ACT
Sugar Act - raised the tax rates on imports of raw sugar and molasses
New taxes were placed on silk, wine, coffee, pimento and indigo

7. SUGAR ACT James Otis, a colonist argues:
Parliament (government assembly in Britain) could impose taxes to regulate trade, taxing Americans to pay for British programs was different the colonies had no representation in Parliament

9. STAMP ACT
Stamp Act 1765 – taxed almost all printed materials to raise more money
NEWSPAPERS
PAMPHLETS
POSTERS
WILLS
MORTGAGES
DEEDS

10. STAMP ACT - 1765 Colonist Reaction
Issue the Declaration of Rights and Grievances:
Only the colonists political representation had the right to tax the colonists
Boycotted all British goods
Resulted in many British losing their jobs
Act repealed in 1766

11. TOWNSHEND ACTS Townshend Acts 1767 – Taxes on imports and exports
Imports: Glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea
Allowed British to search any colonist and seize any goods that they thought were smuggled

12. TOWNSHEND ACTS
Colonist reaction – boycott goods and turn to violence against custom officers imposing the acts
1768 – violence against custom officers increases in Boston
RESULT:
THE BOSTON MASSACRE

13. EXIT REVIEW:
Using the same sheet that you used to answer the questions for the primary sources, answer these questions:
1. What was the purpose of the British passing the Sugar Act? The Stamp Act? The Townshend Acts?
2. What was the colonist reaction to these acts?
3. What was the Boston Massacre?

14. EXIT REVIEW
Now that you have looked at several primary sources on the Boston Massacre –
Write a short response where you decide who was responsible for the Boston Massacre – the colonists or the British – include 3 pieces of evidence to support your response