1. Tighter British Control Chapter 6 Section 1

5. Problem
After French and Indian War, what major problem does England face?
War debt

6. King George III

7. Proclamation of 1763 Parents concerned about child's safety
Child forbidden to leave the yard
British protecting colonists from Indian attacks
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Colonists cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains

9. Quartering Act Parent hires babysitter to watch child
Child does not like serving the babysitter
Colonists have to house & feed soldiers
Cost saving measure but burden on colonists

11. Sugar & Stamp Act Child must pay for telephone use
Child is upset about the new rule

12. Sugar Act Tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies
Indirect tax – paid at port

13. Stamp Act Stamp places on all legal & commercial documents
Direct tax on colonists

15. Patrick Henry
Outspoken member of House of Burgesses
Against British taxation

16. Forms of Protest Boycotts Sons of Liberty formed Stamp Act Congress
Refusal to buy something
Sons of Liberty formed
Stamp Act Congress
Colonial representatives wrote asking to have Stamp Act repealed

17. Declaratory Act Parent removes paying for telephone
Post statement that parents have supreme power over child
Stamp Act repealed
Parliament has complete power over the colonies
Colonists don’t pay attention – happy Stamp Act repealed

18. “Paying the Exciseman” 5 Bostonians pouring tea down the throat of a tarred & feathered tax collector. On the Liberty Tree the Stamp Act hangs upside down. The hot tar could inflict 3rd degree burns. Often took weeks to recover.