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Leapfrog. Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War French and Indian War effects The Acts Continued NEW TAXES Trouble in Boston.

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2 Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War French and Indian War effects The Acts Continued NEW TAXES Trouble in Boston

3  British sent 10,000 troops to the colonies to help settle disputes with the Native Americans  Proclamation of 1763- no westward settlements!  Tax colonists to pay for the expenses of the war  Customs officers obtained writs of assistance (Official Documents) to search and seize smuggled goods without warning

4  Sugar Act- 1764- to lower tax on imported molasses  British established special courts to hear smuggling cases which denied colonists the right to a jury trial  Stamp Act- 1765- taxed all printed material in the colonies  Samuel Adams- Sons of Liberty- burned effigies in protest

5  Colonists boycott printed goods  Stamp Act Congress in NY- sent a petition to the King stating only colonial legislatures could tax colonists  British merchants lost money- Parliament repealed the Stamp Act  Parliament passes the Declaratory Act of 1766- they can legally tax and make decisions for the colonies

6  Townshend Acts- 1767- taxed imported goods at port of entry  Colonists imposed any and all taxes enforced by Parliament/ continued boycotts and protests- only their own reps could tax them  Women’s groups organized Daughters of Liberty to support boycotts-making their own goods to avoid importing British goods

7  Boston Massacre- used as propaganda by the Committee of Correspondence (Sam Adams)  Tea Act- 1773- allowed companies to ship tea without paying taxes- under sold the colonists who lost profit  Boston Tea Party- (Sam Adams) 1773- Boston Mass.  Daughters of Liberty- burned their tea and marched in protest


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