2. French and Indian War Quick: write down all the words you think the colonists would have said in reaction to the proclamation of 1763

3. Sugar Act Sugar Act 1764 Courtesy of Br. Prime Minister…(hint: GG) British taxed colonists on many of the goods coming into the colonies from other places

4. Stamp Act 1765 -Parliament passes Stamp Act -placed a direct tax on the colonists -required stamp on all legal documents, newspapers, license, and cards -affected many colonists rich and poor -Quartering Act, 1765

5. Theories of Representation Q-> What was the extent of Parliament’s authority over the colonies? Absolute? OR Limited? Q-> How could the colonies give or withhold consent for parliamentary legislation when they did not have representation in that body??

6. Resistance Begins -Sons of Liberty Boston Samuel Adams John Adams -no taxation w/o representation -protests and boycotts were organized Stamp Act Congress – 1765 * Stamp Act Resolves -stamp agents were harassed -law eventually repealed

7. Townshend Acts 1767-1770 -new Br Prime Minister Wm Pitt & Charles Townshend is Secretary of Exchequer (treasury) - Shift from paying taxes for Br. war debts & quartering of troops paying col. govt. salaries. -new tax placed on imports such as tea, glass, paper, paint -colonists again reacted with protests (John Hancock’s ship Liberty) -British reacted by sending 4000 more troops and adding more custom officials and establishing a Board of Customs in Boston For the first time, people began calling those who joined the non- importation mov’t… Revolutionists!

8. Boston Massacre -March 1770 -protests by colonists -British troops fire on crowd -5 colonists killed Crispus Attucks -Most soldiers found not guilty John Adams served as attorney for the soldiers

9. Boston Tea Party -tax on tea still remain in effect -monopoly on tea given to British company -Dec. 1773 colonists raided Boston harbor and threw the tea overboard and burned the ships

10. Intolerable Acts -Parliament passes Coercive Acts in reaction -Colonist call it the Intolerable Acts -closed Boston Harbor -suspended basic civil rights -housed troops in peoples’ homes - British Gen. Gage now appt gov’nor of Massachusetts -Committees of Correspondence