Who we're proud of their contributions towards winning the French and Indian war ?
Colonist
Who expected Britain to be what for their assistance but were not as they had hoped
The colonist ; grateful
Who expected only a What rise in taxes if any at all
Colonist; minimum
Colonies were still divided in many ways, however stronger ties between the colonies started to increase, especially after fighting & supporting each other during what war
The french and indian war
Britain saw thing differently. The French and Indian war left Britain with a massive What
Debt
After the wad, British expenses in the colonies continued due to having to keep troops stationed in North America to protect against some ������� and the possibility of ����� trying to retake its lost territories from America .
Native american tribes; france
Britain had to pay for the �����- & for keeping the troops in North America to protect the colonist. They didn't want to fight the war in the first pace and didn't want to pay to protect them.
French and indian war
Parliament passed the ���- act in 1764 to tax colonist to help pay costs of war . The act put a ��� ( import tax ) on items like molasses and sugar
Sugar; duty
The �� act was the first act passed specifically to raise money in the colonies
Sugar
Due to ��- actions it upset many colonists which lead to protesting, boycotting, and increased smuggling
Parliament's
The ����- slogan on taxes was ��-
Colonists ; " No taxation with out representation
In attempt to save ���� and enforce the proclamation of 1763 England forced the colonists to ���- ( house ) and provide 10,000 British troops with food and other ��� the colonists did this at their own expense. Colonist were angry and protest, sometimes v
Money; quarter; supplies
Colonist had to pay for official ��- or seal on the purchase of paper items
Stamp
Paper products that required a stamp were ��� policies , land ����- and other ��-
Newspaper; wills; licenses; insurance; landtitles ; contracts ; documents
An organization campaign to refuse to buy certain products.
Boycott
Virginia house of burgesses member, �����- was one of the most adamant leaders for the protest . He was an eloquent and emotional speaker who spoke out against the��- act. He was accused of treason. His famous response was ����
Patrick Henry; Stamp; " if this treason, make the most of it
In ����- Patrick Henry gave his most famous speech calling Virginians to take up arms against the British; it stated ,���-
1775; " I know not what course others may take but as for me GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH
colonist formed a secret society called ����- They sometimes used violence to protest the act ���- helped start this group in Boston ( note: he also started committees of correspondence)
Sons of liberty ; Samuel Adams
In ��� the Massachusetts Assembly called for a ���
1765; Stamp act Congress
Written request to a government , to change , repeal, or pass laws, or acts
Petition
With the repeal of the Stamp act parliament passed the ����- Which states parliament had total ���� over the colonies
Declaratory act; authority
Laws passed by �����- carried the same weight in America as in Britain
Parliament
Declaratory act asserted parliaments authors to pass any laws that were binding on the ���
Colonies
British official wanted to find a way to ��- the colonist without ����- the,
Tax; angering
Under the �����- Britain would no longer tax products or activities made within the colonies the Townshend acts would only tax products ��� (imported ) into the country
Townshend act; bought
One of the Townshend acts goal was to weaken the ����
Colonial asseblies
These new ���- ( tax imported goods) would only be on imported goods, not tax on products or activities inside the colonies
Duties
����� ( similar to search warrants ) were used to enforce acts
Writs of Assistance
What was a major issue with these writs of assistance
The searches were done by a custom official ( agents ). They could issue a writ of assistance for any reason.
Many colonist ���- British goods
Boycotted
One of the protest the sons of liberty did was �����-
Tar and feather, pouring all of the tea into the sea
After colonist threw snowballs and other objects at the British soldiers The soldiers panicked and fired into the crowed , killing five , including African American������
Crispus Attucks
Many historians identify him as the possible first true casualty of the ���� ( which started in 1775 )
Revolution
The colonist called the shootings the ����
Boston Massacre
Patriot silversmith �����- immediately used this to create a ���- campaign . He created an engraved silver image of the Boston Massacre. This caused more resentment against the British. News spreads fast around the colonies causing Britain to ����( get ri
Paul Revere; Propaganda; repeal ; tea
����� a Massachusetts lawyer defended the British soldiers in court
John Adams
Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers at the trial after the Boston Massacre?
He believed every person had the right to a fair trial
���- a colonial leader , set up the committees of correspondence to protest . ( committees created to help colonist share information about resisting British laws ) .
Samual Adams
In 1773 British parliament passed the ��- act
Tea
Tea act was intended to help the ����- company, one of British's most important companies .
British East Indian
It effectively gave the British East company a ���� on selling tea in the colonies
Monopoly
Colonial outrage over the tea act led to more boycotts as it hurt colonial tea merchants . This outrage led to the incidents called the ������
Boston tea party
Parliament passed the ���� in 1773 to allow the British East Indian company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonist. Some colonial ,enchants and smugglers were opposed to this act because they felt it would put the, out of business .
Tea act
December 16, 1773 , colonist, a few disguised Indians , attacked the British tea ships and dumped the tea overboard this incident was called the �����-
Boston tea party
Greta Britain responded to the colonial actions by passing the ����- the colonist called them the ����-
Coercive Acts; Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)�����
Boston port act ( closed the harbor ) , Massachusetts Government act ( Massachusetts lost its charter ) , Administration of Justice ( all trials will be held in England) , 2nd quartering act ( it strengthen and expanded to quartering act earlier in the re
The intolerable acts were the final straw that caused colonist to call for a meeting. They were especially upset about the closing of the �������-
Boston Harbor
Twelve of the thirteen colonies sent ������ ( representatives ) at carpenters Hall in ����- on October 1774
Delegates; Philadelphia
Only ������ did not send a representative to the meeting
Georgia
This meeting was known as the ���-
1st Continental Congress
Congress demanded the ��- ( official end ) of the �����- acts
Repeal; intolerable
Declared that the colonist had a right to ���- and ����- themselves
Tax; govern
They called for the training of ���- to stand up to British troops , if necessary
Militias
The Congress also called for a new ���- of British goods
Boycott
They also voted to meet again in ���� if �����
May 1775; it's demand were not met
The first Continental Congress was a ���
A group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods