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The Stamp Act

The Stamp Act. The British needed money to pay their debts from the French & Indian War Colonists had to purchase stamps for all legal documents including license, newspapers, pamphlets, almanacs, dice, & playing cards

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The Stamp Act

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  1. The Stamp Act • The British needed money to pay their debts from the French & Indian War • Colonists had to purchase stamps for all legal documents including license, newspapers, pamphlets, almanacs, dice, & playing cards • Colonists lost respect for the King’s office holders in the colonies, formed the Stamp Act Congress to raise an organized protest against the Stamp Act and boycotted British goods • Colonial protests led to Parliament repealing the Stamp Act

  2. The Townshend Acts • Britain was still in debt from the F & I War and they wanted to collect money from the colonists • It taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, & tea • They got angry and resisted. They formed protests against the Acts and they smuggled goods past British customs agents to avoid paying the new taxes • The British began to crack down on smugglers and sent 4,000 new troops to the colonies to keep order and enforce the new laws, all taxes except tea were repealed

  3. The Boston Massacre • March 5, 1770 • A mob gathered in front of the British customs house mocking and insulting the British troops. Shots were fired and five colonists ended up dead. • The relationship between British troops and citizens got much worse. The British government defended the actions of the troops and dismissed the incident as no big deal • They called it a “Massacre”, and portrayed the British troops as bullies who shot innocent citizens in the streets of Boston.

  4. The Boston Tea Party 1. December 16, 1773 2. Colonists were angry about the tax on tea and being cut out of the tea business. Previous smaller protests were unsuccessful. 3. They dressed up as Native Americans and boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 18,000 pounds of British tea into the water 4. Britain was furious and demanded that the colonists pay for the wasted tea. They refused so Parliament passed a new set of laws called the Intolerable Acts

  5. The Intolerable Acts 1. King George III was very angry about the destruction of British property during the Boston Tea Party 2. Boston Harbor was shut down Quartering Act – authorized British commanders to house soldiers in the homes of colonists Martial law (rule by military forces) in Boston 3.Isolate and punish Massachusetts for their protests against Britain, deter other groups from future protests, but his actions strengthened the colonies unity 4. They began to unite their protests against G.B. And they assembled the 1st Continental Congress, Declaration of Colonial Rights

  6. The 2nd Continental Congress 1. May 1775 in Philadelphia PA 2. Colonies form their own govt. and declare independence from Britain, create one national army to unite all colonial militias, some called for a peaceful reconciliation with Great Britain 3. Recognized a Continental Army with George Washington as its commander, printed paper money to pay troops, decided to deal with foreign nations on their own

  7. The Olive Branch Petition 1. 2nd Continental Congress sent it to King George III because they still felt loyal to him and blamed problems on Parliament and his advisors 2. They proposed a peaceful reconciliation between Great Britain and the colonies 3. Most of the issues were the King's fault and he rejected the document, declared that the colonies were in open rebellion against G.B., and called for a naval blockade against the colonies

  8. Common Sense 1. A 50 page essay printed in pamphlet form that claimed that British tyranny was hurting the colonies written by Thomas Paine 2. It declared that the time had come for the colonists to proclaim an independent republic 3. It opened their eyes and convinced many colonists to support the movement for independence

  9. Declaration of Independence 1. Thomas Jefferson 2. The colonists who lived in the American colonies around 1776 AD, felt it was time to create their own govt., they wanted to separate from Great Britain, Common Sense had convinced enough colonists to support independence 3. All citizens deserve their natural rights (life, liberty, & pursuit of happiness), governments obtain power from the people that they govern, all men are created equal

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