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    The document discusses the taxes imposed on the American colonies by the British after the French and Indian War. It summarizes that the British imposed new taxes through acts like the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act to raise money and pay off war debts. The colonists strongly opposed these taxes through slogans like "no taxation without representation" and leaders like Samuel Adams, James Otis, and Patrick Henry argued against the taxes and British authority over the colonies.

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    Time to Tax the

    Colonies!
    Tax Acts Video

    Writs of Assistance

    All about
    smuggled
    goods!

    Whats going on after the French and Indian War?


    Major debt in England! --- so...they need money!
    So it is only right and just that the colonists help to pay
    for the protection we are giving them. Clearly,
    Parliament and the King have authority over the
    colonies. It is in the name of that authority that we
    suggest new rules which will make the colonists pay
    taxes to the English government.
    - Prime Minister George Grenville

    The Sugar Act

    The Quartering Act

    The Stamp Act

    The Colonists were NOT happy!


    No taxation without representation!
    Samuel Adams
    James Otis
    Sam
    SONS OF LIBERTY

    Patrick Henry
    He wanted to resist the
    Stamp Act
    He was part of the
    Virginia House of
    Burgesses
    Called people to resist

    Picture Sources:
    http://www.wisegeek.org/how-can-i-lower-my-blood-sugar.htm
    http://www.landofthebrave.info/quartering-act.htm
    http://www.arpinphilately.com/blog/what-was-the-stamp-act-of-1765/en/
    http://www.nndb.com/people/732/000048588/
    https://www.abota.org/index.cfm?pg=JamesOtisLectureSeries
    http://bostwickenglish.com/2014/10/14/age-of-reason-now-comparing-nobel-laureate-malala-yousafzais
    -speech-to-the-united-nations-and-patrick-henrys-speech-in-the-virginia-convention/

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