Early Conflict with Great Britain Power Notes

Dealing With Great Britain:

1. British controlled much of North America post French & Indian War
2. King George issued Proclamation of 1763
2. This prohibited colonists from living west of the
Appalachian Mountain, on Native American land

1. The British believed

i. The Proclamation would help keep peace between Native Americans
ii. keep colonists near the Atlantic Coast
ii. allow Britain to control westward expansion and fur trade in region
2. Colonists feared that 10,000 troops sent by British to enforce the
Proclamation would interfere with their liberties and they agreed to the restrict
themselves onto settling westward

Britains Restricts Trade:

1. Need for new revenue/income to pay for troops arises in the Britain, along with
debts from the French and Indian War
1. British issued new taxes for colonies to pay parts of those costs; Colonists
resort to smuggling
2. Britain's Prime Minister, George Grenville, set out to stop the smuggling in
1763
3. Documents of Parliament allowed officers to search anywhere for smuggled
goods

The Sugar Act:

1. Parliament passed Sugar Act in 1764, which lowerec tax in molasses the colonists
imported
1. Decreasing of Smuggling and allowing officers to seize smuggled goods
2. Anger of Colonists, who disagreed to the Sugar Act and officers barging in to
search for smuggled goods

1. Principle of "no taxation withput representation" accepted by colonists as a

basic right
2. Arguing of colonists due lacked of representation
2. James Otis, a lawyer in Boston argument:
" No parts can taxed without colonies consent... every part has right to represent"

New Taxes on the Colonies:

1. Parliament passes Stamp Act in 1765, which taxed almost all printed materials
such as newspapers, wills and even playing cards which needed a stamp indicated tax
has been paid

Opposition to the Stamp Act:

1. Stamp Act outraged colonists, who argued that only their own assemblies could
tax them.
2. A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry, got the burgesses
to take action
3. Assembly passes resolution, declaring that it had the only and sole exclusive
right and power to lay taxes

1. In Boston, Samuel Adams helped start Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act
1. Delegates from 9 colonies met in New York at the Stamp Act Congress & sent a
statement to the king and Parliament declaring only colonial assemblies could tax
colonists

1. Boycotting British goods spreads, making businesses in Britain lose money which
led to Parliment canceling the Stamp Act in 1766
2. Declaratory Act was passed stating that it had the right to
tax and decision-making in all cases

The Townshend Act:

1. Parliament passed Townshend Act in 1767 to tax imports such as glass, tea and
paper

1. Protests immidiately rised against the Townshend Acts, such as Daughters of

Liberty boycotting British Goods
1. Mercy Otis Warren, a leader of the Daughters of Liberty urged for Separation
from British in many ways