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The Colonies & Britain Grow Apart
- the colonists had helped the British win the
French & Indian War, so they were very
upset when England passed the
Proclamation of 1763, denying them access
to the fertile Ohio River Valley to prevent
another Pontiac Rebellion
- the colonists were used to Englands
salutary neglect policy, so this was not a
change they welcomed!

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British Troops & Taxes
- by 1765, King George III wanted to
keep the peace with the Native
Americans, so he enforced the
Quartering Act
- colonists were forced to house
10,000 British soldiers and provide
them with supplies!
- most of the soldiers were placed in
the colony of New York

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- because England was in debt after the
French & Indian War, they were forced to
increase their revenue
- they did this by charging the colonists
for their frontier defense, colonial
government, and involvement in the
French & Indian War!!!
- England started taxing the colonists
directly

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- in 1764, England passed the Sugar Act,
which placed a tax on sugar & molasses
- colonial merchants traded these goods, so
they reacted angrily at being taxed
- colonists were not represented in
Parliament, so colonists like James Otis
claimed they had no right to tax them
- Otis claimed, Taxation without
representation is tyranny!, but the English
said they were subject to their laws & taxes
James Otis

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Britain Passes the Stamp Act
- in 1765, England passed the Stamp
Act which taxed papers, letters,
contracts, and diplomas
- taxes had to be paid in silver coin,
which was a rarity for the colonists
- Samuel Adams, a leader in the
Massachusetts legislature argued that
what was to stop England from taxing
everything, including their land?

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- Patrick Henry, a member of Virginias

House of Burgesses, called for a
resistance to the tax
- when another member shouted that
resistance was treason, Henry replied,
If this be treason, make the most of it!
Patrick Henry

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The Colonies Protest the Stamp Act
- colonial assemblies & newspapers took up the cry, No
taxation without representation!
- colonists got together in New York City to petition the Stamp
Act and decided it was the assemblies right to tax, not
Parliaments
- thus, colonial merchants organized a boycott, or a refusal to
buy, on British goods

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- some colonists formed secret societies to oppose British
policies & the most famous group was the Sons of Liberty
- they would burn paper & tar and feather customs officials

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- some British political leaders, including William Pitt, spoke out
against the Stamp Act and began siding with the Americans
- the Stamp Act was repealed by
Parliament in A.D. 1766
- in its place, they passed the
Declaratory Act, which gave Parliament
supreme authority to govern the
colonies
- the central issue was control of the
colonies by A.D. 1767