Chapter 5 Crisis in the Colonies

1745 - 1775Section 2

Turmoil Over Taxation

• Push down one domino

• French and Indian War

• They all fall down• Taxes on the colonist.• Proclamation of 1763

Conflict Between Britain

and the Colonies

British actions

Colonists’reactions

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Concept Web

Chapter 5: Crisis in the Colonies

Section 2: Turmoil Over Taxation

Using ONE book, do the following with your partner.

• SKIM pages 146-153 to complete the concept web.

• Make sure you include details.• Example:

• Correct example: Tea Act, a tax on tea and also stated the colonist could only buy tea from England.

• Incorrect example: Tea Act

Chapter 5 Crisis in the Colonies

1745 - 1775Section 2

Turmoil Over Taxation

Trouble in the Ohio Valley

• English colonists head West, over the Appalachian Mountains, after the French leave

• Native Americans in the Ohio Valley are treated poorly by the English arrivals

War in the Ohio Valley Once Again!

• Angry Native Americans find a leader – Pontiac

• Pontiac leads a fight against the English called Pontiac’s War in 1763

• Native Americans lost the war to the English

Proclamation of 1763

• British government set up the Proclamation of 1763 to stop colonists from settling in the West – caused too many problems with the Native Americans

• Proclamation of 1763 drew an imaginary line down the Appalachian Mountains – colonists could NOT cross it! COLONISTS ARE ANGRY!!

Proclamation of 1763

More Bad News for the Colonists• Britain sent 10,000

troops to the colonies to enforce the Proclamation of 1763

• Most of the soldiers stayed in the Eastern cities

• Colonists had to pay for these troops they didn’t want!

Question

•Can you think of a compromise that might have satisfied both the English government and the colonists?

Colonists are mad at the British government!

King George

III Parliament

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Colonists Must Pay Taxes!

• King George III and Parliament raised taxes in the colonies to pay off war debt from the French and Indian War

Colonists Must Pay Taxes!

• Sugar Act 1764 – molasses- sweetener used to make rum.

• Stamp Act 1765 – wills, diplomas, marriage papers, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, dice

Protesting the Taxes…Colonists Get Even!

• Colonists protested the taxes by throwing rocks at tax agents, tarring and feathering tax agents, and rioting.

•Tarring and feathering

Protesting the Taxes…Colonists Get Even!

• No Taxation Without Representation! Colonists can’t vote to elect members of Parliament to represent them – so they shouldn’t be taxed

• Colonists write petitions and boycott British goods

•Petition – sign a piece of paper to show your support for a cause

Boycott – stop buying something

Even More Taxes…

• Townshend Acts 1767 – glass, paper, paint, lead, tea

Make a prediction: What will be the next action(s)

taken by the American colonists in response to the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and

Townshend Acts? Explain your answers. Give your opinion.

Make a prediction

• Discuss the WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE of this picture.

• List 3 facts of this picture and make an inference of what you think is happening in this picture.

The Boston MassacreFIRST

• Britain sent soldiers to protect British custom house officials.

• Colonists had to provide British soldiers with housing, candles, bedding, and drinks.

The Boston MassacreNEXT

• Colonists gathered outside on the night of March 5, 1770 in Boston. They shouted insults and threw snowballs and ice at the British soldiers (lobster backs).

The Boston MassacreFINALLY

• The British soldiers panicked and fired into the crowd. Five colonists were killed or lay dying.

• Some of the victims were Samuel Maverick and Crispus Attucks.

• Colonists protest!

The Boston MassacreTHEN

• More colonists arrived and the crowd grew larger.

The Boston MassacreEffects

• Paul Revere created the engraving to show British soldiers firing at unarmed colonists.

• What is wrong in this engraving?

The Boston Massacre

• The soldiers were arrested and tried in court. John Adams defended the soldiers saying they deserved a fair trial.

• At the trial John Adams argued that the colonists had provoked the soldiers.

• The soldiers received branding on their thumbs.

BOSTON MASSACRE

•What is your opinion: Who do you think was more at fault for causing the Boston Massacre – the colonists or the British soldiers?

Colonial Leaders

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Abigail Adams

Colonial Leaders

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington