Conflict over new British policies

The British decide to crack down on colonies

Pontiac’s War

• Chief Pontiac wanted to stop colonists from spreading west

• Captured British forts along the frontier• British put down the revolt, but now wanted

to take steps from it happening again

Chief Pontiac

Pontiac’s council

Proclamation of 1763

• Banned colonists from going west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Quartering Act

• Ordered to house the troops and provide them with firewood, salt and drink

Navigation and Trade Acts

• Controlled trade between the colonies and British foreign rivals

• Weren’t enforced so colonists began to smuggle in things

• British used the writs of assistance to search anyone for smuggled goods

Sugar Act

• Tax on sugar, molasses, coffee and silks• Britain needed money to pay for the war

Stamp Act

• A tax on legal documents, newspapers, calendars and playing cards

• Without the stamp, they were considered illegal

Patrick Henry speaks against the stamp act

Stamp Act Riots

Taxation with Representation

• The colonists were not angry about paying the tax

• They were angry because they had no say in Parliament

Sons of Liberty

• Held rallies to protest the stamp act• Sometimes were violent

Stamp Act Congress

• Non-violent protest against the Stamp Act• Met in Massachusetts• Led by Samuel Adams• Sent a note to the King and asked him to allow

the colonists to set their own taxes• He refused• The colonists then began to boycott items

Samuel Adams