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Cedar Cliff 4- Cumberland Valley 0

September 20, 2010

Essential Question: How did British tax policies move the colonists closer to rebellion?

Objectives: Introduce the British solution to their War Debt.

Investigate the various acts that taxed the Colonists.

Homework: Work on your Key Term List (Due Friday)Test Friday (9/24)

The British Debt

British Debt in 1763 was 123 million pounds

123 Million pounds =

$192,416,834.33 US Dollars

1763

2010

123 Million Pounds = 50,000,000,000 Pounds

50 Billion Pounds =

$78,219,395,161.21 US Dollars

1 British pound = 1.5621 U.S. dollars

Pontiac

-Born in 1720 and died in 1769

-Was a tribal leader of the Ottawa Tribe by 1747

-Allied himself with the French in the French and Indian War

-Took part of the ambush that defeated General Braddock’s march to Fort Duquesne.

-Was against the British migrating past the Appalachian Mountains

-Was assassinated by a Peoria Indian for being unsuccessful in stopping the British.

-His actions inspired the Paxton boys and their massacre.

Read “Pontiac’s War: on Page 145

Write down 2 facts about Pontiac’s War

-Native American’s attacked British Settlers

-British Army defeated Pontiac at Fort Pitt 1763

Proclamation of 1763

-King George III created a border along the Appalachian Mountain Range to separate Colonists and Native Americans.

-The border was to stop colonists from migrating West and improve Native American relations.

-Britain supplied 10,000 troops to North America to enforce the Proclamation.

-Colonists were angry because they believed they had a right to migrate West.

What does migration mean?

A group of people moving from one place to another.

The British needed the money back or else they will face an economic breakdown that would destroy their government.

Do you think the American colonists should help pay this money back? Why?

First 3 British Acts

The Quartering Act (1763)- All Colonists must quarter (house) British soldiers and feed them.

The Sugar Act (1764)- Was the first tax on an import to North America.

The Stamp Act (1765)- required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities.

The Stamps had to be placed on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts and other documents.

Ok You Limeys What Else are you going to do to

us!?!?!?!

Townshend Acts (1767)- Britain would only tax products being brought into the colonies

Declaratory Act (1766)- Declared Britain to have complete control over the colonies.

Writs of Assistance- court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching for

What are some ways the Colonists can protest against these Acts?!?!?!?

Boston MassacreMarch 5, 1770

On the same day Parliament agreed to repeal all Townshend duties except the one on tea

Alright….THATS IT!!!!

All Townshend Acts were removed in 1770s except

tea -In response to the tax on the Tea, the colonists refused to buy British goods.

-Tea was grown India by the East India Company then shipped to the Colonists.

-Even though the price was cheap, colonists were angry because the East India Company had a monopoly over tea.

What is a monopoly?

Is a total control of a market for a certain product

What is an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products.

Boycott

Boston Tea Party 1773

You should not have done that…

Intolerable Acts

-Closed the Port of Boston

-More Power to the royal governor

-Strengthened the Quartering Act of 1765

Colonists react by Tar and Feathering local officials

-They begin arming themselves

-They supply Bostonians food and supplies

Read Pg 152

Start at the second Paragraph

What did the First Continental Congress accomplish?

British Soldiers firing in line Formation

Minutemen