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The English forced trade with the colonies. Selling of raw material and finished goods could only done between the colonies and England. -
Molasses Act, (1733), in American colonial history, a British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonies. -
After marching to Fort Duquesne, Washington set up a small fort nearby called Fort Necessity. -
First, the British began to show interest in the Ohio River Valley, BUT the French viewed the territory as theirs. So the french built many forts to try to claim the Ohio River valley. -
This new tax lowered the tax on molasses imported to the Colonies.
The idea was that a lower tax:
Would lower the price, and encourage more people to buy.
Encourage Colonists to stop smuggling.
It also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers' goods without going to court.
Many colonists believed that this violated British Citizens rights, trial by jury - innocent until proven guilty, Feel secure in their homes, not worrying if officers would search for smuggled goods. -
-a small tax on all printed materials. Newspapers, Wills, Playing Cards, Documents.
“No parts of England Colonies can be taxed without their consent… every part has a right to be represented” - Rights of British Colonies 1763- James Otis. -
The Stamp Act was INTERNAL TAX (tax inside in the country)
The Townshend Acts was an EXTERNAL TAX (tax on imported good)
A tax on imported goods. Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, Paint. -
Thomas Gage, a decorated war hero in the French and Indian War, served as the commander in chief of the British Forces in North America from 1763-74. He arrived in Boston in May 1774 to replace Thomas Hutchinson as royal governor of Massachusetts. -
The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression. -
The Quartering Act - Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops -
Administration of Justice - British officials charged with capital offenses had to be tried in another color or England.
Massachusetts Government Act - removed local government, and replaced it with a crown appointed military governor
Boston Port Bill - Closed Boston Harbor until reimbursement of 342 chests of tea that were dumped into the harbor.
The Quartering Act - Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops -
Paul Revere's Ride - Stories - Character Education - Santa ...
Paul Revere's Ride tells the story of Paul Revere and his historic ride to warn the town that the British soldiers were coming. It details Revere making the plan with the other soldier and continues through his ride and the resulting interaction between the British and American soldiers. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American War of Independence (1775-83). Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever." -
The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. The episode escalated into the American Revolution, becoming an iconic event of American history.