Bell WorkWhy did Great Britain not want the colonists

settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

This day in History:October 21, 1797- The famous battleship the USS Constitution is launched.

Road to Revolution

Reasons for TaxationThe French and Indian war had been very costly for

Great Britain and they had bills to pay.

They had to keep a standing army in North America to protect the colonists from Indian attacks.

In 1764 the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act which was the first tax in the colonies.

The British also began cracking down on smugglers.

Cracking Down on the ColoniesIn 1764 the British Parliament passed the

Sugar Act which was the first tax in the colonies.

The British also began cracking down on smugglers.

Taxation without RepresentationThe colonists had no representatives in Parliament

so they felt Parliament had not right to tax them without their consent.

The slogan “No Taxation without Representation” was coined by James Otis and Samuel Adams.

Adams set up the Committees of Correspondence so that colonies could discuss their views on the new taxes. Colonists began boycotting British merchants.

More TaxesStamp Act of 1765 taxed all paper

documents.

The Townshend Acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.

The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were formed to oppose these acts.

Group WorkGroups will make 5 questions for their

assigned tax.

They will then ask the questions in front of the class and other teams will have the chance to answer the questions.

Teams will get points for answering correctly.

The Boston MassacreMarch 5, 1770 British troops fire on a group

of civilians.

Samuel Adams and Paul Revere quickly spread the news as propaganda.

The British soldiers were put on trial and found not guilty.

The Boston Tea PartyThe Tea Act allowed the British East India

Company to sell tea directly to the colonists.

Colonists went aboard the tea ships at night and dumped 340 chests into Boston Harbor.

The Intolerable Acts of 1774Boston Harbor closedMassachusetts’s charter cancelledRoyal officials accused of crimes were sent to

Britain for trialQuartering Act passedQuebec Act passedGeneral Thomas Gage became the new

governor of Massachusetts