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Cause and effect for the Revolutionary WarFrench and Indian War effectsThe ActsContinuedNEW TAXESTrouble in Boston

British sent 10,000 troops to the colonies to help settle disputes with the Native Americans

Proclamation of 1763- no westward settlements!

Tax colonists to pay for the expenses of the war

Customs officers obtained writs of assistance (Official Documents) to search and seize smuggled goods without warning

Sugar Act- 1764- to lower tax on imported molasses

British established special courts to hear smuggling cases which denied colonists the right to a jury trial

Stamp Act- 1765- taxed all printed material in the colonies

Samuel Adams- Sons of Liberty- burned effigies in protest

Colonists boycott printed goods Stamp Act Congress in NY- sent a petition to

the King stating only colonial legislatures could tax colonists

British merchants lost money- Parliament repealed the Stamp Act

Parliament passes the Declaratory Act of 1766- they can legally tax and make decisions for the colonies

Townshend Acts- 1767- taxed imported goods at port of entry

Colonists imposed any and all taxes enforced by Parliament/ continued boycotts and protests- only their own reps could tax them

Women’s groups organized Daughters of Liberty to support boycotts-making their own goods to avoid importing British goods

Boston Massacre- used as propaganda by the Committee of Correspondence (Sam Adams)

Tea Act- 1773- allowed companies to ship tea without paying taxes- under sold the colonists who lost profit

Boston Tea Party- (Sam Adams) 1773- Boston Mass.

Daughters of Liberty- burned their tea and marched in protest