Taxes One British pound 1 pound 20 shillings S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 1 British Shilling The Average Citizen in Britain paid 17 pounds or 340 shillings Colonists paid an average of 18 shillings less than a pound ID: 221292
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Taxes
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The Average Citizen in Britain paid 17 pounds or 340 shillings
Colonists paid an average of 18 shillings (less than a pound Slide3
Sugar Act of 1764
1764 passes sugar Act
Lowered tax on molasses imported
Hope to convince colonists to pay tax and not smuggle it in
Allowed officers to seize goods without going to court
Angered colonists
Violated their rights
Had right to trial by jury
Innocent until proven guilty in court
Had right to secure their homes without threat of officers barging in to look for smuggled goodsSlide4
Stamp Act-Passed in 1765
Boycott English goods
England lost a lot of money
Demanded the repeal of tax
Repealed tax in 1766
Passed law saying it had sole right to make decisions for the colonies
Outraged colonists
Felt their own assemblies could tax them
Passed formal expression of opinion
Only their assembly could tax the citizensSlide5
Quartering Act
Soldiers would live with the colonists
Provide bed and meals at no charge to Britain
Benefit to colonists in the endSlide6
Taxation without Representation
Colonists had no representation in Parliament
No vote
British government free to tax as much as it wanted
No way to fight the tax
Many fear their lands and businesses would be taken through taxation
Became a cherished idea among colonists
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONSlide7
Townsend Act
Boycotted this act of any British goods
Wear homemade fabrics rather than British fabrics
Taxed before it was brought inside the colonies
Some women groups called themselves the Daughters of Liberty
Son’s of Liberty a resistance groupSlide8
What is this picture telling us?Slide9
Boston Massacre
Fight broke out colonists and British soldiers
Soldiers tried to calm the crowd
We will not have you here we will drive you away
Crowd started to throw sticks and stonesOne soldier knocked downA shot fired 5 colonists were dead
Propaganda-slaughter of innocent peopleSoldiers put on trialSlide10
Boston Tea PartySlide11
Boston Tea Party
British East Indian Company vital to
Britian
Colonists not buying tea almost bankrupts the co.
Parlament passes tea actGave company almost total control of tea marketTax on tea reduced but colonists did not like being told what to do
Continued to ship tea to colonies
Forced tea ships back
Three ships arrive, Royal Governor ordered tea unloadedSons of liberty Dec. 16 1773At midnight dressed as Native Americans threw 342 chests of tea in the harbor
Celebrated victory
Most considered to be loyal British citizensSlide12
Intolerable Acts
British were losing control
Passed a series of laws called
Coercive Acts
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Force someone to do something
Forced Soldiers to live among colonists
Banned town meetings in MA.
Closed Boston Harbor of food and other supplies to colonistsHad no claim to land in CanadaViolated their rights called them
intolerable acts (painful & unbearable)