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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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TaxesSlide2

Taxes

One British pound 1 pound = 20 shillings

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=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 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Repealed tax in 1766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)