French and Indian War Conflict between the French and British in America Part of the Seven Years War French CanadaAmerican ColoniesNative American territory British Victory Results British economy decimated ID: 204607
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Colonial AgitationsSlide2
French and Indian War
Conflict between the French and British in America
Part of the Seven Year’s War
French Canada/American Colonies/Native American territory
British VictorySlide3
Results
British economy decimated
National Debt: 1754 - £75 million
1763 - £133 million
Want colonies to contribute to repayment effort
Establish taxes:
Currency Act
Sugar Act
Stamp ActSlide4
Quartering Act (1765)
Colonies forced to feed and house British troops
Response to inadequate care of British troops
Colonies upset
New York refused to comply
Colonial governor and legislature suspended from office (New York conforms to the demand)
Act allowed to expire in 1767Slide5
Currency Act (1764)
Update of 1751 Act
Stopped colonies from issuing paper money
Forced colonies to use specie
Gold
SilverSlide6
Sugar Act (1764)
3 cent tax on
Sugar (Decrease in tax)
Increased enforcement of tax
Increased taxes on coffee, wine, indigo
Colonists angered
Not represented in Parliament
No say over legislationSlide7
Stamp Act (1765)
Required colonists to pay a tax on all paper used
Revenue-raising Act
First direct taxSlide8
Colonial Reaction
“No Taxation Without Representation”
Stamp Act Congress
Protest Stamp Act
Colonial Resistance Organizations form
Sons of
Liberty
Act repealed in 1766Slide9
Townshend Act (1767)
Aka: Townshend Duties
Indirect taxes to defray colonial expenses/raise revenue
Items taxed:
Glass
Tea
Lead
Oil
PaperSlide10
Colonial Reaction
British customs officials mobbed (Boston)
Colonies agree to non-importation agreement
Won’t import British goods
Result: British trade heavily disrupted
British repeal all acts in 1770
Except tax on Tea!Slide11
So What?
How did the taxes imposed by the British help create the American identity?
Ideas created:
Representative government
“No taxation without representation”
Republican Resistance
Stamp Act Congress
Identity independence from Britain
No longer simply “British subjects”
Colonial identity created