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A New Nation Begins to Grow. Section 1 The Proclamation of 1763. A. Colonists. Great numbers settles in the Ohio Valley . B. Chief Pontiac and the Ottawa Tribe. Organized several tribes and attacked Colonial Forts. C. Proclamation of 1763. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
C. Proclamation of 1763 King George signed to avoid further
trouble with American Indians. Ordered all settlers to leave the Ohio
Valley. Colonists were opposed to the new law.
D. Taxation Without Representation
Parliament wanted to tax the colonies in exchange for protection from all enemies.
E. The Sugar Act Passed in 1764. Taxed sugar, clothes, and any other
goods from any place other than Great Britain.
G. The Quartering Act Passed in 1765. Demanded that colonies provide
housing and goods for all British soldiers in America.
H. The Stamp Act Passed in 1765; enabling the British
government to tax all legal and business papers used in America.
Colonists tried to force its removal by boycotting all British goods.
Parliament repealed the tax in 1766.
VocabularyTolerate- To allow something to happen.Relationship- Two or more things
connected in some way.Tar and Feather- To cover a person with tar
and then feathers to punish them.
B. The Townshend Acts Passed in 1767. New taxes were placed on goods
important to settlers. Colonists boycotted British goods.
D. Boston Massacre Started when a crowd of colonists threw
stones and snowballs at soldiers. Crispus Attucks was the first to fall
when the soldiers fired. All of the Townshend Acts were repealed
except the tax on tea.
E. Strict British Rule Colonists lost much of their earlier
freedom. Committees wrote strong statements
of American rights and complaints, which were given out to all colonies.
King George III looked upon the colonies as weak.
A. British Tea Tax East India Trading Company had to
pay a tax to Great Britain before shipping tea to other places.
Frederick North wanted to force the colonies to pay a duty on tea.
Colonists refused to pay a duty.
VocabularyDuty- A tax placed on certain goods
brought into a certain place.Frederick North- Great Britain’s prime
minister.Prime Minister- Head of parliament.
B. Boston Tea Party On December 16, 1773, colonists
dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded a ship carrying tea.
300 chests containing 90,000 pounds of tea were dumped into the harbor.
The British responded by passing the Intolerable Acts and the Quebec Acts.
VocabularyIntolerable Acts- Laws that closed port of
Boston, banned town meetings, made people house British troops in homes.
Quebec Acts- Made Ohio Valley part of Quebec, a Canadian province controlled by Great Britain.
Province- A part of a country.
A. Convention in Philadelphia
The meeting was called the Continental Congress because the British referred to Americans as Continentals.
B. Delegates Were elected for all colonies except
Georgia. Debated for seven weeks starting in
September of 1774. Agreed to adopt a Declaration of
Rights and to boycott British goods.
D. Lexington and Concord Minutemen agreed to gather a minute’s
notice and become soldiers. British planned to seize all military
supplies and capture the gunpowder supply at Concord.
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned colonists on horseback.
Shots fired on April 18, 1775, were later described as the shots heard around the world.
VocabularyMinutemen- a group of men trained to be
soldiers and who agreed to meet at a minute’s notice.
Patriot- Someone who loves his or her country.