“No Taxation without

Representation!”

What was the tax/act imposed on the colonists?

How did/might the act effect the colonies’ relationship with Great Britain?

QUESTIONS…

NAVIGATION ACTS

The colonies were only allowed to TRADE

WITH BRITAIN

Caused American merchants to become irritated with Great

Britain

Regulated Paper Money in the Colonies

Protected British Merchants in the

Colonies

Act was considered to be a

MAJOR GRIEVANCE

Made Colonists believe that the British

government didn’tCARE ABOUT THEIR

PROBLEMS

CURRENCY ACT

Followed the repeal of the STAMP ACT

Stated that Parliament had the RIGHT TO TAX

THE COLONISTS IF THEY WANTED TO

Colonists such as, James Otis, Patrick

Henry, and Sam Adams called the declaratory

act to be TREASONOUS!

DECLARATORY ACT

Taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint,

lead, and tea

Set up new way to collect taxes – Customs

Officials

Taxes were low, but COLONISTS STILL

OBJECTED

PARLIAMENT DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAX THEM WITHOUT

THEIR CONSENT!

TOWNSHEND ACTS

Allowed the British East India Co. to

BYPASS MERCHANTS AND SELL DIRECTLY

TO COLONISTS

Colonial Tea Merchants were ANGRY BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN CUT

OUT OF THE TEA TRADE

IF PARLIAMENT RUINED TEA

MERCHANTS TODAY, WHAT WOULD

PREVENT IT FROM TURNING ON OTHER

BUSINESSES TOMORROW??

TEA ACT

FOUR DIFFERENT ACTS Set out to Punish

the Colonists -- The Massachusetts

Colony in particular

News spread of the Intolerable Acts

throughout the colonies

Representatives from each colony (except

Georgia) called a meeting in Philadelphia to discuss the current situation between the Colonists and Great Britain – BECAME

KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONTINENTAL

CONGRESS

INTOLERABLE ACTS

Britain’s response to the American colonies' decision to boycott

British goods

The Act provided that New England's trade be

limited to Britain and the British West Indies (trade

with other nations was prohibited)

By April 1775, the colonies of Pennsylvania, New

Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and South Carolina were

included under the Restraining Act’s

provisions

Clearly a move made to punish them for their

adoption of boycott actions

NEW ENGLAND RESTRAINING ACT