No Taxation Without

Representation

Coach MedfordBuilding History Champions

Objectives

• Indentify and explain the causes for the development of conflict between Britain and the colonies

• Explain the Proclamation of 1763• Analyze why Britain began to enact harsher

trade laws and taxes

Thoughts

• I believe that no taxation without representation means….

• If I were a colonists and taxes were being placed upon me I think I would…..

Questions

• Explain the Proclamation of 1763.• Why did the British establish new policies?• Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act?

Copy into your notebooks British Policy Colonists’ View

Proclamation of 1763

• King George III Proclamation of 1763 limited the colonists ability to move west

• Prevented further conflicts with Native Americans

• 10,000 troops sent to enforce

Explain the Proclamation of 1763 to your neighbor.

Trade Laws

• Britain needs revenue to pay for the 10,000 troops

• Large debt from French and Indian War • King and Parliament feel colonists should help

cover the costs• New taxes issued, colonists begin to smuggle

goods

Do you think smuggling increased or decreased the amount of revenue for Britain? Explain your answer.

Writs of Assistance

• 1763 – Britain’s prime minister George Grenville tries to stop smuggling

• Issues writs of assistance – documents allowed officers to search shops, warehouses, private homes and ships

• Royal appointed judges tried the cases, not fellow colonists

Does the writs of assistance or royal judges remind you of parts your rights as a citizen now?

Sugar Act

• 1764 – Parliament passes the Sugar Act• Lowers the tax on molasses colonist imported• Allows officers to seize goods from accused

smugglers without going to court• Angers many colonists • Colonists believe they, as British citizens, they

should have the same protections from unlawful search and seizures

Stamp Act

• 1765 – Parliament passes the Stamp Act• Tax all printed materials: playing cards,

newspapers, wills, etc. • Stamp Act is resisted by the colonists• Patrick Henry, Virginia House of Burgess

member, has the assembly pass a resolution, a formal expression of opinion, stating “the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes” on its citizen

Sons of Liberty

• Samuel Adams, starts the Sons of Liberty • Members take action in the streets• Burn effigies, stuffed figures, made to look like

tax collectors

Why do you think the Sons of Liberty took Benjamin Franklins artwork?

Stamp Act Results

• October 1765, colonial leaders from 9 colonies meet at the Stamp Act Congress.

• Statement sent to king and Parliament stating that only they could tax themselves

• Colonists boycott, refuse to buy, British goods• British business lose a lot of money from

boycott• British business demand Parliament repeal,

cancel, the Stamp Act

Stamp Act

Why would the colonists choose this logo to represent the Stamp Act?

Declaratory Act

• Parliament passes the Declaratory Act, stating that it had the right to tax and make decisions for all British colonies in all cases

Townshend Acts

• 1767 – Parliament passes the Townshend Act• Tax on imported goods, tax is paid before goods

are unloaded from ships • Tax on tea, glass and paper, etc. • Protest begin immediately • Women urge colonists to purchases clothing

from local shops• Women call themselves the Daughters of

Liberty

• How did the Townshend Acts differ from the Stamp Act?

• How did purchasing colonial fabric for clothes help the colonists and hurt British manufacturers?

• Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act?

Notebook Activity

• Some historians say the Proclamation of 1763 lit the fuse of the American Revolution.

• How did this proclamation light the fuse and how did these numerous acts continue to keep the fuse lit?

• Explain “No taxation without representation.” Provide evidence and examples from the notes.