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Taxation without Representation

The Stamp and Sugar Acts. Do Now: What strategies do authors use in persuasive writing?. Taxation without Representation. The French & Indian War. The Proclamation of 1763. Don’t go west of the imaginary line!. The Quartering Act (1764).

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Taxation without Representation

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  1. The Stamp and Sugar Acts Do Now: What strategies do authors use in persuasive writing? Taxation without Representation

  2. The French & Indian War

  3. The Proclamation of 1763 Don’t go west of the imaginary line!

  4. The Quartering Act (1764) • After the French & Indian War, the king had 10,000 British soldiers in North America • He passed the Quartering Act • Quartering = Housing • Act = Law • Therefore….the Quartering Act was a law that originally forced colonists to provide housing and provisions to the soldiers • In 1765, the act was amended to say that the colonists only had to provide housing

  5. Not in our house! • The King passed it to: • Save money • Protect the colonists • Watch over the colonists • The colonists were unhappy. Some decided not to pay.

  6. The Quartering Act

  7. Taxation without Representation • The French and Indian War cost Great Britain a lot of money. “The nation has run itself into an immense debt to give them protection; and now they are called upon to contribute a small share toward the public expense.”

  8. Show me the money! • Navigation Acts: controlled colonial trade • The king began to enforce these after the French and Indian War  Smuggling • Sugar Act: taxed sugar and molasses • Stamp Act: taxed goods made of paper

  9. The Sugar Act(1764) • Taxed merchants on sugar, molasses, wine, and coffee • Lumber and iron could only be traded to England • Hurt the colonial economy • Affected merchants in port cities the most • No real protests

  10. The Stamp Act(1765) • Required colonists to buy stamps to put on paper goods • Newspapers • Wills and other legal documents • Calendars • Playing cards • Colonists head about the new tax in April. It took effect the next November

  11. “Taxation without representation is tyranny!” • Colonists did not like the new taxes. They: • Formed groups to protest.  The Sons of Liberty • Tried to scare the tax collectors • Sent representatives to sign a petition (Stamp Act Congress) • Boycotted the items that were taxed (this means that they did not buy them)

  12. Parliamentrepealedthe Stamp Act. This means they canceled it. • Parliament passed the Declaratory Act

  13. The Stamp and Sugar Acts • Step #1: Read pages 160-162 of the textbook. • Step #2: Imagine you are a British colonist living in North America. Write an editorial about the Stamp Act or Sugar Act. • 1 page typed (double-spaced) OR 1 ½ pages hand-written • Must include fact and opinion • Should have a catchy title that makes your opinion clear • You may use outside sources as long as you cite them!

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