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Chapter 6: The Road to Revolution 1763-1776

Chapter 6: The Road to Revolution 1763-1776. (Disagreements push Great Britain and the American colonies apart and eventually lead to the signing of the Declaration of Independence). Ch 6.1: Tighter British Control.

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Chapter 6: The Road to Revolution 1763-1776

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  1. Chapter 6: The Road to Revolution 1763-1776 (Disagreements push Great Britain and the American colonies apart and eventually lead to the signing of the Declaration of Independence)

  2. Ch 6.1: Tighter British Control • Colonists interpret British efforts to tax them, and to increase control over the colonies, as violations of their rights.

  3. The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart • Parliament imposes the Proclamation of 1763 • Colonists cannot settle territory west of the Appalachian Mountains • Western territory remains in hands of Native American allies • Angers colonists, many ignore the law

  4. British Troops and Taxes • King George III wants to enforce the Proclamation • Parliament passes Quartering Act (1765) that requires colonists to: • house British soldiers • provide British soldiers with supplies • Britain needs more revenue, wants colonists to pay for part of war debt • Parliament passes Sugar Act (1764), which: • places tax on sugar, other products shipped to colonies • Response is Angry • Colonial leaders/merchants are not represented in parliament, don’t have any say in taxation

  5. Parliament Passes the Stamp Act (1765) • All commercial documents must carry an official stamp • stamps show a tax has been paid • Applies to all colonists, not just merchants • Colonial leaders like Patrick Henry call for resistance to tax

  6. Colonists Protest the Stamp Act • Delegates from 9 colonies meet at a Stamp Act Congress (1765) • Draw up petition to the King to protest Stamp Act • Colonial merchants organize boycott • Secret societies like Sons of Liberty protest British policies

  7. Colonists protest the stamp act (continued) • Some protests are peaceful, others are violent

  8. Colonists Protest the Stamp Act [Continued] • Parliament repeals Stamp Act, passes Declaratory Act • Gives Parliament supreme authority to govern the colonies

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