Sources of Conflict

1. Sources of Conflict • Contributing Factors to the American Revolution • Pre-Revolution Notes

2. King George III • King from October 1760 until 1820 • The Royal head of the government - often became the target of anger from the colonists

3. The French and Indian war • Class - Causes? • Class - Effects?

4. Proclamation of 1763 From the British Perspective From the Colonial Perspective Limits ability to expand colonial borders Keeps colonists from exploring new western lands Confines colonists to established boundaries, even though population is increasing • To protect the colonists from the Native Americans • To provide Native Americans with lands they were promised • To increase good relations and trade with the Native Americans

5. PROCLAMATION ACT OF 1763 Colonists wanted to explore and settle new areas, but were prohibited from doing so by new boundaries

6. TAXATION BEGINS and RIGHTS ARE LIMITED - Raise money to pay for debt from the French and Indian War- Pay the salaries of colonial government officials- Establish Parliament’s right to tax the colonies- LIMIT THE FREEDOM OF THE COLONIES

7. The Sugar Act - 1764 • A “revenue act” intended to raise money • Placed on molasses – the primary source of sugar (and main ingredient in rum) • Issued during a time of economic depression • Repealed in 1766

8. Quartering Act - 1765 • British soldiers were to be housed in American barracks and “public houses” – sometimes in other areas • Allowed for a “standing army” • Kept soldiers on colonial soil permanently

9. Stamp Act - 1765 • A tax placed on all printed materials • Identifiable by an embossed revenue stamp • Legal documents, magazines, newspapers, playing cards • Repealed 1766

11. Declaratory Act - 1766 • Parliament’s authority is the same in the American colonies as it is in Britain “in all cases whatsoever” • Foreshadow: that Parliament will be passing more Acts/Taxes

12. Townshend Acts - 1767 • Revenue Act – tax on imports: paint, paper, lead, glass, tea • Items that colonists are only allowed to import from England • Indemnity Act – makes tea of the East India Trading Company more competitive with smuggled tea • Allows for writs of assistance – search warrants to be executed on ships transporting and importing goods (looking for smuggled goods like tea from the Dutch)

13. Tea Act - 1773 • Keeps taxes on tea on the colonists, but not on the East India Trading Company • Gives East India Trading Company a monopoly on tea = they are the only ones providing it to the colonies • Tea was a staple of daily life • Difficult on merchants – had to pay tax up front • Price passed along to customers

14. The Intolerable Acts - 1774 • Boston Port Act – closed Boston Harbor until the East India Company had been repaid for destroyed tea • Massachusetts Government Act – limits town meetings to 1 per year; appointment of officials by king or governor • Administration of Justice Act – governor can move trials to other colonies or England • Quartering Act – re-established

15. INTOLERABLE ACTS

16. Reasons for Colonial Anger • Taxation without Representation • Colonists had no elected representatives in Parliament, but it was Parliament that was passing the Acts and Taxes • Felt singled out for taxation