Creating a New Nation
The Road to Revolution
1763-1776
Section 1
Tighter British Control
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Proclamation of 1763 – King George III
Colonists could not settle beyond the
Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists wanted to move westward to
speculate. (buy as investment)
Quartering Act – colonists to house
10,000 soldiers.
Colonists feared Parliament’s control.
British Tighter Controls
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Debt from French and Indian War.
Sugar Act 1765 – tax on sugar and
molasses shipped to the colonies.
Stamp Act 1765 – tax on all legal and
commercial documents.
Colonists – no taxes without their
consent.
Colonist Defy Parliament
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“No taxation without representation”
Patrick Henry – member of Virginia
House of Burgesses demanded
resistance.
Stamp Act Congress – 1765 – 9 colonies
united in drafting a protest to the king.
Sons of Liberty – secret society
opposing British policies.
Colonist Defy Parliament
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Colonists protested by boycotting.
Refusal to buy British goods.
Stamp was repealed in 1766.
Colonists celebrated but arguments had
just begun
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Essential Questions
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Why were the colonists threatened by
Parliament’s new laws?
How did the colonists react when Parliament
took over the assemblies power to tax?
Why did Parliament pass new laws governing
the colonies?
How did the colonist oppose the new acts?