A Taxing
King
A Taxing King
• Ben Franklin & relation b/t
Eng. & US colonies
• “We have an old mother that
peevish is grown; She snubs us
like children that scarce walk
alone; She forgets we’re grown up
& have sense of our own”
• Eng.-Colonists couldn’t rule
themselves
A Taxing King
• Colonists had been ruling
themselves for a while
• The leaders had never been to the
colonies
• “Mongrel Breed”- Mixed breed
dog/mutt
• Mixture of ppl.
• Some mad at Eng.’s comments-some
still considered themselves Eng.
• Weren’t really English-they were
Americans
A Taxing King
• Colonists were different
then the Eng. in Europe
• Colonists went thru hardships
to get to America
• Built homes & farms in thick
forests
• A king couldn’t tell the
colonists what to do
A Taxing King
• King wanted to teach the colonists
a lesson
• Imposed taxes & sent soldiers
• Soldiers were housed & fed by the
Americans- bothered & angered
• Later fought the American Revolution
• Fight b/t parents & kids
• How was this a fight b/t parents &
kids?
A Taxing King
• King George III wasn’t very smart
& not highly educated
• K.G. III didn’t like that the
Parliament had more pwr. than the
king
• Chose gov’t officials that agreed
• Charles Townshend or “Champagne
Charlie”
• No 1 liked paying taxes
• Ex. tax on cider (alcoholic)
A Taxing King
• Gov’t was having trouble w/ their budget
• Needed $
• Foreign wars to pay for
• Gov’t thought the colonists should help
pay the bills
• French & Indian War
• K.G. didn’t explain well & just demanded
the taxes
• Colonists thought they were going to be
made poor
• Colonists=Nervous & Angry
A Taxing King
• Colonists said-should have the right to vote
on their taxes
• Magna Carta
• No colonist served in Parliament
• No voting rights
• “No taxation w/out representation”
• King wanted to show he was boss
• Imposed more taxes
• Stamp Act (1765)
• Have to buy a stamp for every printed paper
• Colonist were mad so they tarred & feathered
to some of the stamp agents
• Stamp act was repealed- too hard to collect
A Taxing King
• Charles Townshend- “Champagne Charlie” taxed
glass, lead, paint, paper, & tea
• Townshend Acts
• No colonist bought anything from England
• English merchants=mad
• All the taxes repealed except tax on tea
• Taxation w/out representation-tea tax
• 1773- Colonists dressed up like Indians and
dumbed 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
• Boston Tea Party
• Lord North- prime minister closed Boston harbor
• Lord North seen as lazy
• K. George was sick- disease effected mind/emotions
A Taxing King
• Boston lived on the sea trade
• No ships could enter or leave & weren’t able to
fish
• Other colonies felt sorry for Boston
• Never happened B4-The colonies were
independent
• Other colonies were just as mad at the King &
North
• Sent encouragement & supplies
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CT- Sent $
SC- Sent rice
NY- Sent sheep
VA- Set aside a day to pray for Boston & they
also talked about independence
• Thought about breaking away & being freegetting rights is not enough