Chapter 5 Section 1
Taxation Without Representation
• Proclamation of 1763
• King George III- declared Appalachian Mt
Range were temporary western boundary for
colonies.
• Angered Speculators- bought land west of the
mountains.
• Also affected relationship with colonies.
Relations With Britain
• How did the Proclamation of 1763 provide advantages for
Britain? (remember it stopped western settlement)
• British Govt. not colonists to control westward movement.
• Slowed colonists from moving away from coast.(Britain’s
Investments/markets)
• Allowed British Officials to control lucrative fur trade.
• British planned to keep 10,000 troops in America to protect
their interests.
Colonists Reactions
• 10,000 British Troops= interfere with liberties
• Proclamation of 1763= limits on their freedom
• Financial Burden of The War
• Left Britain with huge Public Debt
• Britain needed Revenue
• King and Parliament felt colonist should pay.
• They began plans to tax the Colonies.
Britain’s Trade law
• 1763- George Greenville became Prime Minister
of Britain.
• Wanted to reduce Britain’s debt.
• Take action against smuggling in the colonies.
• Colonists smuggled goods to avoid taxes= loss in
revenue for Britain
• 1763- Smugglers to Vice Admiralty court.
• 1767- Writs of Assistance- legal documents
allowed customs officers to enter any location to
search for smuggled goooods.
Sugar Act
• 1764- act lowered tax on molasses imported by
colonist.
• Greenville hoped lower tax would convince
colonists to pay tax and not smuggle.
• Act allowed officers to seize goods from
smugglers without going to court.
Colonists Reaction
sugar act/ smuggling laws
• Acts / laws angered the colonists
• Rights as Englishmen were violated.
• Writs of Assistance- violated rights to be
secure in their home.
• Vice Admiralty Courts- colonists to prove
innocence. British Law- innocent until proven
guilty
• James Otis- defended colonial rights through
speeches/ pamphlets.
The Stamp Act
• 1765- Parliament passed act that placed a tax on
nearly all printed material in the colonies.
• Printed material had to have stamp applied by
British officials.
• Affected all colonial cities.
• Act taxed colonies directly and without the
colonies consent.
• Parliament ignored the colonial tradition of self
government.
Protesting the Stamp Act
• Patrick Henry- persuaded Va. House of
Burgesses to take action against act
• Resolution- passed declaring: “it had the only
and sole exclusive right and power to lay
taxes”
• Samuel Adams started “Sons of Liberty” to
protest stamp act.
• 1765- protestors burned “effigies” rag figures
• Burned houses that belonged to royal officials
The Act is Repealed
• March 1766- parliament repealed act due to
colonial persistence
• Colonist celebrated while Britain passed
Declaratory Act.
• Declaratory Act of 1766- gave parliament the
right to tax and make decisions for British
Colonies.
NEW TAXES
• 1767- Townshend Acts Passed.
• Townshend Acts- New set of taxes applied
only to imported goods. Tax was to be paid at
port of entry.
• Because they understood colonists would not
tolerate internal taxes.
• Goods Taxed= glass, tea, paper, and lead.
• Colonist had to import – they didn’t produce.
Colonists Reaction
• Brought back the Boycott that worked so well
against the Stamp Act.
• Even More Widespread.
• “Daughters of Liberty” – women active now
• Urged Americans to wear Homemade fabrics
and become economically independent.