Chapter 5:
A New Nation
Begins to Grow
1763-1775
Section 5.1:
The Proclamation of 1763
• British control of America was established
with the Treaty of Paris
– However, the real hold that Great Britain had on
the colonies was weak
• New and different laws were passed in an
effort to control trade
– Colonial merchants and shippers found other
ways of getting around those laws
– Then new events affected the relationship
between Great Britain and the colonies
Proclamation of 1763
• The first problem occurred in spring of 1763
– Great numbers of colonists settled in Ohio
Valley, west of Appalachian Mountains
– An Ottawa chief, Pontiac,
knew that more American
Indian land might get lost
to British settlers
– Chief Pontiac organized
several American Indian
nations and successfully attacked colonial
forts
• To avoid more trouble
with American Indians,
King George III signed
Proclamation of 1763
–This act ordered all
settlers to leave Ohio
Valley and return to established colonies
–Did not allow any more people to make
new settlements west of Appalachians
–It said that no traders could enter area
without approval of king
• Colonists were opposed to the new law
– They had fought in French and Indian War and
now the law was saying that no one could go
west
– Many colonists felt that the king didn’t care
about protecting them from American Indians
• Felt its real purpose was to prevent them from
developing the new land
Taxation Without Representation
• New problem was British debt from the French
and Indian War
– Some money had been raised by increasing taxes
of people in Great Britain
• In 1764, Parliament, the government
of Great Britain, agreed that it had the
right to tax the colonies in exchange
for protection from all enemies
–Colonists disagreed with this policy,
saying they did not need any British help
to protect themselves
–Many colonists felt this taxation without
colonial agreement, or “taxation without
representation,” could not be tolerated
New British Policies
• Sugar Act – passed in 1764
– Raised the tax on sugar, cloth goods, and other
articles from any place other than Great Britain
• Currency Act – passed in 1764
– Made it illegal for the colonies to print their own
money
• Quartering Act – passed in 1765
– Demanded that the colonies provided housing and
goods for all British soldiers in America
• Stamp Act – passed in 1765
– Enabled the government to tax legal and business
papers used in America
• It also taxed such items as playing cards and dice
• The colonists protested the Stamp Act
– Tarred and feathered tax collectors
– Tried to force the removal of the Stamp Act by
boycotting all British goods
• Parliament decided to remove, or repeal, the
tax in 1766
• Shortly thereafter, Parliament passed the
Declaratory Act
– Act stated that Great Britain had control over the
colonies in all cases
5.1 PowerPoint Questions
1.) Why did the British decide to tax the
colonists?
2.) Why did the colonists protest the Proclamation
of 1763?
3.) What was the attitude of the king toward the
colonists?
4.) Why did the colonies feel that taxation was
unfair?
5.) What was the Stamp Act and when was it
passed?
C.T.) Do you think Great Britain had the right to
tax the colonists? Why or why not?