Trouble over Taxes

Britain Taxes the Colonies

Britain Taxes the Colonies❖ King George III supported the idea of taxing the colonists

Britain Taxes the Colonies❖ King George III supported the idea of taxing the colonists

❖ Parliament is Britain’s law making body

Britain Taxes the Colonies❖ King George III supported the idea of taxing the colonists

❖ Parliament is Britain’s law making body

❖ The Americans were being protected by Britain’s soldiers, and they thought they should pay for it

Britain Taxes the Colonies❖ King George III supported the idea of taxing the colonists

❖ Parliament is Britain’s law making body

❖ The Americans were being protected by Britain’s soldiers, and they thought they should pay for it

❖ Parliment passed the Stamp Act: Placed a tax on printed Material

Britain Taxes the Colonies❖ King George III supported the idea of taxing the colonists

❖ Parliament is Britain’s law making body

❖ The Americans were being protected by Britain’s soldiers, and they thought they should pay for it

❖ Parliment passed the Stamp Act: Placed a tax on printed Material

❖ Colonists had to buy a stamp and put it on the item to show they had paid the tax

Colonists Protest

Colonists Protest

❖ Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act

Colonists Protest

❖ Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act

❖ Leaders from 9 colonies met and called it the Stamp Act Congress

❖ Here they told Parliament to Repeal the act or Cancel the act

Colonists Protest

❖ Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act

❖ Leaders from 9 colonies met and called it the Stamp Act Congress

❖ Here they told Parliament to Repeal the act or Cancel the act

❖ Samuel Adams became an important leader during this time

Colonists Protest

❖ Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act

❖ Leaders from 9 colonies met and called it the Stamp Act Congress

❖ Here they told Parliament to Repeal the act or Cancel the act

❖ Samuel Adams became an important leader during this time

❖ He inspired others to take action against the British Gov’t

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty

❖ Sons of Liberty were a group of people who opposed the new tax

Sons of Liberty

❖ Sons of Liberty were a group of people who opposed the new tax

❖ These groups burned papers, and held rallies to help show how the Stamp Act was unfair

Townshend Acts

Townshend Acts

❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

Townshend Acts

❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

❖ Charles Townshend started the Townshend acts

Townshend Acts

❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

❖ Charles Townshend started the Townshend acts

❖ This law paced a tariff: or tax on imported goods in the colonies

Townshend Acts

❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

❖ Charles Townshend started the Townshend acts

❖ This law paced a tariff: or tax on imported goods in the colonies

❖ These acts caused new protests in the colonies

Townshend Acts

❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

❖ Charles Townshend started the Townshend acts

❖ This law paced a tariff: or tax on imported goods in the colonies

❖ These acts caused new protests in the colonies

❖ Many colonists began to boycott or refuse to buy goods from Britain

Women Join the Boycott

Women Join the Boycott

❖ Women started to boycott wool, and other items

Women Join the Boycott

❖ Women started to boycott wool, and other items

❖ They made liberty tea from berries and herbs instead of buying goods from Britain

Women Join the Boycott

❖ Women started to boycott wool, and other items

❖ They made liberty tea from berries and herbs instead of buying goods from Britain

❖ Daughters of Liberty formed to help the boycott

Women Join the Boycott

❖ Women started to boycott wool, and other items

❖ They made liberty tea from berries and herbs instead of buying goods from Britain

❖ Daughters of Liberty formed to help the boycott

❖ British warships went into Boston Harbor to try to scare the colonists