1. Trouble over Taxes

2. Britain Taxes the Colonies

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

4. Britain Taxes the Colonies
❖ King George III supported the idea of taxing the colonists
❖ Parliament is Britain’s law making body

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Colonists Protest

9. Colonists Protest
❖ Patrick Henry spoke out against the Stamp Act

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Sons of Liberty

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

15. 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

16. Townshend Acts

17. Townshend Acts
❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

18. Townshend Acts
❖ Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766
❖ Charles Townshend started the Townshend acts

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Women Join the Boycott

23. Women Join the Boycott
❖ Women started to boycott wool, and other items

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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