Why did American colonists want to free themselves from
Great Britain?
Greater Colonial Unity• British leaders met with colonists to discuss
trade and the threat of the French/Native Americans
• The Albany Plan:– Strengthen ties among the 13 colonies
– Plan was
How did Britain’s policy toward the colonies change?
• Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War):– Very costly for Great Britain
– British needed to
– They saw the war as a way of protecting the colonists
Proclamation Act of 1763• Colonists could not go past
• Was set to up to cut the costs of protecting colonists
• Angered colonists
– (many had bought land in those areas as well)
Stamp Act and Quartering Act
• Stamp Act:– First serious attempt to exercise financial control
• Quartering Act:– Colonists HAD to
Why resist British Control?• Acts and taxes challenged the
• Colonists believed: tax laws should be passed only in their
• Declaratory Act Britain had full
• Britain sends many troops to
Other Acts that influenced the colonies• Sugar Act:
– Tax on sugar and increased
• Townshend Acts:– Tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and establishes the
British right to
• Tea Act:– Tax on tea led to Boston Tea Party
• Writs of assistance British officials could
Colonist Organization to Resist Control• First Continental Congress:
– Imposed a ban on
– Goal of the trade ban force Great Britain to
– The British saw the trade ban as
– The British ordered the arrest of the
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