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During the early years of settlement,
England ignored its colonies.
Under the Navigation Acts, the colonists
could trade only with England.
Colonists resented England’s control of
the colonies because they were used to
being left alone.
Sketch of Baltimore Harbor, 1752
Colony founders knew they must
guarantee rights and good government if
they were going to attract colonists.
Virginia colonists created the House of
Burgesses which was the first
representative assembly in the Americas.
By 1750 each of the 13 colonies had an
elected assembly.
The first meeting of the Virginia Assembly
Britain and France were intense rivals in
the struggle for North America.
In the 1750s the center of colonial
conflict was the Ohio River Valley.
British officer George Washington was
sent to build a fort on the river but was
defeated by the French before he could.
Native Americans became French allies
because it appeared the French would win
the war.
North American land claims, 1753
The French and Indian war went badly
for the British colonies until Captain
James Wolfe took Quebec in 1759.
The British finally won three years later.
Taking of Quebec by English forces during
the French and Indian War
Great Britain became the most powerful
nation in the world.
The enlarged empire meant conflicts with
Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley.
To avoid problems, Britain issued the
Proclamation of 1763 which did not allow
colonists to cross the Appalachian
Mountains.
Colonist were infuriated because they
did not like being told where they could
and could not go.
North American land claims, 1763
In order to enforce the Proclamation of
1763 and keep peace with Native
Americans, a permanent British army was
stationed in America.
British officials expected colonists to
help pay for their defense.
The colonists did not like the presence of
the army, nor having to pay for the troops’
support.
King George III
The French and Indian War
Explanation
War fought over the
Ohio River Valley
between France and
England.
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financial
concerns
Reaction/ Result
War caused England
to go into debt which
led King George III to
tax the Colonies
Bell Ringer
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Proclamation of 1763
Explanation
Britain wanted to avoid
conflict with Native
Americans, so Colonists
were forbidden to cross
Appalachian Mountains.
British Army stationed
in the colonies
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zones
Reaction/ Result
Colonists were angered
because of British
presence and being told
what to do
Sugar Act (1764)
Explanation
Tax on sugar and
molasses
Candy tax
Reaction/ Result
Did not affect many,
but the idea of taxes a
growing issue
Stamp Act (1765)
Explanation
Tax on legal
documents, newspapers,
wills, and basically every
piece of paper used
official
stamped
papers for
grades
Reaction/ Result
Stamp Act Congress
formed to organize
boycott
Eventually repealed
Writs of Assistance
Explanation
Customs officers
could search ships at
will
search
belongings
Reaction/ Result
Few colonists
affected, but merchants
felt this was an invasion
of privacy
Townshend Acts (1767)
Explanation
Tax on various
household items such as
paper, glass, lead, silk,
and tea
lunch price
increased
Reaction/ Result
Colonists boycott
through the nonimportation agreement
Eventually repealed
Quartering Act (1765)
Explanation
Colonists had to
provide food,
housing, blankets,
candles, etc. for the
British soldiers
teacher home
visits
Reaction/ Result
This was hated, but
little could be done
Intolerable Acts
Explanation
Colonists could not
hold town meetings
no discussion
of policies
Port of Boston closed
Customs officials
tried in Britain
Reaction/ Result
First Continental
Congress meets
Individual colonies
began to unify
“No taxation without representation!”
Explanation
Colonists had no
representatives to speak
for them in Parliament
do not call with
a complaint
Reaction/ Result
Colonists resented
not having a say in their
own affairs
Became a rallying cry
The Boston Massacre
Explanation
A rioting mob confronted
British soldiers at the
Boston Customs House
Tensions rose and shots
were fired into the crowd,
killing five colonists
The first to be killed was
an escaped slave named
Crispus Attucks
Reaction/ Result
Sam Adams used the
opportunity to whip up antiBritish feeling by calling the
event a “massacre”
Two soldiers were found
guilty of manslaughter, six
were found not guilty
Tea Act (1773)
Explanation
Tea merchants in the
colonies were cut out of
the tea trade because
the British East India
Company lowered their
tea prices.
The company
monopolized, or
controlled, tea sales in
the colonies.
British East
India
Company
Reaction/ Result
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
Explanation
On December 16,
1773, the Sons of
Liberty dumped 90,000
pounds of tea into
Boston Harbor.
Reaction/ Result
Intolerable Acts
Chronology of Events
French and Indian War- 1754-1763
Proclamation of 1763- 1763
Sugar Act- 1764
Stamp Act- 1765
Writs of Assistance- 1767
Chronology of Events
Townshend Acts- 1767
Quartering Act- 1770
Boston Massacre- 1770
Tea Act/ Boston Tea Party- 1773
Intolerable Acts- 1774