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Conflict over new British policies
The British decide to crack down on colonies
Pontiac’s War
• Chief Pontiac wanted to stop colonists from spreading west
• Captured British forts along the frontier• British put down the revolt, but now wanted
to take steps from it happening again
Chief Pontiac
Pontiac’s council
Proclamation of 1763
• Banned colonists from going west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Quartering Act
• Ordered to house the troops and provide them with firewood, salt and drink
Navigation and Trade Acts
• Controlled trade between the colonies and British foreign rivals
• Weren’t enforced so colonists began to smuggle in things
• British used the writs of assistance to search anyone for smuggled goods
Sugar Act
• Tax on sugar, molasses, coffee and silks• Britain needed money to pay for the war
Stamp Act
• A tax on legal documents, newspapers, calendars and playing cards
• Without the stamp, they were considered illegal
Patrick Henry speaks against the stamp act
Stamp Act Riots
Taxation with Representation
• The colonists were not angry about paying the tax
• They were angry because they had no say in Parliament
Sons of Liberty
• Held rallies to protest the stamp act• Sometimes were violent
Stamp Act Congress
• Non-violent protest against the Stamp Act• Met in Massachusetts• Led by Samuel Adams• Sent a note to the King and asked him to allow
the colonists to set their own taxes• He refused• The colonists then began to boycott items
Samuel Adams