Post French and Indian War

Effects of the French & Indian War

● The colonies had to foot the

bill through new taxes and
new restrictions
(Proclamation of 1763 – no
expansion into new territory, in order to stay away from the Native Americas land. No more Conflict with the Native Americans)

● Salutary Neglect was over

and the colonies were not
happy. (Britain's unofficial policy, to
relax the enforcement of strict
regulations, particularly trade laws,
imposed on the American)

● Mercantilism was now being

enforced.

Multiple Choice

What does Salutary Neglect mean?

• The British let the 13 Colonies do what they want, there were no taxes, laws or tariffs by the British on the colonies

• The British were extremely strict and made the colonies by extreme taxes

• The French now could own all the 13 colonies

What
boundary
did they
use to
establish
the
proclamation of
1763?

Multiple Choice

Why did the British establish the Proclamation of 1763 and not allow the Colonies to go past the imaginary line?

• They did not want any more resources

• They wanted to leave the land for the Native Americans and wanted to limit conflict between the Colonies and Native Americans

• They gave it back to the French

Those stinkin’ taxes

● Sugar Act – 1764

– Tax on imports

● Stamp Act -1765

– Required a stamp on all legal documents (permits,

newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and playing cards)

● Townshend Acts – 1767

– Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea

● Tea Act – 1773 …then Parliament passed a series of laws

the colonists named the…

● Coercive Acts (colonists called these the “Intolerable Acts”)

– 1774 (closed Boston harbor, quartering soldiers, moved
trials, limited town meetings…)

Match

Match the following

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Coercive/ Intolerable Act

Tax on Imports

Tax on legal documents, newspapers, and

Tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper

A series of laws

Laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party

• Tax on Imports

• Tax on legal documents, newspapers, and

• Tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper

• A series of laws

• Laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party

The Colonists protest the taxes

● Stamp Act Congress – politely petitioned the

King and Parliament.

● Some colonials burned
the stamps.

The Colonists protest the taxes

● Boston Massacre –

1770

– A fight turns into an

angry mob

– British soldiers fire into the

crowd

– 5 people die (Crispus

Attucks)

The Colonists protest the taxes

● Boston Tea Party – 1773

● Sons of Liberty dump English tea into the

harbor in protest of taxes

Open Ended

Why did events like the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party happen? (3-4 sentences)