Prelude to the Revolution: Resistance and Rebellion

Law that placed a tax on liquor licenses, land deeds, legal documents, college diplomas, etc.

• Townshend Acts

• Paper Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

Group formed by Sam Adams to demonstrate opposition to British actions

• British East India Company

• Sons of Liberty

• Stamp Act Congress

• Liberty Congress

British Chief Justice in Boston, whose house is vandalized by the Sons of Liberty

• Charles Townshend

• Thomas Hutchinson

• Captain Thomas Preston

• Crispus Attucks

Law passed with repeal of Stamp Act to demonstrate Britain’s control over the colonies

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Declaratory Act

• Quartering Act

Resolutions proposed by Patrick Henry, stating that only Virginia Assembly can place taxes on its inhabitants

• Stamp Act Congress

• Townshend Acts

• Repeal

• Virginia Resolves

Written by Samuel Adams in response to Townshend Acts as a grievance to British Action

• Virginia Resolves

• Coercive Acts

• Repeal

• Massachusetts Circular Letter

Chancellor of the Exchequer who passed the Townshend Acts

• Charles Townshend

• Lord North

• Captain Thomas Preston

• George III

Why did the British Parliament feel that it was their right to tax the colonies?

• The colonies have utilized so many British goods and should pay

• Colonists were extensively smuggling and forcing British business out of the area

• Britain was an empire that held divine authority

• The French and Indian War had put Britain in debt, colonists should pay for their protection

How did the passing of the Stamp Act lead to more organized forms of protest/resistance in the colonies?

• The items being taxed were utilized by

  men of stature who could voice and write

  about their disapproval

• The costs of Stamps was especially high

• Tension has already risen to a point of no return

• The Stamp Act was enforced by the British military

What was so essential about the Stamp Act Congress?

• They created an environment for legal change in the colonies

• It wan attempt by the colonies to send a unified message to Britain

• They were established a war machine to begin the training soldiers

• They were a more organized way to develop a mob