2. Reading Check Quiz
Identify the following terms:
Great Awakening
Zenger Trial
limited democracy
Reminder : Quest (bigger than a quiz, smaller than a test)
tomorrow
Chapters 1-3 on Amsco are fair game
3. One, two, three, four...Hrmm!One, two, (one, two, three,
four!)Let me tell you how it will be;There's one for you, nineteen
for me.'Cause Im the taxman,Yeah, Im the taxman.Should five per
cent appear too small,Be thankful I don't take it all.'Cause Im the
taxman,Yeah, Im the taxman.
(if you drive a car, car;)
- Ill tax the street;(if you try to sit, sit;)
- Ill tax your seat;(if you get too cold, cold;) -
Ill tax the heat;(if you take a walk, walk;)
- I'll tax your feet.
Taxman!
'Cause Im the taxman,Yeah, Im the taxman.
Don't ask me what I want it for,
(ah-ah, mister Wilson)If you don't want to pay some more.
(ah-ah, mister heath)'Cause Im the taxman,Yeah, Im the taxman.Now
my advice for those who die, (taxman)Declare the pennies on your
eyes. (taxman)'Cause Im the taxman,Yeah, Im the taxman.
4. AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
Navigation Acts
First Navigation
Attempt to end the Dutch control of European trade by limiting
imports to and from England
Second Navigation
Added exports and British colonies to the limits
5. Acts Cont
Molasses Act
French sugar taxed
Almost completely ignored
British Domination
Mercantilism
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
6. Self-Government Develops
13 colonial governments develop in this void of control
Self-Reliance
Self-Regulation
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
7. French and Indian War
A.k.a. War of the Conquest, The Seven Years War
British fight French on two fronts (sides)
Provide protection for colonies
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
8. Britain (and thus us) WIN!
Nearly bankrupts Britain
Kicks French out of North America
British need money
Raise taxes from the wealthy colonists
Americans used to low taxes
Americans not very happy
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
9. Virtual Representation
Parliament British government
Colonists believed they equaled Englishmen
The British didnt
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
10. AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
Proclamation of 1763:
New Proclamation Line American cant expand beyond it to avoid
conflict with Native Americans
Establishing and manning posts along the length of this boundary
was a very costly undertaking.
The British ministry would argue that these outposts were for
colonial defense, and as such should be paid for by the
colonies.
11. Turn to a neighbor and make a conclusion
How does the Proclamation offer our first clue that the
relationship between the colonists and Britain was about the
change?
12. Read Sugar Act
How did the colonists feel about the Sugar Act?
Was the British government justified in expecting the Americans to
cover the debt from the French and Indian War?
Why do you think the colonists went along with this?
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
13. Read Stamp Act
How does this act attempt to collect money from the
colonists?
Was Britain justified in enacting this tax?
Why might the colonists have spoken out against the Stamp Act
(keeping in mind that there was no unified protest against the
Sugar Act)?
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
14. Read Stamp Act Congress
What arguments does the Stamp Act Congress use to protest the Stamp
Act?
Should the colonists have the same rights as British citizens
living in Britain?
Define taxation without representation.Why were the colonists so
incensed by this?
How is the colonists reaction to the Proclamation, Sugar and Stamp
Acts a direct result of years of salutary neglect?
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
15. Answer AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
AIM:Did the colonists have a right to resist British
taxation?
