Fighting between colonists and Native Americans continued long after the defeat of the French.

Pontiacs War› Pontiac forms alliance with many western Native

Americans.› The Native Americans destroy 6 forts and kill 2000

backcountry settlers.› Colonists react and kill Native Americans who had not

attacked them. › British armies defeat Pontiac’s forces near Fort Pitt.

Pontiac continued to fight, but essentially the war was over.

The Proclamation of 1763› This proclamation banned colonial settlements west

of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. › Settlers were told to move east of that line. › The proclamation angered many colonists who

believed they had the right to settle wherever they wanted.

› Widely ignored by colonists and impossible to enforce by British.

› Britain maintained a corps of 10,000 troops to enforce this proclamation.

The French & Indian War had put Britain in great debt.

Britain believed that colonists should pay some of the debt for the war and continued cost of keeping soldiers in the colonies for protection.

Colonists expected Britain to be grateful for their service and also expected a minimum rise in taxes.

Watch the colonial people shift identity› From British Citizens loyal to Britain and

their colony to increasingly identifying with other colonies and moving away from Britain.

The Sugar Act - 1764› Import tax on several products, including

molasses.› Called for harsh punishment of smugglers

(remember the Navigations Acts)

The Quartering Act – 1765› A money saving act by Britain. › This act required colonists to house and

feed British troops. › Colonists complained that this violated

their rights› See 3rd Amendment

Required colonists to buy stamps on certain printed documents

Protest› Virginia Legislature passes law that states only it has

the right to tax Virginia colonists. › Many colonies organize a boycott of British goods› The Stamp Act congress develops a petition to end the

Sugar and Stamp Acts. (Notice they’re working together!)

› The battle cry of the colonists was “NO taxation without representation (in the Parliament)!”

› See Article 1, Section 1 of Constitution

The protests work as the British parliament repealed the stamp act.

To show power and authority the British parliament passed the Declaratory Act which gave the parliament total authority over the colonies. (a joke)

With the repeal of the Stamp Act the Parliament had to come up with new ways tax the colonies without angering them.

Townshend Acts – 17671. Britain would no longer tax goods in the colonies, but

only products brought into the colonies (imports).2. A system was set up in which officials could find illegal

goods. (Writs of Assistance)See 4th Amendment

3. Weakened the colonies assemblies if they resisted Parliament law.

Immediately the colonists began to protest the Townshend Acts by boycotting British goods.

The protests work because British merchants and manufacturers put pressure on Parliament.

The Parliament responds by removing all the taxes from the Townshend Act except the tax on tea, which was left to to show the colonists who was in charge.

Boston Massacre – 1770› Angry mob of workers surround small group

of British soldiers and began to throw rocks and snowballs at them.

› Soldiers respond with firing into the crowd, killing 5 and wounding 6.

› Interesting trial of soldiers (see pg 149 in text) Right to lawyer and trial by jury, see 5th

Amendment

Committees of Correspondence› Leaders in the colonies saw a need to keep in

closer contact with people in other colonies. › Samuel Adams begins a Committee of

Correspondence. › The aim of this organization was to keep colonists

informed on British Actions. › Committees immediately sprung up all over the

colonies. › Letters & pamphlets spread the alarm whenever

unpopular acts were passed by Parliament Freedom of the Press, see 1st Amendment