Crash Course #6 Taxes & Smuggling, Prelude to the Revolution

Why did Parliament raise taxes?

• • To pay the war debt from the French & Indian (aka Seven Years) War

• • King George III wanted to build better roads

• • Great Britain was preparing for a war with France

• For fun

Why did colonists not mind higher taxes in the past?

• • Colonists got the benefit of British goods in exchange for paying taxes.

• • The taxes were usually on items that could be smuggled.

Colonists started to boycott British goods after the passing of the​ ​ (a)  

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act
• Intolerable Acts

How many people died in the Boston Massacre?

• 0

• 5

• 10

• 500

Why were colonists over the Tea Act?

• • The colonists didn't want to pay a higher price for tea.

• • Colonists wanted a choice in which tea they purchased, but the Tea Act only allowed them one choice.

• • Allowing the taxing of something so common as tea would be Parliament had the power to tax anything.

• They loved the Tea Act

What was the first united government in the colonies?

• • The First Continental Congress

• • The Second Continental Congress

• • The Stamp Act Congress

• House of Burgesses

What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?

• • To affirm loyalty to Great Britain and ask King George III to an end to fighting

• • To inform Parliament the colonists' demands to end the fighting

• • To declare the United States an independent nation

What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• • Explain in simple terms why Fox in Socks is the best Dr. Seuss book of all time.

• • Explain in simple terms why the colonists should stay loyal to Great Britain

• • Explain in simple terms why separating from Great Britain was logical

• To teach Common Sense

What do you think the document the Second Continental Congress approved and signed?