Chapter 2, part 1:
The Road to Revolution
Vocabulary
boycott
duty
Effigy
oppressive
escalate
repeal
salutary neglect
writ
smuggle
By the end of the
French and Indian
War, real
differences
were starting to
appear between
the colonies and
Great Britain.
The French and Indian
War, it had been
very expensive and
England had gone into
debt.
King George III had to
come up with a way
to pay for the war:
Americans would be
paying more taxes.
The Policy
Salutary Neglect:
Neglect:
Britain had
allowed the
colonists to
act on their
own for the
most part…….
Until now…….
Acts of Parliament
Parliament was
the lawmaking
body in Great
Britain.
Since the colonies
in America were
British, they had
to abide by
these laws.
The Navigation Acts
Restrictive to
the colonists.
How did they
react?
Smuggling
escalated.
The Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act that
increased taxes on
several items, such
as sugar, coffee
and wine.
It also encouraged
the use of search
warrants, called
writs of
assistance, to
search for
smuggled goods.
The Stamp Act - 1767
The Stamp Act
was a tax that
required all
newspapers and
legal documents
to be stamped.
Every time
something was
stamped, a tax
was paid.
AMERICAN REACTION TO THE NEW TAXES
Both the Sugar Act and the
Stamp Tax were very
unpopular and people began
to argue that it was not
fair to pass taxes on
America, because no
Americans were serving in
Parliament.
Some colonists decided to
take action against the
taxes. Delegates were sent
to the “Stamp Act
Congress” in New York to
protest.
THE STAMP TAX IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Several South Carolinians
attended the Stamp Act
Congress in New York.
Christopher Gadsden became
one of the leaders.
In Charles Town, citizens
formed a Sons of
Liberty group and named
Gadsden as their
spokesman.
Groups calling
themselves Sons of
Liberty formed and
protests were
launched.
Parliament repealed
the Stamp tax.
However, Parliament
passed another law
to warn the
colonies
Many New Policies
A new set of taxes was passed
and people protested against
them. “No taxation without
representation” became a
rallying cry.
The king decided to send British
troops to America to keep
the peace.
In 1770 in Boston, a violent
confrontation occurred.
Troops were threatened and
shots were fired. Five
Americans died and this
became known as the Boston
Massacre.
The Tea Act
The British devised a
way to tax
American colonists
by using its largest
tea shipping
company and
placing a tax on all
imported tea into
the colonies.
People were angered
and wanted to
protest.
English ships laden
with tea were
sent to Charles
Town.
Moving to avoid a
riot, custom
officials
unloaded the tea
and put it in the
basement of
the Exchange.
It stayed there
until it was sold
to raise money
for the Patriot
forces.
The Controversy
King George III was
furious with the
colonists actions.
Parliament repealed all
taxes but one – a small
tax on tea.
In Boston, a group led by
Sam Adams was
determined to oppose
the tax.
Hence, the Boston Tea
Party.
Again, the king was
infuriated. A new set
of laws were passed,
called the Intolerable
Acts.
In Boston, the port was
closed, no ships were
allowed in or out.
The colonial legislature
was suspended.
More troops were sent
and the law even said
the troops could sleep
in American homes.
Responses in South Carolina
SC delegates met
in Charles Town
to organize a
provisional
government.
The sent delegates
to the First
Continental
Congress in
Philadelphia in 1774.
South Carolina’s
economy would
fail if it could
not sell rice or
indigo to the
British.
The Congress
agreed to allow
SC to continue
to sell rice to
GB.
The First Shots
British troops
engaged
colonial militia
in the fall of
1775 at the
towns of
Lexington and
Concord.