1. Conflict over new British policies
The British decide to crack down on
colonies

2. Pontiac’s War
• Chief Pontiac wanted to stop colonists from
spreading west
• Captured British forts along the frontier
• British put down the revolt, but now wanted
to take steps from it happening again

3. Chief Pontiac

4. Pontiac’s council

5. Proclamation of 1763
• Banned colonists from going west of the
Appalachian Mountains.

6. Quartering Act
• Ordered to house the troops and provide
them with firewood, salt and drink

7. Navigation and Trade Acts
• Controlled trade between the colonies and
British foreign rivals
• Weren’t enforced so colonists began to
smuggle in things
• British used the writs of assistance to search
anyone for smuggled goods

8. Sugar Act
• Tax on sugar, molasses, coffee and silks
• Britain needed money to pay for the war

9. Stamp Act
• A tax on legal documents, newspapers,
calendars and playing cards
• Without the stamp, they were considered
illegal

11. Patrick Henry speaks against the stamp
act

12. Stamp Act Riots

13. Taxation with Representation
• The colonists were not angry about paying the
tax
• They were angry because they had no say in
Parliament

14. Sons of Liberty
• Held rallies to protest the stamp act
• Sometimes were violent

15. Stamp Act Congress
• Non-violent protest against the Stamp Act
• Met in Massachusetts
• Led by Samuel Adams
• Sent a note to the King and asked him to allow
the colonists to set their own taxes
• He refused
• The colonists then began to boycott items

16. Samuel Adams