Pontiac's War (1763) saw Native American tribes led by Pontiac attack and capture British forts in response to British encroachment on their lands. Although the British regained control, the conflict convinced them to close western lands to settlers through the Proclamation of 1763. Growing tensions over subsequent taxation acts without representation led to increased unrest and protests in the colonies, culminating in the Intolerable Acts in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party, further unifying the colonies in their opposition to British rule.

1. It’s All About the Acts!
And other stuff, too.

2. Pontiac’s War
• The British were creeping onto Native
American lands and the Native Americans
were fed up!
• In 1763, led by Pontiac, they attacked Fort
Detroit and, within months, had captured all
the British forts on the frontier.
• However, the British struck back and
regained what they had lost.

3. Pontiac’s War
Later that year (still
1763), the French told the
Native Americans that
they had signed the
Treaty of Paris (which
ended the French and
Indian War) and could no
longer support them. That’s
Hot.

4. Pontiac’s War
• As a result, the Native Americans gave
up their fighting and returned home.
• Importance: Pontiac’s War convinced
the British to close western lands to
settlers – they issued the…..

5. Proclamation of 1763
• The law drew an
imaginary line along the
Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were
forbidden to settle west
of the line and the ones
that lived there already
had to move back!

6. Proclamation of 1763
To enforce the law, Britain sent 10,000
troops to “watch” the line and the
colonists had to pay for them!
In the end, the colonists IGNORED the
proclamation and did what they
wanted!

7. The Stamp Act!
• 1775: Passed by
Parliament to make
the colonies help pay
the debt of the French
and Indian War
• All items named in law
had to carry a stamp
showing the tax had
been paid.
• Legal Documents
• Newspapers
• Almanacs
• Playing Cards
• Dice

8. Reaction to the
Stamp Act!
The colonists were ANGRY!
They cried, “No
taxation without
representation!”
They were willing to pay the taxes BUT ONLY if
they were passed by their own colonial
legislatures!

9. Reaction to the
Stamp Act!
• The Stamp Act brought a sense of unity to
colonies.
• October 1765: Nine colonies sent delegates
to the Stamp Act Congress where they
created petitions (which were ignored!) and
planned to boycott British goods!
• The boycott was successful and, in 1766, the
Stamp Act was repealed!

10. The Townshend Acts!
• Passed by
Parliament in 1767.
• Glass
• Paint
• Paper
• Silk
• Tea

11. Reaction to the
Townshend Acts!
Hello?!
NO TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION!!!

12. Reaction to the
Townshend Acts!
• The colonists signed nonimportation
agreements, which meant they planned
to boycott goods taxed by the
Townshend Acts.

13. Reaction to the
Townshend Acts!
• Parliament voted to
repeal most of the
Townshend Acts
except for the tax on
TEA.
There must always be
one tax to keep up the
right to tax!

14. The Quartering Act!
• 1765
• Law that required the
colonists to provide
housing, candles,
bedding and beverages
to British soldiers
stationed in the
colonies.
I am a British soldier
and you must give
me candles and
pillows.

15. Reaction to the
Quartering Act!
• New Yorkers thought the law was just
another way to tax them without their
consent so the assembly refused to
obey the law!
• Because of this, Britain got rid of the
assembly!

16. Boston Massacre!
• March 5, 1770: Colonists began
insulting the British soldiers and the
crowd around them grew larger and
rowdier.
• The soldiers fired into the crowd killing
five colonists.
• Importance: United colonies against the
British.

17. The Tea Act!
• 1773
• British law that let the
British East India
Company sell tea
directly to the colonists,
bypassing the tea
merchants.
• Tea would cost less
than ever!

18. Reaction to the Tea Act!
• The tea merchants were angry because
they were cut out of the tea trade!
• The colonists believed that it was a
British trick to make them accept the
taxes!
• Once again, BOYCOTT!!

19. Reaction to the Tea Act!
“Boston harbor a
teapot tonight!!”
A direct result of the Tea Act was
the Boston Tea Party!

20. Boston Tea Party
Protest in Boston
where colonists
dressed up as
Native Americans
and dumped British
tea into Boston
Harbor!
Importance: Unified
colonists and set the
stage for the
Intolerable Acts.

22. The Intolerable Acts!
• 1774
• Passed by
Parliament to punish
the colonists for the
Boston Tea Party!
Those Acts
sure are
Intolerable!!

23. The Intolerable Acts!
• 1st: The port of Boston was shut down –
No ship could enter or leave the harbor
until the tea was paid for!
• 2nd: Parliament forbade the colonists
from having town meetings!

24. The Intolerable Acts!
• 3rd: Customs officers and other officials
charged with big time crimes didn’t
have to be tried in the colonies – They
could be tried in BRITAIN!
Do you think they would get convicted over there?!

25. The Intolerable Acts!
• 4th: Parliament
passed a NEW
Quartering Act!
• Colonists had to
house British
soldiers in their
HOMES!!
Get Out,
You
Scoundrels
!

26. Reaction to the
Intolerable Acts!
• Committees of
Correspondence
were set up and
food from up and
down the east coast
was sent to Boston
to keep them from
starving!

27. Reaction to the
Intolerable Acts!
• The First Continental Congress was created!
• All the colonies (except for Georgia) attended
and agreed to boycott all British goods and to
stop exporting to Britain until the Acts were
repealed.
• The delegates also persuaded the colonies to
set up and train a militia!