Why Pay Taxes?

1. ● What was the Proclamation of 1763?
● What was the significance of Common Sense?
● What argument did Thomas Paine present in
Common Sense?
Challenge Question:
●Do you think that most colonists would have supported
independence from Britain without Thomas Paine’s
publication of Common Sense? Explain.
Objective (I Can…)
Analyze the social, political, and economic impact of
the taxes placed on colonists, which caused the
Revolutionary War
Brain Quest

2. No Taxation Without Representation!

3. ●You just got straight A’s in school and your reward is
a new cell phone or electronic. However, all the work
to get those A’s cost your parents school supplies,
so they are going to charge you to pay for those cost
while trying to keep your younger brother happy by
not allowing you to use your cell phone or electronic.
●How would this make you feel?
Set

4. ●What are taxes?
●a) money given by the government to the people,
groups, or businesses who live there
●b) an involuntary contribution by businesses and
individuals to fund government activities
●c) A fine to be paid by businesses and individuals when
they do something against the law
●d) A sum of money to be received every time an
individual pays for something
1. When do we pay taxes? Describe different places you
pay taxes (Ex. On a restaurant bill)
Why do we pay taxes?

5. ●With your partner complete the packet.
Exit Ticket:
●Complete the exit ticket and turn in before you
leave.
“Do We Have to Pay Taxes? Why?”

6. ●What is the purpose of taxes?
●What was the Stamp Act?
Challenge Question:
If you asked a colonist to give you an answer to why
they objected to the taxes being placed on them by
the King & Parliament, what would they most likely
say?
Objective (I Can…)
Analyze the social, political, and economic impact of
the taxes placed on colonists, which caused the
Revolutionary War
Brain Quest

7. ●Complete history homework worksheet with a
partner, EXCEPT for last question, complete
INDIVIDUALLY
History Homework

9. Groups of leaders organized by local governments
of the 13 colonies
Why??
To coordinate and communicate information
throughout the colonies
Who were the Committees of
Correspondence?

10. 1767
Tax on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea
How did colonists react?
They were furious!! They boycotted British goods.
How did this affect British merchants?
They got Parliament to repeal the taxes
Parliament repealed the tax, except the tax on tea
Why??
They were stubborn and wanted to prove they had
the right to tax if they wanted to…
Provide relief for the East India Company’s excess
tea.- Led to Tea Act of 1773
What are the Townshend Acts?