Colonists Speak Out

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Colonists Speak Out

• Social Studies
• Bryar Fortner

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Ben Franklin

• He was one of the most extraordinary human beings
  the world hasever known.
• Born into the family of a Boston candle maker,
  Benjamin Franklin became the most famous American
  of his time.
• He helped found a new nation and defined the
  American character.
• Writer, inventor, diplomat, businessman,
  musician, scientist, humorist, civic leader,
  international celebrity . . . genius.

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RepresentationTo stand in for something or
someone
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The Stamp ActPut a tax onmany paper items in
the colonies.

• Newspapers
• Legal documents
• Playing cards
• Had to have a special stamp on them to show that
  the tax had been paid.

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No Taxation without Representation!!

• "No taxation without representation" really
  meant, "No taxation by Parliament. No
  representation in Parliament. Let us run our own
  affairs."

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Mercy Otis WarrenA Massachusetts writer
disagreed with the new tax.

• She wrote plays that accused British leaders of
  being greedy.

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Patrick HenryThe American political leader
Patrick Henry was the most celebrated orator of
the American Revolution.
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Treason

• In law, treason is the crime that covers some of
  the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's
  sovereign or nation.
• Historically, treason also covered the murder of
  specific social superiors, such as the murder of
  a husband by his wife (treason against the king
  was known as high treason and treason against a
  lesser superior was petit treason).
• A person who commits treason is known in law as a
  traitor.
• Such a person may also be colloquially termed a
  turncoat.

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CongressA formal meeting of representatives.
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Why were the colonists angry about the Stamp Act?

• They were angry because all the tax went to the
  British, not the colonists, and that was not
  fair.
• Some colonists felt that Britain had no right to
  tax them because colonists were not represented
  in Parliament.
• They felt this violated their rights as British
  citizens

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BoycottRefuse to buy British goods.

• Boycotting is one way to stand up for our rights
  without using violence.

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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• In 1756, in Boston and other cities and towns,
  the coming of the American Revolution was speeded
  by mechanics, merchants, and artisans who
  organized against British tyranny.
• Calling themselves the Sons of Liberty, they set
  up committees of correspondence in the colonies
  to spread detailed news about British attacks on
  their liberties.
• They focused on the general search warrant, which
  allowed customs officers to invade and ransack
  their homes and offices at will.

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Daughters of LibertyWomen also took action.
They spun their own thread and wove their own
cloth instead of buying British cloth.
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RepealOr take back.

• In 1766 so many colonists opposed the Stamp Act
  that Parliament voted to repeal the Act, or take
  it back.
• How ever, Parliament passed the DECLARATORY ACT.
• It said that Britain had the full power to make
  laws for the people of America in all cases.
• This new law worried many colonists.