Proclamation, Perception,

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Proclamation, Perception, Propaganda
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The Proclamation Of 1763

• Results of French and Indian war
• Pontiacs Uprising
• Parliaments solution to avoid tensions in the
  future

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Englands ProblemWar Debt

• January, 1763 122,603,336
• Annual interest rate 4,409,797
• January, 1764 debt is 7,000,000 larger than a
  year earlier

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Parliaments Solution Tax the Colonies

• Sugar Act (Revenue act) of 1764
• Three pence tax on sugar
• Violators tried in vice-admiralty courts
• NO JURY!!!

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The Colonists Reaction

• No Taxation Without Representation!
• Actual Representation
• Virtual Representation
• Translation Our Colonial Assemblies Alone Can
  Tax Us!

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Colonial Perceptions

• Parliament is attempting to tax away the
  colonists property and make them slaves
• Must not open the door to Parliamentary taxation
• If colonists allow Parliament to tax sugar,
  Parliament can tax EVERYTHING!

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Taxation Tensions Increase

• Stamp Act, 1765
• Townshend Act, 1767
• Office of Customs Commissioners
• Need protection
• Arrival of British Troops in Boston, 1768

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Boston Massacre

• British Troops vs. Boston Mob
• March 5, 1770
• Sons of Liberty
• Create sympathy for Boston

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What Weve got Here Is Failure to Communicate.

• Parliament and the colonists talking past one
  another
• Defining words differently
• At some point, the colonists forgot they were
  colonists!
• hearts and minds of the American People