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Monday, October 19
Today begins a new nine weeks!Create habits that lead to success!• Students will view and discuss a
powerpoint of the Causes of the American Revolution.
• Students will correct causes notes from last week. Please get a RED pen.
• Students will be about to state at least 3 causes of the American Revolution.
Introduction Video
The British and the colonies had good relations
prior to 1763.The colonies had the right to govern themselves
after Glorious Revolution under William and Mary.Colonists were left alone. (salutary neglect)
The colonies were far from Britain. (across the Atlantic Ocean)
Proclamation of 1763:
British forbade colonists to settle
west of the Appalachian Mts.
after Pontiac’s Uprising
The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart Proclamation of 1763 increases
tension Colonists could not move west of the
Appalachian Mountains. Britain wanted the Native Americans to
remain on the land in order to prevent conflicts with them.
The colonists were angry and settled there anyway.
British Troops and Taxes As a result of the Proclamation of
1763, King George III decided to keep British troops in North America.
Parliament passed the Quartering Act and Sugar Act.
Britain needed income to help pay for the French and Indian War and to keep troops in the colonies.
Quartering Act Required colonists to house British
soldiers and provide them with supplies
Sugar Act Placed a tax on sugar,
molasses, and other products shipped to the
colonies
Britain Passes the Stamp Act The Sugar Act mainly affected the
merchants, but the Stamp Act affected all colonists.
Colonists believed they were being taxed unfairly because they had no voice in Parliament.
Stamp Act Placed a tax on all legal and commerci
al document
s
The Colonies Protest the Stamp Act Colonists protested taxations without
representation. The Stamp Act Congress met in New
York City where they wrote a petition to the king to protest the Act.
Merchants called for a boycott of British goods and formed secret groups to protest British policies.
Colonial Reactions:
Boycott: A refusal to buy goods; non-violent and most effective form of protest
Stamp Act Congress: a petition was drawn up and sent to the King claiming colonial assemblies had the right to tax
Sons of Liberty A group of colonists who formed a
secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution Lawyers Merchants Craftspeople
Sons of Liberty: secret society that staged both violent and non-violent protests…
(Samuel Adams was the leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty)
•Tar and feathering•“No taxation without representation”•Burned the stamped paper•Attacked customs officials
Bostonians Paying the
Taxman1. Liberty Tree as a
gallows 2. Stamp Act posted
upside down3. Protestors in Boston4. Customs official
tarred and feathered
3
12
4
Parliament finally realized that the Stamp Act was a mistake and repealed the law in 1766.
Parliament then passed the Declaratory Act stating that Parliament had the right to govern and tax the colonies.
Parliament still needed money!
Townshend Acts The act established a board of
customs collectors in Boston. The money collected from these import taxes was used to pay the salaries of the British colonial officials.
Writs of Assistance Search warrants to enter homes or
businesses to search for smuggled goods used by the British to enforce the acts
Paul Revere’s Propaganda
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party Most popular protest of the Tea Act The Point – protesting taxation
without representation
The Intolerable Acts A series of laws enacted by
Parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
•closed the port of Boston
•banned committees of correspondence
•house troops wherever necessary
Patriots those who sided with the rebels
Loyalists Those who supported the British
Loyalists believe Bostonians have gone too far
Letter from First Continental Congress to King George III
•banned trade with England•begin training troops•NOT ready to declare independence
Lexington and Concord
British consider sending in more troops to stop rebellion and look for
stored weapons and leaders
Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott warn colonists that the British are coming
Paul Revere The Ride…watch the video!
Lexington and ConcordThe American militia, warned of the British approach by the patriot Paul Revere and others, had assembled to halt the British. Inspired by the words of Captain Parker: “Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here,” the Americans refused to disperse when ordered to do so by the commander of the British advance units. Gunfire was exchanged and eight Americans were killed before the minutemen retreated.
Out to destroy colonial stores of gunpowder and arms, British troops under General Thomas Gage set out for Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775. They met a force of minutemen in Lexington. It is unknown who fired the first shot, but the two sides exchanged gunfire. With this exchange, the American Revolution had begun.
Additional Vocabulary Prohibit – to prevent or forbid Revenue – income/money from taxes
or other sources Boycott – refusing to buy items in
order to show disapproval of policy Repeal – to cancel or do away with Rebellion – open defiance of authority
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