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The American Revolution. Albany Plan of Union (1754). 1660: The Navigation Acts. Rules: Colonies must trade with Britain and Britain alone! Colonists ignored the acts and Britain did nothing. Salutary neglect= Britain bad parent. French and Indian War. French and Indians vs. Britian - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The American Revolution
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Albany Plan of Union (1754)
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1660: The Navigation Acts
• Rules: Colonies must trade with Britain and Britain alone!
• Colonists ignored the acts and Britain did nothing.
• Salutary neglect=
Britain bad parent
Mercantilism=
SELL MORE THAN YOU BUY!!!
SELL > BUY
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French and Indian War
• French and Indians vs. Britian
• Fighting over land between 1754-1763
• Nicknamed the 7 Years War
• Britain won but faced enormous war debt.
• Who should help pay? Britain says the colonists.
• This is the unofficial start of the American Revolution!
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North America in 1754
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Proclamation Line of 1763
• Britain had land east
of the Mississippi River• The Line: Banned all
settlement west of the
Appalachian Mtns (to
ease tensions with the
Native Americans.
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The Tax Party Begins…
• 1764: Sugar Act
• 1765: Stamp Act (resulted in boycotts and the Stamp Act Congress)
• Declaratory Act: Parliament makes your laws now
• 1767: Townshend Acts (glass, paint, tea)
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Writs of Assistance
• To combat smugglers, British officials used these writs (search warrants) to search any place and take any items at any time.
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The Boston Massacre• March 1770: What happened?
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Committees of Correspondence
• Started by Sam Adams
• Used to pass information between the colonies
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1773: Tea Act
• Parliament repealed (took away) the Townshend Acts except for the tea tax
• Allowed the East India Tea Company to sell tea without the tax
• Led to the December 1773 Boston Tea Party
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Spring 1774: The Intolerable Acts
• Designed to punish colonists!
• 3 major parts: Closed Boston Harbor, Boston under British martial law, Quartering Act (soldiers can stay in your homes)
• Also called the Coercive Acts
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1774: First Continental Congress
• Met in Philly
• Sent King George III a “Declaration of Rights and Grievances”
• Told George we would continue to boycott until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
• How did the king respond?
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Lexington and Concord
• April 19, 1775
• “Shot Heard Round the World”
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May 1775: 2nd Continental Congress
• Sent King George III the Olive Branch Petition (wants to make up)
• Eventually adopted 2 pieces of paper: the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
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Common Sense
• Published by Thomas Paine in Jan. 1776
• We need to use our brains and get away from Britain
• Best selling pamphlet of that year!
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July 4, 1776
• Declaration of Independence Adopted
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Articles of Confederation
• The first constitution OF Amercia
• Written in 1777, Adopted in 1781
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Battle of Yorktown
• Final battle of the American Revolution
• How did the U.S. win?
a. Guerilla warfare
b. British in unfamiliar territory
c. British supplies took too long to arrive
d. Heart
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Treaty of Paris, 1783
• Officially ended the American Revolution. It acknowledged American independence and granted the new nation land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.