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Causes of American Revolutionary War

Causes of American Revolutionary War. Compare & Contrast the English Actions with the Colonial Reactions. Actions of the English. Actions or Reactions of the Colonist. Compare & Contrast the English Actions with the Colonial Reactions. Writs of Assistance Proclamation of 1763 Quartering Act

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Causes of American Revolutionary War

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  1. Causes of American Revolutionary War

  2. Compare & Contrast the English Actions with the Colonial Reactions • Actions of the English • Actions or Reactions of the Colonist

  3. Compare & Contrast the English Actions with the Colonial Reactions • Writs of Assistance • Proclamation of 1763 • Quartering Act • “No taxation without representation” • Intolerable Acts • Boston Tea Party • “shot heard round the world” • Committee of Correspondence • Boston Massacre • Navigation Acts • Stamp Act • Stamp Act Congress • Declaratory Act • Sons of Liberty • Declaration of Independence • 1st and 2nd Continental Congress • Common Sense • Salutary Neglect • Mercantilism • Boycotts and protests

  4. How England Treated the Colonies. • England uses the colonies for raw materials. • Tobacco, Cotton, etc. • Allowing the colonies to govern themselves w/out much interference- salutary neglect. • Produced cigars and clothing from raw materials and used profits to benefit the mother country. Mercantilism

  5. Free Speech? • John Peter Zenger 1735 • Printed articles criticizing NY Governor Bill Cosby • Put in jail. • Father of our freedom of press.

  6. Discontent w/ foreign rule • French and Indian War-debt. • Writs of assistance • British officers could summon for help and search any home. • Proclamation of 1763- • Can’t move past the App. Mountains! • Quartering Act • House the king’s troops. • Stamp Act- tax??! Most hated! • Declaratory Act- • Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies.

  7. Getting Worse! • Townsend Acts or Duties • Levied taxes on goods imported to colonies. • Glass, tea, paper and lead. • Led to a boycott of the Stamp Act. • Boston Massacre- protesting tax and harassing collectors. Brits shot and killed 5! • Tea Act- Parliament lowers tax on British tea crippling other tea companies. • Boston Tea Party- dumping of tea into Boston Harbor

  8. Tea Party…King George thinks not! • Parliament passes Coercive Acts. • Colonists call them the Intolerable Acts. • Trial by jury-gone. • Pay for the tea. • Brit soldiers allowed to search and move into colonists’ homes.

  9. Colonist Organize • Albany Plan of Union- attempt to organize colonies. • Sons of Liberty-shopkeepers led rebellion against Stamp Act • 1st Continental Congress • Philly, PA- delegates meet to send George III a letter demanding rights be restored and boycott goods. • “No taxation w/out representation.” • Battle of Lexington and Concord- shot heard round the world. • 1st shots fired. • 2nd Congress- “should we declare independence?” • formed a confederation to fight

  10. Who influenced the Declaration of Independence? • John Locke – natural rights • Thomas Paine-wrote Common Sense- • wanted immediate independence from England • It is ridiculous and against natural law for an island to rule a continent. • ‘Tis time to part!

  11. Long-term vs Short-term CausesOf Revolutionary War There were many causes that led to the Revolution between the colonies and the English. Identify two long-term reasons and explain how those reasons created a new American identity. Then describe 5 short term reasons that the colonies grew even more angry with England. 9 = A+ 8 = A- 7 = B+ 6 = B- 5 = C+ 4 = C- 3 = D+ 2 = D- 1 = F+ 0 = F

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