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The Road to Revolution SAME AS LAST CLASS

Explore how British policies post-French and Indian War sparked tension in the 13 colonies, leading to the American Revolution.

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The Road to Revolution SAME AS LAST CLASS

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  1. The Road to RevolutionSAME AS LAST CLASS Aim: How did British policies affect the 13 colonies after the French and Indian War? Do Now: Explain “taxation without representation”

  2. Pontiac’s Rebellion • Colonists move onto Native American land in west • Pontiac’s Rebellion – Indian response • Attacked settlements and forts • Smallpox infested blankets • Indians retreat

  3. Proclamation line of 1763 • Too many problems with Indians • Forbid colonists to settle west of Appalachian Mountains • Colonists upset • British angry b/c colonists did not pay for the war

  4. Growing Apart • Parliament – new laws and restrictions on colonies • Proclamation of 1763 • Salutary neglect no longer

  5. Troops • King George III – prevent Native American problems • Quartering Act – quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies • 10,000 soldiers

  6. Taxes • Large British debt from war • Britain needed more revenue (income) • 1764 – Sugar Act – tax on sugar • External tax • “taxation without representation is tyranny”

  7. Stamp Act - 1765 • All legal documents show an official stamp that shows that a tax was paid • Fell directly on all colonists not just merchants – internal tax • Vigorous protest

  8. Protest • Stamp Act Congress in N.Y. • Boycott – refusal to buy – British goods • Sons of Liberty – secret group of protesters • Burned stamps • Attacked tax officials

  9. Declaratory Act - 1766 • Repealed the Stamp Act • Dec. Act – Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies

  10. Townshend Acts - 1767 • Tax on: glass, lead, paints, paper, tea • Writs of assistance – search warrants for smuggled goods • Soldier could search homes for smuggled goods

  11. The Boston Massacre Aim: Who was at fault for the Boston Massacre? Do Now: Take out Boston Massacre worksheet

  12. Boston Massacre - 1770 • Verbal argument between colonists and redcoats – snowballs and rocks thrown • Soldiers fire on crowd • 5 killed • Crispus Attucks – African American • News of the “massacre” spreads throughout the colonies

  13. Boston Massacre- 1770 • Redcoats arrested for murder • John Adams – lawyer for redcoats • Ruling – self-defense – not guilty

  14. Protest • Boycott – refusal to buy – British goods • Samuel Adams – leader of Sons of Liberty • Riots • Townshend Acts repealed In 1770 • Tax on tea is kept

  15. The Road to RevolutionTighter British Control Aim: Explain the Boston Tea Party and how the British responded to it. Do Now: Why did Paul Revere portray the Boston Massacre like the picture above?

  16. The Road to RevolutionTighter British Control Aim: How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party? Do Now: Take out Homework

  17. Protests • Repeal of Townshend Acts and other acts • Kept tax on tea to show authority • Boycott hurt British trade • Committees of correspondence – groups that exchanged letters on colonial affairs

  18. Tea Act • Tea drank by almost all colonists • Most of it smuggled from Holland • 1773 – gave British control over American tea trade • Tea only came to colonies on British company ships • EAST INDIA COMPANY

  19. Boston Tea Party • Boycott of British tea • 1773 – colonist disguised as Native Americans • Destroyed 342 chests of tea • TODAY’S MONEY - $1 MILLION • Parliament outraged

  20. Intolerable Acts 1774 • Coercive or Intolerable Acts • Punish Massachusetts • Serve as warning to other colonies about rebelling • Port of Boston closed until paid for tea destroyed • Ban committees of correspondence • GB officials accused of crimes will have trial in Britain not the colonies

  21. Intolerable Acts • Other colonies support Boston • Send food and money • Unite colonies together against British

  22. The Road to Revolution Aim: How did the American Revolution begin? Do Now: Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Acts? Homework – Study for tomorrow’s Quiz!

  23. First Continental Congress • 1774 – delegates from all colonies meet in Philadelphia • Except Georgia • Ban all trade with GB until Intolerable Acts repealed • Each colony to start training troops • STORE WEAPONS IN CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS

  24. Preparing for Conflict • Paul Revere and William Dawes • Messengers • Signal to alert colonists of British troops • Old North Church • One lantern – troops coming by land • Two lanterns – troops coming by water

  25. Midnight Ride • GB troops march to Concord • Revere and Dawes warn colonists

  26. Preparing for Conflict • militia – force of armed civilians • Minutemen – trained to be ready at a minute’s warning

  27. Lexington and Concord • April 19, 1775 • “the shot heard around the world” • Colonists fight against the redcoats • Redcoats scramble back to Boston • First battles of the Revolutionary War

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