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Sparking the Powder Keg: Causes of the American Revolution

Sparking the Powder Keg: Causes of the American Revolution. French and Indian War 1754-1763. Who? Nations: France, Spain, and Indian tribes vs. Britain, Colonists, and a few tribes Leaders: Gen. Washington Why? Battle for global empire between the French and British (aka Seven Years War).

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Sparking the Powder Keg: Causes of the American Revolution

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  1. Sparking the Powder Keg: Causes of the American Revolution

  2. French and Indian War1754-1763 • Who? • Nations: • France, Spain, and Indian tribes • vs. • Britain, Colonists, and a few tribes • Leaders: Gen. Washington • Why? • Battle for global empire between the French and British (aka Seven Years War)

  3. French and Indian War • Results: • War ends in America in 1761 (continues in Europe until ‘63) • Spain surrenders Florida • England gets all land east of Mississippi River (except New Orleans) • France gives up land west of the Mississippi

  4. Proclamation of 1763 • Colonists cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains. • Why would this be a problem?

  5. Navigation Acts 1763 • Drastically restricted colonial trade--almost all purchases had to be made from England Could this work?

  6. Sugar Act 1764 • Reduced the tax on sugar, but used strict enforcement Writs of Assistance • Allowed the British to search homes, businesses, etc without warrant to look for smuggled goods

  7. Stamp Act 1765 • Tax on ALL printed materials such as wills, deeds, newspapers, in addition to wedding and death certificates

  8. Quartering Act 1765 • Colonists were forced to house and feed British troops assigned to their communities.

  9. Boston Tea Party 1773 • Bostonians board a British ship dressed as Indian and destroy 342 chests of tea in protest

  10. Intolerable Acts 1774 • Britain’s response to the tea party • Closed the Port of Boston • Demanded payment for tea • Revoked charter

  11. Propaganda as the Tension Builds

  12. Boston “Massacre” • What? • 5 Bostonians die at the hands of British soldiers • Cause? • Bostonians provoke Redcoats by throwing rocks and snowballs • Troops feel threatened by angry mob and a few shots are fired • Effect? • Americans use this as a rallying cry for the revolution

  13. Paul Revere

  14. The Old North Church Lexington and Concord

  15. Bunker Hill 1775 • What? • Americans fight the British at Breed’s Hill (not Bunker) • Britain wins despite losing 1,054 to the Colonists 450 • Effect? • Huge moral victory for the colonists • They believe they can win!

  16. This is a zoomed in picture from the top of the memorial at Bunker Hill today. It shows why it was so important to win back during the Revolution. Consider the view of Boston Harbor…

  17. Common Sense Men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of Great Britain, and still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, COME, COME, WE SHALL BE FRIENDS AGAIN FOR ALL THIS. But…then tell me whether you can hereafter love, honour, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? …No man was a warmer wisher for a peaceful settlement than myself, before the fatal nineteenth of April 1775 (battle of Lexington and Concord), but the moment the event of that day was made known, I rejected the hardened, sullen-tempered [King of England] for ever. -Thomas Paine

  18. Common Sense • What did it do? • Pointed out American foolishness for following the British crown • Encouraged a revolt • “Continent was being ruled by a small, distant island”

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