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Events that Lead to the American Revolution

Events that Lead to the American Revolution. The French and Indian War. During the French and Indian War, the King of England provided troops and officers for seven years in order to protect the English colonists.

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Events that Lead to the American Revolution

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  1. Events that Lead to the American Revolution

  2. The French and Indian War • During the French and Indian War, the King of England provided troops and officers for seven years in order to protect the English colonists. • After the war, the King was in need of money so that he could continue to supply troops and officers to protect the colonies from his enemies.

  3. Stamp Act The Stamp Act was a tax on all paper goods. This included: Documents Playing cards Stationary

  4. The Stamps

  5. The Colonists’ Stamps

  6. Parliament- No Colonists Allowed • The citizens of the colonies never were allowed a representative in Parliament. • Because of this, Colonists didn’t have a say or a vote in the laws that were passed that governed them. • When the Stamp Act was passed, the Colonists wanted to be allowed at least one representative in Parliament. Someone who had lived in the colonies and would be able to vote on laws that would fit the colonial life.

  7. The Colonists Protest • Letters were written to Parliament demanding a representative for the colonies. • “No taxation without representation!” • Stamps were burned. • Items with stamps were boycotted. • Stamp Sellers were harassed. • Chased down the street • Beat up • Houses vandalized • Tarred and Feathered

  8. Patrick Henry Inspires • Patrick Henry was a lawyer from Virginia who was one of first to speak out against the Stamp Act. • He said the tax took away the freedoms of the Colonists and not fighting the tyranny of the King was accepting a life of slavery.

  9. The Colonies Begin to Unite • Sam Adams, an influential man from Massachusetts, became an important leader in the protests of the Stamp Act. • Sam Adams organize the Sons of Liberty. This was a group of men that led protests against the Stamp Act. Soon Sons of Liberty groups were started in towns throughout the colonies.

  10. Sons of Liberty • The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization that had its start in 1765 to protest and nullify the Stamp Act. • They were the radicals who led the colonies into open revolt against the British Colonial Government, the Crown, and Parliament. • They were responsible for many acts of violence against supporters of the Crown. Tar and Feathering were among their favorite forms of retribution. Sam Adams' group, recruited from wharfingers, artisans and shipyard workers of North Boston, were ruffians to say the least. On August 26th, 1765 they burned the records of the Vice-Admiralty Court, ransacked the home of the comptroller of the currency, and looted the mansion of the Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson. Their effectiveness was demonstrated by the fact that all Stamp Act agents in the colonies had resigned before the Act was supposed to become law on November 1st, 1765.

  11. Sons of Liberty • Committees of Correspondence were established in early 1772 to coordinate the activities of all the colonies and to organize public opinion against the British ministry. The first known Committee was created in Boston, Massachusetts at the urging of Samuel Adams. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry established Virginia's committee. • Since the Sons of Liberty was a secret organization, and one must keep in mind they were guilty of acts of treason against the British Crown.

  12. Sons of Liberty • This is a cartoon Benjamin Franklin created to show the colonies that they cannot live as independent colonies, but can only survive as a nation Join or Die was the motto of the Sons of Liberty.

  13. The Stamp Act was repealed.

  14. Repeal of the Stamp Act • In response to the protests by the colonists, the King removed the tax on paper goods. • The King did not allow a representative from the colonies into Parliament. • The Colonists were not sure if they had won a victory or not.

  15. The King still needed • What was he going to do?

  16. Townshend Acts to the Rescue! • Charles Townshend, a British official, had a plan to help the king. • Put a tax on imported goods from England. • Townshend was sure the colonists would obey this tax. The imports were luxuries, not necessities. They were things like:

  17. Protest Boycott No taxation without REPRESENTATION!!!

  18. Sons of Liberty continued to organize protests. Some became deadly

  19. Daughters of Liberty • The Sons of Liberty demanded that all Colonists boycott English goods. • The women of the day also joined in the fight. The Daughters of Liberty were created and women did their best to find substitutes for English tea and imported wool. • The Daughters of Liberty made their own tea from herbs and berries spices and wove their own cloth

  20. Time to Read • Open your textbook to Chapter 8 Lesson 1. • Read the lesson and complete the lesson 1 review questions in your spiral. • Use the heading Chapter 8 Lesson 1 Review • Be sure to copy the questions.

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