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Pontiac’s Rebellion

Name__________________________________ U.S. History – Unit II Revolution to Constitution (GPS SSUSH 3&4 Textbook ch. 4). Pontiac’s Rebellion. 1763-1765….Colonists pose threat to natives Ottawa, Huron, Pottawatomie, etc. destroy almost every English fort west of the Appalachians

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

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  1. Name__________________________________ U.S. History – Unit II Revolution to Constitution (GPS SSUSH 3&4 Textbook ch. 4) Pontiac’s Rebellion • 1763-1765….Colonists pose threat to natives • Ottawa, Huron, Pottawatomie, etc. destroy almost every English fort west of the Appalachians • Peace treaties with natives

  2. Proclamationof 1763 • Map Page 90 • All Lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were under control of the British Military and OFF LIMITS to colonists! • Colonists ignore line and move west anyway!

  3. British people heavily taxed to pay for vast British empire and it’s debt Colonies were becoming prosperous!!!! Sugar Act (1764) Indirect tax, lowered import tax on sugar Discourage smuggling Stamp Act (1765) Required Colonists to pay taxes for printed materials, newspapers, books, contracts…a direct tax within the colonies Taxes and Acts

  4. Stamp Act (1765) • James Otis – “No Taxation Without Representation” • Patriot Leaders Emerge!

  5. Sons and Daughters of Liberty • Boycott British goods • Samuel Adams and others led Mobs against the stamp collectors • Royal Gov. Grenville repealed the act in 1766 TAR AND FEATHERING

  6. Townshend Act (1767) • Duty on tea, glass, paint, paper and tea. • Boycott and violence led by Sons of Liberty • Violence erupts: Boston Massacre • 1770 • British cancel Townshend Act, except on tea which colonists try to boycott • Committee of Correspondence – provide leadership and unity amongst colonists

  7. Tea Act (1773) • British East Indian Company’s monopoly on tea hurt by Colonial boycott • British tea sold directly to colonies and the price is lower than that of Colonial tea • Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)

  8. Focused on Massachusetts Closed port of Boston Harbor Quartering Act forced to house British soldiers British officers to be tried in Britain for crimes committted in colonies First Continental Congress September-October 1774 56 delegates from every colony except Georgia (what up with that?) Boycott Development of Colonial militias- Drew up declaration of colonial rights Intolerable (Coercive) Acts (1774)

  9. Lexington and Concord • State Militias formed in Massachusetts • British soldiers head out to destroy armory in Concord (April 18, 1775) • Paul Revere, William Davis, and Samuel Prescott ride to warn colonists

  10. Lexington Green • April 19, 1775 • 70 Colonial militia vs. 700 British troops • Someone fires • 8 minutemen killed • Lasted 15 minutes • On return from Concord, British meet up with 4,000 militia

  11. Philosophical Revolution • Enlightenment >>>– science and reason, individualism • John Locke • Humans inherently evil • Government to protect individuals • Government needs safeguards as well • Life, liberty, pursuit of property

  12. Ideas Behind the Revolution • Thomas Paine’s Common Sense • 47 page pamphlet first appearing in Philadelphia in 1776 • 500,000 copies sold in 1776 • Called for break with Britain, even if that meant violence • Changed many people’s ideas

  13. Second Continental Congress • Began in May 1775 • Patriots differed over what to do???? • Radicals wanted independence • Moderates wanted a compromise

  14. Olive Branch Petition Nice Wig! • Written by Dickinson • Showed loyalty to King George III and a want for peace • King George III rejected it

  15. Drafting the Declaration Tommy! Committee chosen to draft a statement of reason for separating from England. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin • Thomas Jefferson chosen to draft the declaration • Took ideas from the Enlightenment • Ideas from John Locke – life liberty and property • Ideas from Montesquieu – branches of government and separation of powers

  16. 4 parts to the Declaration • Introduction (preamble) • Declaration of Rights • Natural rights (also called basic, fundamental or inalienable rights) • Life, liberty, and pursuit of property (happiness) • If government fails to protect these rights, then it should be replaced….. • List of Complaints against the king • Resolution of independence

  17. Preamble Declaration of Rights List of complaints against the King Resolution Signatures: John Hancock

  18. Declaration Adopted • Declaration declared on July 2nd • Congress celebrated freedom on July 8th • Delegates did not finish signing document till August 30th

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