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Timeline to the

Timeline to the . AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Proclamation of 1763 What? Forbid the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains Why? After the costly French & Indian War, Britain wanted to reduce conflicts between colonists and Native Americans

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  1. Timeline to the AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  2. The Proclamation of 1763 What?Forbid the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains Why? After the costly French & Indian War,Britain wanted to reduce conflicts between colonists and Native Americans Effect? Colonists felt that Britain could not enforce the law and they expanded west anyway – this undermined the authority of England’s govt.

  3. Sugar Act of 1764 3 Parts: 1)halved the duty (tax) on foreign molasses 2) new duties on imports 3)enforced law on smuggling cases (no colonial courts/juries, instead a judge who got 5% of cargo if guilty) • Colonial reaction: • merchants complained (reduced their profits) but little effect on most colonists

  4. Stamp Act of 1765 How it differed from earlier taxes: it created a direct tax on goods What the tax required: purchasing a special stamped paper for every legal document including licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, cards Impact of colonists: All had to pay the tax, so it affected rich and poor. If you broke this law, tried without a jury.

  5. SONS OF LIBERTY FORM • A secret resistance group of Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers • Harassed custom workers, stamp agents and royal governors • \ “The Bostonian Paying the Excise-Man,” 1774 British propaganda print referring to the tarring and feathering of Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm four weeks after the Boston Party. The men also poured hot tea down Malcolm's throat, as can be seen. Note the noose hanging on the Liberty Tree, and the Stamp Actposted upside-down SAM ADAMS

  6. Who attended? 9 colonies sent delegates to NY city What they issued: Declaration of Rights & Grievances Which stated: Parliament lacked power to impose taxes on colonies because the colonies had no representation in Parliament U.S. National Archives Stamp Act Congress Meets

  7. COLONISTS BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS What a boycott is: a policy to not buy or import certain goods (in this case from Great Britain) How effective was it and why? It worked! Spread all over the colonies. Hurt GB’s policy of mercantilism – America bought 40% of British goods. • American newspapers reacted to the Stamp Act with anger and predictions of the demise of journalism.

  8. REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT Who repealed? • Parliament What repeal means: To take back or to void What the Declaratory Act said: asserted Parliament’s power to make laws for colonies

  9. This cartoon depicts the repeal of the Stamp Act as a funeral, with Grenville(British Prime Minister) carrying a child's coffin marked "born 1765, died 1766".

  10. What was taxed: Indirect tax on glass, paint, lead, and paper. And a 3 penny tax on tea. Colonial reaction: Rage, well organized resistance, protested “taxation without representation” and the boycott is renewed. TOWNSHEND ACTS

  11. Colonists Renew Boycott Examples: Females boycotted feathers, furs, and satins. Colonists made tea out of sage and birch. British response: After John Hancock’s ship, “The Liberty” is seized because he supposedly did not pay tax on wine, more protests and riots erupt. 4,000 troops in Boston. (1:4 ratio)

  12. "Daughters of Liberty" joined the support to oppose British importation. The Daughters of Liberty used their skills to weave yarn and wool into fabric named "homespun". They were known as patriotic heroines for their success, which made America less dependent on British Textiles.

  13. What happened? A fist fight breaks out between colonists and British soldiers over jobs in local shipyards. Later that night a mob taunts the guards and the scene erupts in gunfire. Who died? 5 died including Crispus Attucks. Labeled a “massacre” by the Sons of Liberty - propaganda. THE BOSTON MASSACRE "The Bloody Massacre" engraving by Paul Revere. Note that this is not an accurate depiction of the event.

  14. Why did they meet?Al Alarmed over sending Americans toEngland for trial Which colonies? Massachusetts and Virginia set up \ Purpose? to set up a communication network among colonies By 1774: buzzing network linked the leaders in nearly all the colonies THE COMMIITTEES OF CORRESPONDANCE

  15. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

  16. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY What the Tea Act did: Gave the British East India Company a cheap monopoly on tea Why it made the colonists mad: the Company could sell tea cheaper since it was not taxed. This cut many colonial merchants out of the tea trade. What they did: Colonists protested! Dressed as Indians and dumped 15,000 lbs of tea in Boston Harbor.

  17. 1) shut down Boston Harbor 2) Quartering Act (soldiers could stay in vacant homes and buildings) 3) General Thomas Gage appointed new governor 4) Boston under martial law THE INTOLERABLE ACTS

  18. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MEETS Who: 56 delegates fromcolonies Where: Philadelphia, PA 1. drew up a Declaration of Rights 2. defended colonies’ right to run own affairs 3. supported protests in Massachusetts and said colonists should fight back if Britain used force 4. agreed to meet again if demands not met Carpenters’ Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 5, 1774

  19. What were minutemendoing? Military preparations: Stockpiling firearms/gunpowder Why the British went to Concord? General Gage sent them to seize weapons Who warned the colonists? Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes with church bells and gun shots LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

  20. What happened at the Battle of Lexington? 70 minutemen in a line are ordered to leave by the British. They do but take their muskets with them. Someone fires. 8 minutemen killed, 9 wounded. 1 British soldier injured. Battle lasts only15 minutes. What did the British find at Concord? An empty arsenal! What happened as the British “The Shot Heard • marchedback to Boston? Round the World!” 3-4,000 minutemen assembled. Fired on British troops from behind trees. Only reinforcements from Boston saved the British from disaster. Start of the American Revolution! LEXINGTON AND CONCORD cont.

  21. These commemorative stamps were part of a set of three and issued in 1925. The poem on the plaques is byRalph Waldo Emerson.

  22. The END! School House Rocks: The Shot Heard Round The World! ..\My Documents\School House Rock Shot Heard Round the World America Rock - YouTube.mht

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