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Prelude to Revolution

Explore the events leading to the American Revolution, including Pontiac’s Rebellion, British policies, Stamp Act Crisis, Townshend Duties, and reasons for the Declaration of Independence. Learn about colonial resistance, political causes, and economic factors shaping the revolutionary period.

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Prelude to Revolution

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  1. Prelude to Revolution 1763- 1776

  2. Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

  3. BACKLASH! British Proclamation Line of 1763. Colonials  Paxton Boys (PA)

  4. Rethinking Their Empire Br. Gvt. measures to prevent smuggling: • 1761 writs of assistance • James Otis’ case • Protection of a citizen’s private property must be held in higher regard than a parliamentary statute. • He lost  parliamentary law and custom had equalweight.

  5. George Grenville’s Program, 1763-1765 1. Sugar Act - 1764 2. Currency Act - 1764 3. Quartering Act - 1765 4. Stamp Act - 1765

  6. Theories of Representation Real Whigs Q->What was the extent of Parliament’s authority over the colonies?? OR Limited? Absolute? Q->How could the colonies give or withhold consent for parliamentary legislation when they did not have representation in that body??

  7. Stamp Act Crisis Loyal Nine- 1765 Sons of Liberty– began in NYC:Samuel Adams Stamp Act Congress– 1765*Stamp Act Resolves Declaratory Act– 1766

  8. Costs of Colonial Resistance

  9. Townshend Duties Crisis: 1767-1770 1767 William Pitt, P. M. & Charles Townshend, Secretary of the Exchequer. • Shift from paying taxes for Br. war debts & quartering of troops  paying col. govt. salaries. • He diverted revenue collection from internal to external trade. • Tax these imports  paper, paint, lead, glass, tea. • Increase custom officials at American ports  established a Board of Customs in Boston.

  10. Colonial Response to the Townshend Duties 1. John Dickinson  1768*Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. 2. 1768  2nd non-importation movement:*“Daughters of Liberty”*spinning bees 3. Riots against customs agents:* John Hancock’s ship, the Liberty.* 4000 British troops sent to Boston.

  11. For the first time, many colonists began calling people who joined the non-importation movement, "patriots!"

  12. Basic Causes of the American Revolution • Economic Causes- colonists resented British mercantilist laws. The colonists were trying to free themselves from these restrictions and from their exploitation of the mother country.

  13. Causes • Political Causes- Colonists argued they are entitled to self-government. They felt their own government should tax them and not have “taxation without representation”. • Colonists were angry over the writs of assistance and trial by jury – rights that Englishmen have

  14. Causes • Misunderstandings- separated by 3000 miles, the American colonies did not understand each other. Although most of the colonists were of English origin, they were changed by the American environment. • King George felt the colonists were ungrateful and disloyal. Felt they were to be put in line by Force.

  15. Reasons for the Declaration of Independence • British hiring the Hessians after the Battle of Bunker Hill • Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense • Confidence in American Fighting techniques • Felt the Declaration would help us secure foreign assistance – especially from France

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