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Road Map to Independence

Road Map to Independence. French and Indian War. (1754-1763) Fight against the French on the American frontier Very costly for the British government King and Parliament decided the colonists should help pay the costs of the war and created new taxes to do this. Stamp Act. (May 22, 1765)

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Road Map to Independence

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  1. Road Map to Independence

  2. French and Indian War (1754-1763) Fight against the French on the American frontier Very costly for the British government King and Parliament decided the colonists should help pay the costs of the war and created new taxes to do this

  3. Stamp Act (May 22, 1765) Placed a tax on all paper products (newspapers, legal documents, etc.) Once the tax was paid, a stamp is placed on the document Small tax, but seen as “taxation without representation”

  4. Taxation without representation Colonists are permitted to send representatives to Parliament to observe the proceedings The representatives may not vote If these representatives may not vote, they have no say in the decisions made, making any taxes passed this way “taxation without representation” In addition, many of these post-French and Indian War taxes are only on the colonists

  5. Quartering Act of 1765 (1765) Requires American colonists to allow British soldiers to live in public buildings for free American colonists see this a way for the British to control them even more The colony of New York refuses to comply with this Act

  6. Townshend Acts (1767) Created to punish New York for not following the Quartering Act Included: the Revenue Act of 1767; Indemnity Act; Commissioner of Custom Act; Vice Admiralty Court Act; New York Restraining Act (you don’t have to know all these) Purpose of all: to raise revenue for the British crown

  7. Boston Massacre (1770)

  8. Tea Act/ Boston Tea Party (May 10, 1773 – Protest on December 16, 1773) A small tax on tea from the British East India Company Actually lowered the price of tea because it cut out competition Colonists had no say in the Act, so were upset and protested with the Boston Tea Party

  9. Intolerable Acts (1774, also called the Coercive Acts) These are a British response to the Boston Tea Party, designed to punish the colonists in Boston Include: Boston Port Act (closed the port); Massachusetts Government Act (limited colonial govt); Admiration of Justice Act (eliminated jury trials in Mass.); Quartering Act (applied to all colonies)

  10. 1st Continental Congress (September 5-October 26, 1774) Delegates from all colonies but Georgia met in Philadelphia (Georgia was a convict state) They were upset over the Intolerable Acts and wanted an organized response from all colonies Decided they may need to fight back, and wanted Georgia included, so decided to meet again the following year and take time to see what everyone wanted

  11. Lexington and Concord/ Minutemen (April 1775) Minutemen = colonial militia who can be “ready in a minute” Britain declared arms in Mass. Illegal and was determined to confiscate all weapons amassed Marched on Lexington, found colonists ready to defend themsleves Shot heard ‘round the world = start of the armed revolutionary war

  12. 2nd Continental Congress (May 1775) All 13 colonies sent representation to Philadelphia to determine colonial actions against Britain Decided a peaceful solution was impossible Wrote and adopted the Declaration of Independence, creating a new state, becoming treasonous against Britain, declaring war

  13. Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) Final step in resistance against British authority (power) and first step in the creation of the United States. Includes 4 parts: Introduction; Explanation of Human Rights/ Natural Rights (beliefs and ideals); List of Grievances/ Complaints; Call to Action (what they will do about it)

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