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1. Standard – SSUSH 3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as a seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. Explain the colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’sCommon Sensetothe movement for independence.
2. Ohio River Valley

   French and Indian War 1754-1763

   George Washington - 22 years old British and American Colonists Vs. French and Indians
3. French & Indian War
4. 1763, Treaty of Paris Treaty officially ended French and Indian War France lost most of its North American territories Britain gained Canada and all the land East of the Mississippi River Britain becomes dominant power in the world
5. Tension in the Colonies
6. Proclamation of 1763 British law that prohibited colonists from settling lands west of Appalachians Colonists angry and disobeyed law frequently leading to clashes with Indians
7. Stamp Act First time – British Parliament directly taxed American colonists First Time – All thirteen colonies protested a British policy Led to tensions between England and the colonies that eventually led to American Revolution
8. Sons of Liberty Tar and feathering by Sons of Liberty Began in Boston and spread to every colony Started as a protest against the Stamp Act Tactics Effigies, vandalism, tar/feather loyalists Tree of Liberty
9. Daughters of Liberty American women involved in protest movement Supported Boycott of British Goods Made Fabric – “Homespun” instead of buying British cloth Abigail Adams – best example
10. Committees of Correspondence Groups committed to writing letters about British actions and their colony’s response Thomas Jefferson suggested that every colony have one Way of communicating and uniting the colonial response to British actions – example - Boycott
11. Intolerable Acts Series of Laws designed to punish Boston for the Tea Party vandalism. Impartial Administration of Justice Act, Allowed governor to move trials to other colonies or even to England Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act banned all town meetings Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston until the price of the dumped tea was recovered moved the capital of Massachusetts to Salem made Marblehead the official port of entry Quartering Act allowed royal troops to stay in houses or empty buildings Quebec Act granted civil government and religious freedom to Catholics living in Quebec.
12. Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” Most influential Pamphlet in history Convinced Americans to declare independence after Lexington and Concord
13. And now…REVOLUTION!!