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THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES

THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES. To Jackson. EVENTS LEADING TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1750-1776). In 1754 the colonists considered themselves English . ALBANY PLAN OF UNION. In 1754, representatives from seven colonies met in Albany. Developed by Benjamin Franklin.

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THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES

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  1. THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES To Jackson

  2. EVENTS LEADING TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1750-1776)

  3. In 1754 the colonists considered themselves English

  4. ALBANY PLAN OF UNION In 1754, representatives from seven colonies met in Albany

  5. Developed by Benjamin Franklin

  6. Provided for an inter-colonial government and a system for collecting taxes for the colonies' defense

  7. Efforts to unite the colonies met with less success than he hoped

  8. Produced “Join or Die” cartoon and flag

  9. THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (1754-1763)

  10. Lasted ten years

  11. also called the French and Indian War They fought on SAME side

  12. Colonists were expanding westward – French wanted to protect fur trade French tried to stop them by building fortified outposts

  13. George Washington attacked a French outpost and lost badly Allowed to return to Virginia, he was welcomed as a hero!!

  14. When the war was over, England was the undisputed colonial power of the continent

  15. Many Americans served in the English army English did not make a good impression!

  16. Sowed the first seeds of anti-British sentiment in the colonies Indians particularly disliked the English

  17. English raised the price of goods sold to the Indians Pontiac rallied a group of tribes in the Ohio Valley and attacked colonial outposts

  18. British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 forbidding settlement west of the rivers running through the Appalachians

  19. Settlers had already moved west of the line. The proclamation agitated them

  20. THE SUGAR ACT, THE CURRENCY ACT, AND THE STAMP ACT WAR DEBTS

  21. Colonies' tradition of self-taxation was being usurped

  22. Stamp Act affected a group that was literate, persuasive, and argumentative-namely, lawyers

  23. James Otis wrote The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

  24. Otis put forward the "No taxation without representation" argument

  25. Otis did notadvocate secession

  26. Patrick Henry drafted the Virginia Stamp Act Resolves, protesting the tax

  27. THE TOWNSHEND ACTS

  28. Taxed goods imported directly from Britain Some of the tax collected was set aside for the the British army

  29. OTHER EVENTS • 1770-Boston Massacre • 1773-Boston Tea Party • 1774-Intolerable Acts

  30. Patriots were mostly white Protestant property holders

  31. H/O THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

  32. The rebels were still looking for the masterpiece of propaganda that would rally colonists

  33. Guess who comes on the scene ….

  34. RIGHT!

  35. They got it in Common Sense

  36. In a nation of 2 million, most of whom couldn't read, it sold more than 100,000 copies in its first three months

  37. (about the same as selling 13 million compact discs today).

  38. Thomas Jefferson wrote theDeclaration of Independence

  39. With the document's signing on July 4, 1776, the Revolutionary War officially began.

  40. Continental Army (as opposed to local militias) had trouble recruiting good soldiers Recruited blacks, and up to 5,000 fought on the side of the rebels (in return, most of those who had been slaves were granted their freedom)

  41. Franco-American Alliance

  42. Helped the colonists considerably. (JOINED B/C the BATTLE OF SARATOGA!)Ultimately, the colonists won a war of attrition

  43. The Treaty of Paris, signed at the end of 1782, granted the United States independence and generous territorial rights.

  44. CREATING A FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT (1776-1800)

  45. THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

  46. As soon as the Declaration of Independence was signed, states began writing their own constitutions

  47. In 1777 the Continental Congress sent the Articles of Confederation, the first national constitution, to the colonies for ratification

  48. FLAWS

  49. It did not give the national government the power to tax or to regulate trade

  50. Amendments to the articles required the unanimous consent of all the states

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