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From Colonization to Revolution

From Colonization to Revolution. Causes of the Revolution. French and Indian War cause Problems A war between England (and the 13 Colonies) and France (and Indian allies) in North America from 1754 to 1763. England wins but has large war debts

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From Colonization to Revolution

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  1. From Colonization to Revolution

  2. Causes of the Revolution • French and Indian War cause Problems • A war between England (and the 13 Colonies) and France (and Indian allies) in North America from 1754 to 1763. • England wins but has large war debts • England places taxes on colonists to pay off those war debts • France looses all colonies in North America • Mercantilism • Economic system by which a nation increases its wealth and power by obtaining from its colonies gold, silver, and other raw materials. • It includes a favorable balance of trade. The colonies become a source of raw materials for the mother country. The colonies also are expected to be the buyer of manufactured goods from the mother country. (Mercantilism includes the theory that a colony exists for the economic benefit of the mother country.)

  3. Causes of the Revolution • Proclamation of 1763 • English law that stated colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains • England wanted a buffer zone between the colonists and the Native Americans (reduce threat of violence) • Colonists wanted to settle the fertile Ohio River Valley • Lack of representation in Parliament • Since the formation of the colonies, the colonists had set up their own legislative assemblies • Colonists were unhappy about England’s insistence on the supremacy of Parliament (taxation) • The debate turned into one regarding representation, the colonists did not have directrepresentation in Parliament Britain argued that the colonies had “virtualrepresentation”

  4. Causes of the Revolution • Stamp Act • (passed in 1765); required that all legal documents (e.g., diplomas, contracts, wills, newspapers) have an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid • British used this to generate revenue to help cover the cost of the French and Indian War; • Colonists react by rioting and the Stamp Act Congress convenes (October 1765) • Intolerable Acts • (passed in 1774, also known as the Coercive Acts); British reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for, restructured Massachusetts government, troops quartered in Boston and British officials accused of crimes sent to England or Canada for trial; • Colonists reacted by boycotting British goods and First Continental Congress convenes (September 1774)

  5. Colonists Divided • Loyalists • Those who remained loyal to England and disagreed with Independence • Patriots • Those who favored Independence from England and becoming their own independentnation. • Neutrals • Those who chose not to take side on Independence.

  6. Sons and Daughters of Liberty • Patriot colonists organize to protest with Civil Disobedience • Process of defying codes of conduct within a community or ignoring the policies and government of a state or nation when the civil laws are considered unjust • Boston Tea Party – (1773) • Protest led by the Sons of Liberty in which they dumped the British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act passed by Parliament • Tea Party was a reaction to taxation without representation

  7. Sons and Daughters of Liberty • Boston Massacre • March 5, 1770, in which English soldiers killed 5 protesters by firing into an “unarmed” crowd • Propaganda • a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community • Paul Revere’s engraving

  8. Open Notes Quiz 4 Remember: You don’t have to write the question!!!

  9. Name all the participants in the French and Indian War. • For winning the War, England received ______________. • For loosing the War, France looses _________________. • What forbade the colonists to settle west of the Appalachians? • What did the English use to generate money after the War? • Why were the Coercive Acts passed?

  10. Colonist who favored Independence? • Colonist who did not favor Independence? • What is Civil Disobedience? • Why did the colonists protest with the Boston Tea Party? • What is propaganda? • Who made the engraving of the Boston Massacre?

  11. Answers to ONQ 4

  12. England (and the 13 Colonies) and France (and Indian allies) war debts • Name all the participants in the French and Indian War. • For winning the War, England received ______________. • For loosing the War, France _____________________. • What forbade the colonists to settle west of the Appalachians? • What did the English use to generate money after the War? • Why were the Coercive Acts passed? looses all colonies Proclamation of 1763 Stamp Act British reaction to the Boston Tea Party

  13. Patriots Loyalists • Colonist who favored Independence? • Colonist who did not favor Independence? • What is Civil Disobedience? • Why did the colonists protest with the Boston Tea Party? • What is propaganda? • Who made the engraving of the Boston Massacre? defying codes of conduct or ignoring the policieswithin a community taxation without representation communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude Paul Revere

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