Causes of American Revolution

• 1. Proclamation of 1763Sugar ActStamp ActTownshend ActBoston MassacreBoston TeaPartyIntolerable ActsQuiz Standards

2. French and Indian War 1750 France and Great Britain werethe two most powerful European nationseast of the Mississippi river. Unfortunately these two countries hatedeach other! By 1754 the tensions between these twocountries resulted in the French andIndian War (aka Seven Years War). 3. French and Indian War The American colonists, along with theBritish fought against the French and theirNative American allies. After years of fighting, the French lost thewar and signed the Treaty of Paris 1763officially ending the war. This document stated that the Frenchwould give up all its land in Canada andeast of the Mississippi river. Britain also gained Florida from theSpanish. 4. Land divisions prior to war. 5. Land division after the war 6. Effects of the war onGeorgia Initially the war had beneficial effects on theGeorgia colony. Georgia territory grew, stretching from theAtlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. Since Great Britain received Florida fromSpain, Georgia no longer had to worry about aSpanish threat from Florida in the south. Yet the French and Indian War did leave GreatBritain in a great amount of debt. Great Britainbelieved the colonists should help pay for thewar debt.This debt would lead to tensionsbetween the colonies and Great Britain. 7. Proclamation of 1763 The Proclamation of 1763,signed by King George III ofEngland, prohibited any Englishsettlement west of theAppalachian mountains. It required those already settledin those regions to return east inan attempt to ease tensions withNative Americans. ColonistResponse 8. Response of Proclamation of1763 Colonists resented notbeing able to settle westof the Proclamation line,especially in places likethe Ohio Valley With the Frenchremoved, they believed ittheir right to settle in theacquired land. Click picture to read the Real Proclamation!! Watch out its wordy! 9. Sugar Act of 1765The Sugar Act was passed byParliament to pay for the war debtbrought on by the French andIndian War and to help pay for theexpenses of running the coloniesand newly acquired territories.This act increased the duties onimported sugar and other itemssuch as textiles, coffee, winesand indigo (dye). 10. Stamp Act of 1765 In March, the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America. Thus for the first time in the 150 year old history of the British colonies in America, the Americans will pay taxes not to their own local legislatures in America, but directly to England. Next Page. 11. Stamp Act of 1765 Under the StampAct, all printedmaterials weretaxed, including:newspaperspamphletsbillslegal documentslicenses almanacs dice and playingcards.Colonist Response 12. Response to the StampAct The Americancolonists quicklyunited in opposition,led by the mostinfluential segmentsof colonial society -lawyers, publishers,land owners, shipbuilders andmerchants - whowere most affectedby the Act. 13. Response to the Stamp Act Colonists engaged in boycotts (refusing thebuy British products). Sons of Liberty, (called liberty boys in GA)were established in several of the colonies(including Georgia) used violent tactics toensure that no one bought any of thestamps and everyone stuck to the boycott. Do to the boycotts, England and theirParliament were forced to repeal theStamp Act. 14. Sons of Liberty 15. Liberty Poles What is an effigy? 16. Townshend Acts In 1767, The English Parliament passedthe Townshend Revenue Acts, imposinga new series of taxes on the colonists topay for the costs of administering andprotecting the American colonies. Itemstaxed included imports such as paper,tea, glass, lead and paints. The Act also established a colonialboard of customs commissioners inBoston. ColonistResponse 17. Letters from a Farmer The most famousresponse to theTownshend Actswas JohnDickinsons essays,Letters from aFarmer, whichargued againsttaxing for thepurpose of raisingrevenue. 18. Boston MassacreThe Boston Massacreoccurred when a mobharassed British soldierswho then fired theirmuskets pointblank intothe crowd, killing threeinstantly, mortallywounding two others andinjuring six. ColonistResponse 19. Boston Massacre Response The Boston Massacre was, of course,not a massacre, in the classicsense. Colonialist responded throughpropaganda and immediately capitalizedon this incident, using it to fan colonialpassions of seeing the British unjustlygoverning the colonies. 20. On the evening of December 16, 1773, agroup of men calling themselves the"Sons of Liberty" went to the BostonHarbor. The men were dressed asMohawk Indians. They boarded threeBritish ships, the Beaver, the Eleanor andthe Dartmouth, and dumped forty-fivetons of tea into the Boston Harbor. ColonistResponse 21. Boston Tea Party The Boston TeaParty was a directresponse fromcolonists whoopposed tea whichwas taxed bysomeone other thantheir ownrepresentatives. 22. Intolerable Acts The Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts)were a series of laws sponsored byBritish Prime Minister Lord North andenacted in 1774 in response to theBoston Tea Party. The laws were these: Boston Port Act Quartering Act Quebec Act Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act Impartial Administration of Justice Act ColonistResponse 23. Boston Port Act Closed the port of Boston in 1774 untilthe price of the dumped tea wasrecovered, moved the capital ofMassachusetts to Salem, and madeMarblehead the official port of entry forthe Massachusetts colonyIntolerable Acts 24. Quartering Act Allowed royal troops to stay in houses orempty buildings if barracks were notavailableIntolerable Acts 25. Quebec Act Granted civil government and religiousfreedom to Catholics living in QuebecIntolerable Acts 26. Massachusetts Regulating Act Made all law officers subject toappointment by the royal governor andbanned all town meetings that didnthave approval of the royal governorIntolerable Acts 27. Impartial Administration of Justice Act Allowed the royal governor of a colonyto move trials to other colonies or evento England if he feared that juries inthose colonies wouldnt judge a casefairlyIntolerable Acts 28. Response to the Intolerable Acts These were by far the harshest of theacts passed. Those living in Boston andMassachusetts would lose money fromthe Boston Port Act, be forced to providehousing to soldiers through theQuartering Act, and be denied some ofthe same freedoms other colonistsreceived through the Quebec Act. The colonists called for a convention. 29. Declaration ofIndependence In April 1775, Colonists and redcoats(nickname given to the British Soldiers)fired the first shots of the AmericanRevolution at Lexington and Concord. Resulted in the colonists establishingthe second continental congress. Duringtheir meeting they Thomas Jeffersondrafted the Declaration of Independenceoutlining the colonists reasons forseparation from Great Britain. 30. Declaration ofIndependence Georgia hesitantly sent three delegatesto the second continental congress. The three Georgia delegates whosigned the Declaration of Independencewere- Lyman Hall First delegate sent.- Button Gwinnett- George Walton Youngest delegate tosign. 31. Georgia Delegates Lyman Hall Button Gwinnett George Walton 32. Select A Question:Q. 1Q. 5 Q. 9Q. 2Q. 6 Q. 10Q. 3Q. 7Q. 4Q. 8 33. Causes for American Revolution Quiz Question 1: This document prohibited any English settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. A) The Intolerable Acts B) The Proclamation of 1763 C)The Townshend Acts D) The Declaratory ActBack to Quiz MainPage 34. Causes for American Revolution QuizQuestion 2:Which two colonial powers fought one another forcontrol of North America during the French andIndian War?A) France and SpainB) England and SpainC)England and FranceD)England and Great BritainBack to Quiz MainPage 35. Causes for AmericanRevolution QuizQuestion 3:What was significant about Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett,and George Walton?A) They each represented Georgia at the Stamp Act CongressB) They each represented Georgia at the First ContinentalCongressC) They each signed the Declaration of Independence on behalfof GeorgiaD) They each went to Philadelphia as unofficial representativesto the Second Continental Congress Back to Quiz Main Page 36. Causes for American Revolution Quiz Question 4: Who signed the Proclamation of 1763 into law? A) Lord Townshend B) English Parliament C)King George III D)Lord GrenvilleBack to Quiz MainPage 37. Causes for American Revolution Quiz Question 5: What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party? A) The Intolerable Acts B) The Stamp Act C)The Townshend Acts D)The Proclamation of 1763Back to Quiz MainPage 38. Causes for American Revolution QuizQuestion 6:What do many of the British Acts have in common?A) They tax American colonists.B) They take away colonists freedoms.C)They seek to pay for costs related to paying for the French and Indian War.D)All are correct.Back to Quiz MainPage 39. Causes for American Revolution QuizQuestion 7:What were the colonists protesting at theBoston Tea Party?A) Tea from the East IndiesB) Unfair price increase on teaC)Tea which was taxedD)Tea which was taxed by someone other than the colonists representativesBack to Quiz MainPage 40. Causes for American Revolution QuizQuestion 8:What items were taxed under the Stamp Act?A) All printed materialsB) Newspapers and pamphletsC)Newspapers onlyD)Letters onlyBack to Quiz MainPage 41. Causes for American Revolution QuizQuestion 9:Which act was the first direct act passed whichrequired colonists to pay tax to someone other thantheir own legislatures?A) Quartering ActB) Coercive ActC)Sugar ActD)Stamp ActBack to Quiz MainPage 42. Causes for American Revolution QuizQuestion 10:This act required colonists to house and feedsoldiers?A) Quartering ActB) Townshend ActC)Intolerable ActD)Sugar ActBack to Quiz MainPage 43. Continue to the Next QuestionBack to Quiz MainPage 44. Re-read the material and a select a new answer.Back to Quiz MainPage 45. Core Content Standards S.S.-0805.2.2 Students will explain and give examples of how the ideals of equality and personal liberty (rise of individual rights, economic freedom, religious diversity) that developed during the colonial period, were motivations for the American Revolution and proved instrumental in the development of a new nation.