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Chain of Events: Causes of the American Revolution. 11/3: Chain of Events: Causes of the Revolution 14. Proclamation of 1763: GB wanted to end fighting so they limited westward growth. Made people angry!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CHAIN OF EVENTS: CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
11/3: Chain of Events: Causes of the Revolution 14
The French and Indian War
caused Britain to tax the colonists more and limit
expansion
Proclamation of 1763: GB
wanted to end fighting so
they limited westward
growth. Made people angry!
Etc….
CHAIN LINK #1: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
French and Indian War-
• Between French and British in N. America
(1745-1763)• Britain won; France
lost all land in N. America
CHAIN LINK #2: PROCLAMATION OF 1763
Proclamation of 1763
• Britain said no more moving west of the Appalachian Mtns • Speculators
(investors) who had bought land there
were furious
CHAIN LINK #3: BRITAIN WANTS TO REDUCE ITS DEBT
Britain wants to get rid of debt from F&I War:1.Sugar Act (1764): law
that put a tax on molasses
2.Stamp Act (1765): tax on all printed goods
(newspapers, wills, playing cards etc.
needed to be stamped by the British)
CHAIN LINK #4: BURNED IN EFFIGY• Colonists were
ANGRY about Stamp Act!
• “No Taxation Without
Representation!!”• Protestors burned
unpopular tax collectors in effigy
CHAIN LINK #5: ACT REPEALED…?Stamp Act Repealed
• 1766: British Parliament
repealed Stamp Act
• Colonists happy!! But...
CHAIN LINK #6: TOWNSEND ACTS
Townshend Acts (1767)
•Taxed imported goods
•Glass, tea, paper, lead
CHAIN LINK #7: DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
Daughters of Liberty• Colonists boycott
imported goods• Women created the
“Daughters of Liberty-” urged
people to use and wear only American-
made things
CHAIN LINK #8: BOSTON MASSACREBoston Massacre• Scuffle between
colonists and British soldiers
leaves 5 colonists dead, including Crispus Attucks• Colonists FURIOUS!!
CHAIN LINK #9: GROWTH OF PROPAGANDA
Propaganda-information used to influence opinion• Bostonians used
massacre to increase anti-
British feelings
CHAIN LINK #10: COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE
Committee of Correspondence- created by colonists to help get info out about the colonists’
grievances, or problems, with
Britain
CHAIN LINK #11: BOSTON TEA PARTY
Boston Tea PartyTo protest Tea Act (1773), colonists,
dressed as Mohawks, dumped 342 chests of tea
into the water
CHAIN LINK #12: INTOLERABLE ACTSIntolerable Acts• King George III punished Boston
• 1774-Coercive Acts- closed Harbor,
banned town mtgs, and forced colonists
to keep British soldiers in their
houses (Quartering)
CHAIN LINK #13: CONTINENTAL CONGRESSContinental Congress
• 1774-colonists met in
Philadelphia, PA to create a
political body to challenge British
control
LESSON SUMMARY
What events did we discuss in class that caused the colonists to be angry at Britain? Do you agree with their argument of “No Taxation without Representation?” Explain your answer.
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