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Road to Revolution 1754 - 1776. After the French & Indian War…. British Goals: Keep the Colonist out of Indian Territory to avoid spending money on protection and increasing the already doubled debt. Conflict with Indians = Military Protection = Increased Spending. $$$. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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British Goals: Keep the Colonist out of Indian Territory to avoid spending money on protection and increasing the already doubled debt.Conflict with Indians = Military Protection = Increased Spending
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ANSWER• Tax the American colonists.• England believes that since
colonies are responsible for debt, they should help pay
Sugar Act (1764) – tax placed on sugar and molasses
Mercantilist PolicySmugglers would be
tried in courts without juries
Colonist are ANGRY!!!Taxing them without
their consent is wrongTrials without juries are
unfair
Reaction
Colonists thought of themselves as English citizens with the same rights as those living in Britain.
Colonists had no representatives/ members in Parliament to voice their concerns.
Tax laws were being passed without the colonists having a say so.
They did not want to be taxed without consent/ permission.
John Locke – wrote that government was a “Social Contract” Government has contract/obligation to protect
individual freedom and propertyIf they fail to do this, citizens have the right to
overthrow itWilliam Blackstone – defined the rights of
individuals in English law as well as property rights that could not be violated even by the king.
Patriots were American Colonists who wanted to be free and independent of British rule. Also called Whigs and Rebels.
John Adams Ben Franklin Sam Adams Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton Paul Revere George Washington
Loyalist were colonists who were loyal to the King of Great Britain. Also called Tories and Redcoats.
Stamp Act (1765) – tax on all printed material (printed publications and official documents)
Colonist protestColonist begin
Boycotts (refuse to buy) on British goods
Sons of Liberty formed by Sam Adams
Action Reaction
Quartering Act (1765)- Required the colonists to quarter (house and feed) British troops in America.
Colonist protestColonists were upset that
they were forced to house British soldiers. Colonists were expected to pay the expenses for British soldiers.
Action Reaction
Action
Stamp Act Repealed – Repeal means to revoke, take-back, officially withdraw
Townshend Acts (1767) - tax on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea
Use Writs of Assistance to enforce tax - Writs of assistance were court
orders that authorized British customs officers to conduct general (non-specific) searches of premises for illegal imports or exports.
Sent more British soldiers to keep order
ReactionBoycotts continuedColonial governments
oppose themSons of Liberty take
action – attack customs officials
Samuel Adams
• Helped organize the first Committee of Correspondence, Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party.
Mercy Otis WarrenHelped organize the Committee of CorrespondenceWrote pamphlets and stories against the British as a form of
protestMercy wrote the first history of the American Revolutionary
War using her notes from meetings and conversations. Mercy’s ideas and writing convinced many people in the
colonies to take up the Patriot cause.
The group of colonist in Boston taunted the soldiers and threw snowballs. By accident, the soldiers fired, and several protestors were killed.
Crispus Attacks, a man of mixed African and Native American Indian ancestry, was the first colonist killed.
There were 8 British soldiers, and they killed 5 colonists.
Samuel Adams called it the “Boston Massacre”.
Propaganda – information giving only one side of the story in order to influence the audience
Samuel Adams referred to the event as the Boston Massacre, despite the fact that only 5 of the 400 colonists present were killed
Adams asked Paul Revere to make an engraving of the event.
This image was circulated in newspapers all throughout the colonies in order to win public support against the British.
Image Analysis
ActionParliament repeals the
Townshend Acts, except for a tax on tea
Tea Act (1773) – tax on tea, East India Company monopolizes tea business
ReactionColonist protestBoston Tea Party
(1773) – colonist led by Sons of Liberty, dump 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbor
ActionCoercive Acts (1774) –
called Intolerable Acts by colonistsClosed Boston HarborQuartering Act was backEliminated elected gov’t
council British officials charged
with major crimes were to be tried in England
ReactionTension escalates to an
all time highFirst Continental
Congress is called