SSUSH 3

SSUSH 3aExplain how the end of the Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.

French and Indian War• 1754-1763• War between Britain and France• British eventually defeated the French and

gained control of Canada• The large debt caused by the war made

the British collect taxes from the colonist.• The collection of taxes angered the

Colonist.

French and Indian WarGroundwork for the American Revolution

Treaty of Paris 1763• Ended French & Indian War.• Forced France to give Canada to

Great Britain. France surrendered all lands east of the Mississippi River except New Orleans.

SSUSH 3bExplain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.

Proclamation Line of 1763• Line created by

Parliament and King George III that outlawed colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Reasons for Proclamation

• King George III knew that westward expansion would cause conflict with Native Americans.

Colonial Response

The colonists disobeyed and went anyway!

Stamp Act• 1765 Law in which Parliament established

the first direct taxation of goods and services within the colonies.

• Required a tax on newspapers and legal documents.

Colonial Response

“No Taxation Without Representation!”

Boycott• A strategy used by colonists to get

Great Britain to repeal the Stamp Act.• American colonists refused to buy

British goods.• It worked and Parliament repealed

the Stamp Act.

Colonial Response

The colonists protested, boycotted, formed sons & daughters of Liberty!

Sons of Liberty• Protest group formed

after the passing of the Stamp Act. Led by Samuel Adams. Resist actions by Great Britain.

Daughters of Liberty

• Women’s group formed to help make items needed in the colonies during the Boycott of British Goods.

Women helping out in sewing and weaving comparable to resisting the British & eventually

being in war

Townshend Act• A series of laws enacted by

parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British Colonies in North America.• Levied tax on everyday items

including tea, glass, and paint.

Colonial Response

The colonists protested, boycotted!

Tea Monopoly• Great Britain repealed the Townshend

Act but gave a monopoly on tea sold to the colonies to the British East India Company.

Colonial Response

The colonists had the Boston Tea party!

Intolerable “Coercive” Acts• A series of laws enacted by Parliament

in 1774, to punish Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea party.• These laws shut Boston Harbor, took

away colonists right to trial by jury, and soldiers could search and seize any property at any time.• Colonist were required to house

soldiers at any time.

Colonial Response

The colonists called the First Continental Congress!

Committees of Correspondence• Secret committees formed in each colony

that discussed how to react to British actions.

• First time colonists united together in an organized resistance to Great Britain.

SSUSH 3b

Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.

Thomas Paine• Wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense• Promoted American Independence!

Significance of Common Sense

•Convinced many in the colonies that the time had come to declare independence from Great Britain.