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The Stirrings of Rebellion. Chapter 4- Section 1. True or False. The original 13 colonies were all very similar to each other. . False. New England : small farms, lumbering, fishing, ship building Middle: farming - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Stirrings of Rebellion
Chapter 4- Section 1
The original 13 colonies
were all very similar to each other.
True or False
False
New England: small farms, lumbering, fishing, ship building
Middle: farming Southern:
plantations, cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo, majority of slaves and indentured servants
The original 13 colonies
were British colonies.
True or False
True
• Great Britain ruled the colonies for more than 150 years (1607-1776)
• In the 1600s Britain, France, and Spain are fighting to gain territories around the world.
• In 1754, the French and Indian War was a 10 year battle over the Ohio Valley which left Britain with huge debt.
The 13 colonies were
economically dependent on Britain.
True or False
By the 1770s, most colonies were
self-sufficient. Most colonists had more rights
than their European counterparts. Colonists wanted to maintain these rights.
Colonists were still dependent on the British for military protection.
False
After the French and Indian
War, Britain agrees to pay for the debt of the war and allow the colonies to continue in their “independence.”
True or False
After the French and Indian War, King George III
started to take away freedoms that the colonists had taken for granted. Proclamation of 1763 Quartering Act The Stamp Act The Boston Massacre The Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Acts Townshend Acts
False
All the colonists agree to
declare independence.
True or False
False
Loyalists Remain loyal to
Britain Who were they?
Rich land owners, governors, religious leaders
Patriots Want independence
Who were they? Merchants Farmers Craftsmen Tradesmen
Aftermath of the War
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
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Proclamation of 1763
Banned settlement west of Appalachians. “British stationed 10,000 troops in colonies to
maintain order Many colonists saw this as a “standing army”
Sugar Act Halved duty on foreign made molasses Placed duties on certain imports Strengthened enforcement of law allowing
prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiral court instead of colonial court
Aftermath of the War
March 1765: The Stamp Act
Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, etc.
Impacted every colonist Resistance led by Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams
No stamps were sold Colonies passed laws saying colonists could only be taxed by
that colony Stamp Act Congress
Repealed in March 1766, but passed the Declaratory Act. “to bind the colonies and people of America… in all cases.”
The Stamp Act
1767: Townshend Acts passed by Parliament
Taxes placed on imported materials from Britain such as glass, paint, and paper.
Imposed a three penny tax on tea. Colonists again resisted.
“Taxation without representation”
John Hancock accused of smuggling
2,000 “redcoats” stationed in Boston
The Townshend Acts
British “presence” in Boston angered colonists
March 1770: Mob gathered near Customs House and taunted guards.
Crispus Attucks and four others were killed.
Labeled the “Boston Massacre” by Sam Adams.
The Boston Massacre
British East India Company held monopoly on
tea imports, but weren’t profiting b/c of boycotts.
Tea Act: Granted company the right to sell tea to colonies free of taxes that tea sellers had to pay.
December 16, 1773 Colonists, disguised as Native Americans,
dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
King George III was infuriated by the colonists
actions. 1774: Intolerable Acts
Shut down Boston Harbor Quartering Act Appointed Chief of British Forces as new governor
of MA and he placed Boston under martial law Colonists reaction
First Continental Congress (Sept. 1774, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia)
The Intolerable Acts
How would you respond
to these laws passed by a distant government?
What do you think?