What experiences lead to the American Revolution?

Based on their ethnicity what were the colonist?

Constitutional Governments in the Colonies

!   5 basic concepts the Colonists followed

!   1) Natural Rights must be protected !   Applied only to white, male, property owners

2) Higher Law—English Law (Magna Carta and EBoR) was the highest law

Colonial Law must follow English Law

Separation of Powers !   Colonial Government

divided into 3 branches !   Executive Branch

(Governors appointed by the King)

!   Carried out and enforced laws

!   Legislative Branch- Make Laws –Colonial Legislatures had two houses just like Parliament

!   Judicial Branch Interpret

laws, settle conflicts, ruled over trials of accused colonists—appointed by the KIng

Checks and Balances

!   Power shared between the 3 Branches

!   Checks used to prevent abuse of power by a branch

!   EX. Governors could not collect taxes –unless the legislature agreed

!   Judges’ decisions—enforced by the governors

!   Legislature checked by judges—laws did not violate English Law

Representative Government & the right to Vote

!   First Legislative assemblies Virginia 1619

! EBoR 1689—

!   Parliament said each Colonial Legislature had to have one house elected by the people

Great Britain Tightens Control

The Colonies

!   GB paid little attention to Colonies

!   GB busy with Wars !   French and Indian War

1763

!   Colonies govern themselves

!   Colonies source of taxes—Debts from War

!   Parliament raise taxes in GB and Colonies

British Actions

!   Proclamation line (1763) –Colonist cannot settle in lands west of Appalachians

!   Stamp Act (1765) tax on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, cards and dice

!   Quartering Acts(1765)-required colonist to keep British Soldiers in their homes

Other Acts !   Declaratory Act (1766)-Parliament

can pass laws for the colonies “in any and all cases whatsoever”

!   Boston massacre (1770)-British troops kill five Americans

!   The Boston Tea Party–Colonist throw $1 million worth of Tea into Boston Harbor

!   Intolerable Acts (1774) closed Boston Harbor and restricted governments in Mass—curfews, closed legislatures etc.

!   (1774) First Continental Congress

Intolerable Act/Coercive Act

Lexington and Concord

!   Lexington and Concord-April 19 -1775

!   (Summer 1775) Second Continental Congress—raise troops to fight war

!   Declaration of Independence

!   Our First Government

Bibliography !  George III-http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/07/arab-team-mascot-ethnic-slur/3461059/’

!  Gadsden Flaghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag

N. Atlantichttp://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/North_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_relief_location_map.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_relief_location_map.jpg&h=958&w=1181&sz=1155&tbnid=CcmOiOB_a4UNuM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=111&zoom=1&usg=__NXH-PSOH6X1B9rjjjp7L8_0YGmI=&docid=J2wVef-MueJ1eM&sa=X&ei=XxaAUoTkAemmsQS1yYDYBw&ved=0CC0Q9QEwAA

Stamp act http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/stampact/

Stamp Act-http://whenintime.com/EventDetails.aspx?e=1744a5a6-cdd2-4b85-91ff-f558f8544503&t=/tl/shelvysantos/American_History_Timeline/

Tea Party -http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2005_winter_spring/boston_tea_party.htm

Quartering Act_http://whenintime.com/EventDetails.aspx?e=23c589a3-7d2d-41c3-820c-d06e10cfacc5&t=/tl/nking_2013/American_Revolution/

Boston Massacer_http://whenintime.com/EventDetails.aspx?e=23c589a3-7d2d-41c3-820c-d06e10cfacc5&t=/tl/nking_2013/American_Revolution/

!  American Colnieshttp://dwkcommentaries.com/2012/07/16/great-britains-deteriorating-relationship-with-her-american-colonies-1765-1775/