SOL USI.6a:Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

Lisa Pennington

Social Studies Instructional Specialist

Portsmouth Public Schools

Essential Knowledge

• As Great Britain expanded control over the American colonies, many colonists became dissatisfied and rebellious.

Essential Questions

• What steps did Great Britain take to increase its control over the colonies?

• Why did many colonists become dissatisfied with Great Britain’s control over the colonies?

Key Words

• Stamp Act: an act passed by British Parliament that required a tax on all printed items such as newspaper and legal documents.

Key Words

• Proclamation of 1763: King George III of England prohibited the westward movement of colonists across the Appalachian Mountains. http://energy.er.usgs.gov/images/regional_studies/appalachians/app_mtns2.jpg

Key Words

• Parliament: the British legislature made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

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Great Britain’s Reasons for Control

• Great Britain wanted to remain a world power.

Great Britain’s Reasons for Control

• In the American colonies, Great Britain’s desire to remain a world power resulted in a conflict with the French known as the French and Indian War.

Great Britain’s Reasons for Control

• Great Britain imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act, to raise revenue to pay the cost of the French and Indian War.

Great Britain's Reasons for Taxation

• Great Britain wanted to finance the French and Indian War.

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Great Britain’s Reasons for Taxation

• To help with the maintaining of British troops in the colonies.

Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

• Colonies had no representation in Parliament.

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Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

• Some colonists resented the power of colonial governors.

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Sir William Berkeley, a British colonialgovernor of Virginia.

Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

• Great Britain wanted control over colonial legislatures.

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The House of Burgesses, Williamsburg, VA.

Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

• Colonies opposed taxes.

Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

• Proclamation of 1763, which followed the French and Indian war, restricted western movement of settlers.

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Think About It…

• Why would these things make the colonists angry?

• Which colonial dissatisfaction do you think was most important in leading to the Revolutionary War? Why?