The American Revolution
Does England Rule?
Have the colonists had enough?
What were the causes of the
American Revolution?
Find out!
SOL
USI.6
Mrs.
Stephens
Social
Studies
England Rules!!
 England
was
expanding control
over the American
Colonies
 Many colonists
became dissatisfied
and rebellious
What were England’s
reasons for control?
 England
desired to
remain a world power
 England imposed taxes
to raise revenue
(money)
 Stamp Act
What is the Stamp Act?
 Colonists
must buy
stamps for all printed
material
 When: 1765
 Why? To pay for the
cost of the French and
Indian War

The Stamp Act
Colonists threatened
to tar and feather
stamp commissioners
What were England’s
reasons for taxation?
 To
help finance
the French and
Indian War
 To help with the
maintaining of
English troops
in the colonies
What was the Quartering
Act?
 British
soldiers must
be given food and
housing in the
colonies.
 When: 1765
 Would you want to give
food and housing to
strangers?
Finally the colonies had
enough!
 They
did not want to be
taxed without having
anything to say about
it!
 They did not have
representation in
Parliament.
Colonists were dissatisfied!
 They
resented power
of colonial
governors!
 They did not like
England’s strict
control over colonial
legislatures!
The colonists were
dissatisfied!
 They
did not want to
pay taxes!
 Taxes angered them.
 They said Parliament
could not tax them
because they did not
have representation!
What is the Proclamation of
1763?
A
law that said the
colonists could not settle
the Ohio Valley
 They fought the F&I war
to win the Ohio Valley
 Colonists found this
unfair (some wanted to
move west)
Why did the King issue the
Proclamation of 1763?
 He
thought it would be
too expensive to
protect the colonists in
the Ohio Valley.
 2000 settlers had
already died there.
New Ideas!
 New
political ideas led
to a desire for
independence and
democratic
government in the
American colonies
John Locke
 One
of the great
thinkers of the
Enlightenment
period
 The great
thinkers wrote
ideas about
Government
Ideas of John Locke
 People
have natural rights
to life, liberty, and property.
 Government is created to
protect the rights of people
and has only the limited
and specific powers the
people consent to give it.
The colonists wanted
independence!
 The
Declaration of
Independence proclaimed
independence
from
independence
England.
 It stated that people have
natural (inherent) rights of
life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
The Declaration of
Independence
 The
Colonists
wanted
independence
from England.
Declaration of Independence
 June
1776
 Thomas Jefferson did most of
the writing
 He used some ideas from
John Locke
 The 13 colonies wanted to be
“free and independent states”
What are the key
philosophies in the D.O.I.?
 People
have “certain unalienable
rights” of life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness
 People establish government ot
protect those rights
What are the key
philosophies in the D.O.I.?
 Government
derives power from
the people.
 People have a right and duty to
change a government that
violates their rights!
Quick Quiz US1.6a-b
Ready, Set, Go!
What did England want to
remain?
A
World Power!
What is the Stamp Act?
A
tax on printed
Material
Why did England tax the
colonies with the Stamp Act?
To
finance the French
and Indian War
Why did England pass the
Quartering Act?
To
help maintain
English troops in the
colonies.
What did the colonists want
in Parliament?
Representation!
Who had the idea of Life,
Liberty, and Property?
John
Locke
What is an “unalienable”
right?
A
right that cannot be
taken away!
Thomas Jefferson wrote
Life, Liberty and_________?
The
pursuit of
happiness!
Where did Thomas Jefferson
believe the government derives
power from?
The
People
If the government violates
people’s rights, what does
Thomas Jefferson believe
that people have a right and
duty to do?
Change
the
government
What was the name of the
document that proclaimed
the 13 colonies independent
from England?
The
Declaration of
Independence
The American Revolution
Mrs. Stephens
SOL USI.6c-d
Key Individuals of the
Revolutionary period
 Many
individuals
played
important roles
in shaping
events of the
American
Revolution!
Key Individuals of the
Revolutionary War
 What
role did
key individuals
play in the
Revolutionary
War?
King George III (the king
who lost America)
 He
was the
British King
during the
Revolutionary
Era.
Lord Cornwallis (the other
man who lost America)
 He
was a
British General
who
surrendered at
Yorktown.
John Adams
 He
championed
the cause of
independence
George Washington
 He
was
commander of
the
Continental
Army
Thomas Jefferson
 Major
author
of the
Declaration of
Independence
Patrick Henry
 Outspoken
member
of the House of
Burgesses
 Inspired colonial
patriotism with
“Give me liberty or
give me Death”
speech
Benjamin Franklin
 Member
of
Continental
Congress
 Helped frame
the
Declaration of
Independence
Thomas Paine
 Journalist
 Author
of
Common Sense
 Convinced people
they should live
free from England.
Phyllis Wheatley
A
former
slave
 Wrote poems
and plays
supporting
American
independence
Paul Revere
 Patriot
who
made a daring
ride to warn
colonists of
British arrival
 “The British
are coming!”
Key Events during the
Revolutionary War Period
 What
were
some of the
Key Events
during the
Revolutionary
War Period?
Boston Massacre
 Colonists
in
Boston were
shot after
taunting British
Soldiers
Boston Tea Party
 Samuel
Adams
and Paul Revere
led the patriots
 They threw tea
into Boston
Harbor to protest
tea taxes.
First Continental Congress
 Delegates
from
all colonies met
 To discuss
problems with
England
 To Promote
independence
Battle of Lexington and
Concord
 The
site of the first
armed conflict of
the Revolutionary
War
Approval of the Declaration
of Independence
 Colonies
declared
independence
from England
 July 4, 1776
Battle of Saratoga
 American
victory
 Turning point in
the war
Surrender at Yorktown
 The
colonial
victory over
forces of Lord
Cornwallis
 Marked the end
of the
Revolutionary
War
Signing of the Treaty of Paris
 England
recognized
American
Independence
How did the colonists defeat
England?
 What
advantages
helped the
American
colonists with
the
Revolutionary
war?
Colonial Advantage 1
 Defense
of their
own land,
principles, and
beliefs!
 Home team
advantage!
Colonial Advantage 2
 Help
from
friends!
 Colonists had
help from
France and
Spain
 They didn’t like
England either!
Colonial Advantage 3
 Strong
Leadership
Quick Quiz US1.6c-d
Ready, Set, Go!
Who was the British during
the Revolutionary era?
George
III
Who was commander of the
Continental Army?
George
Washington
Who said “Give me liberty
or give me death?”
Patrick
Henry
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas
Paine
Who was the major author
of the Declaration of
Independence?
Thomas
Jefferson
Who was a former slave that
wrote plays and poems
supporting the American
Revolution?
Phyllis
Wheatley
Who said: “The British are
coming!”
Paul
Revere
What battle was the turning
point of the war?
Battle
of Saratoga
Where did Cornwallis
surrender?
Yorktown
Who led the Boston Tea
Party?
Samuel
Adams and
Paul Revere
The treaty where England
recognized American
independence?
Treaty
of Paris
What happened at the
Boston Massacre?
Colonists
were shot
after taunting British
soldiers.
Where was the first armed
conflict of the war?
Battle
of Lexington
and Concord.
What were the 3 colonial
advantages during the war?
Defense
of land,
principles and beliefs
France and Spain
Strong Leadership
When was the Declaration
of Independence approved?
July
4, 1776
At what did delegates from
all colonies meet to discuss
problems with England and
promote independence?
First
Continental
Congress
Good Job
The End