Warm UP (PG 50-51)
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Repealed- to do away with. To cancel.
Patriot- Someone who desired
independence.
Loyalist- Someone who was loyal to
King George.
Writs of Assistance- search warrants
that allowed royal troops to search
peoples homes whenever they wanted.
Boycott- To refuse to buy something in
protest.
Weekly Agenda
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Monday-No School
Tuesday- Causes of the American
Revolution Timeline
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Homework: Complete the first half of
the packet
Wednesday- Stamp Act/Project
Thursday- The Boston Massacre
Homework: Finish the second half of the
project
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Friday- Finish Project
Essential Question
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How did British economic policies after the French
and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?
Timeline
Navigation Acts
(1650-1700s)
Stamp Act
1765
Proclamation of
1763
Townshend Acts 1767
Quartering
Act 1765
Boston Massacre
1770
Coercive Acts
(Intolerable)
1774
Tea Act 1773
Boston Tea Party
1773
The First
Continental
Congress (1774)
Navigation Acts- 1650
A law that restricted trade in the 13 colonies to ensure that England
received as much wealth as possible.
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French an Indian war was in 1754-1763,it was a conflict between
France and British in North America over the Ohio River Valley, west of
the Appalachian Mountains.
The French and Indian war ended with the Treaty of Paris, 1763. The treaty
gave England land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi
River.
How did the French and Indian War
lead to the American Revolution?
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763-The British law prohibiting colonial settlement west
of the Appalachians to avoid costly wars with natives.
•King George III passed the Proclamation to keep from having expensive
wars with Indians.
Sugar Act of 1733 (don’t write)
The Sugar Act imposed new duties (taxes) on American commodities
such as sugar, molasses, textiles, coffee and indigo. “No Taxation
without Representation.”
Textiles
Stamp Act of 1765
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Stamp Act - The British decree (law) taxing all legal
papers issued in the colonies. Colonists boycott paper
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goods. This act is repealed due to protest.
Quartering Act 1765
Allowed royal troops to live in colonists’ homes. Writs
of Assistance allowed soldiers to search homes
•While living in people’s homes, the soldiers were given
food, clothing, and a place to sleep. This was an attempt
to save money by King George III.
Townshend Acts of 1767
Taxes on glass , paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. Colonists
Boycotted these goods.
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Boston Massacre - 1770
British troops fire into a crowd of protesting colonists. Crispus
Attucks is the first casualty. Committees of Correspondence
spread propaganda about the event.
The colonists in Boston were tired of the presence
of the British troops and the taxes. The
Townshend acts were repealed (cancelled)
after the Boston Massacre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloGkp5f_Hk&feature=relmfu
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Cousins
Leader of the Sons
of
Liberty, a group dedicated
to ending King George’s rule of
the 13 colonies..
Founding father that
defended the redcoats
responsible for the death of
5 at the Boston
Massacre.
Tea Act of 1773
Tea Act - This act helped the British east India company by giving it control
(monopoly) over the American tea trade.
Boston Tea Party 1773
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9pDZMRCpQ
a protest against British tea taxes in which the Sons of Liberty dressed like
Indians and threw tea into the harbor.
Intolerable Acts 1774
The Intolerable(Coercive) Acts - laws enacted by Parliament in 1774
The Intolerable(Coercive) Acts - laws enacted by Parliament in 1774
restricting the rights of Massachusetts colonists and stopped trade between
restricting the rights of Massachusetts colonists and stopped trade between
Boston and other colonies. Punishment for the Tea Party.
Boston and other colonies. Punishment for the Tea Party.
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Government assemblies (self gov) and the port of Boston was closed until
all the tea was paid for.
The effect of the Intolerable Acts was that the merchants lost huge sums of
there money an spoiled and destroyed goods that was shipped to the
colonies .
The First Continental Congress 1774
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6iITHT8LJE
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They agreed to take action in 1775 if the King did
not back off.
Question
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Why do you think the 13 colonies are willing to
work together now, but were not willing to work
together during the French and Indian war?
Benjamin Franklin