Road to the American Revolution
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Name ________________
________________________________ increased political activity and raised public awareness.
Social Classes of the American Colonies
o Social Mobility - _____________________________________________________________
o How is this different than the British social class system? _____________________________
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Middle
Skilled Artisans
Shopkeepers
Professional people
Gentry
Church officials
Successful merchants
Wealthy landowners and Planters
Lower
Poor Farmers
Free Servants
Unskilled Workers
Lowest class
Slaves
Indentured Servants
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The Great Awakening (1730’s and 1740’s)
o Revived interest in ____________________________
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Benjamin Franklin
o Known for _________________________________________________________________
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French and Indian War
o English and French traders’ quarrels centered on land in the __________________________.
o _________________________________________, 1763 ended the French and Indian War.
1. Terms:
1. British gained ___________________ and all _______________ east of the
Mississippi River.
2. Spain gave ____________________ to England.
3. France kept an island in the West Indies.
4. France gives all lands west of the Mississippi River to _____________.
(land was known as the ___________________________________________)
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Taxes and Acts
o Timeline of events:
o The major reason for the British policy of taxing the colonies in the 1760s and 1700s was the
__________________________________________________________________________.
o Main cause of conflict during this time: ________________________________
o Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from _____________________________________
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o Quartering Act required colonists to pay for _______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________.
o Stamp Act placed a tax on all printed materials.
1. Reaction: ____________________________________________________________
o Townshend Acts
1. Writs of assistance: ____________________________________________________
2. Colonists signed the non-importation agreements in which they _________________
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o ______________________________________ was a deadly riot between the colonists and
the British troops stationed in Boston. _____ were killed including an African American
sailor named _______________________________.
Engraving by Paul Revere
drawn by a loyalist
o Tea Act – __________________________________________________________________
1. Response: ____________________________________________________________
o Intolerable Acts
1. Closed the port of _____________ until payment for the tea was made.
2. British officials accused of a crime were to be tried in England rather than the
American courts.
3. ______________________________________________________
4. Massachusetts charter was amended to reduce
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George Washington _______________________________________________________________
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Paul Revere’s Ride – poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(_______________________)
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1st public school system
Artisan
Boycott
Colony
Culture
Glorious Revolution
House of Burgesses
Loyalist
Patriot
Pilgrims
Roger Williams
Squanto
Triangular Trade Route