#2 King of England doesn’t want to pay for another
war and so Parliament passes the Proclamation of
1763 – colonists can NOT cross the Appalachians.
#1 The French & Indian War was over and colonists moved across Appalachian
Mountains. Native American chief Pontiac organized the Native Americans –
Pontiac’s War.
#4 Parliament passed the Quartering Act so the
colonists would pay for the food and housing of
these British soldiers. Quarter = house
#3 King George III wanted to make sure the colonists didn’t cross the
Appalachians, and so sent 10,000 troops to enforce the law.
#6 Parliament passed the Sugar Act and the
Stamp Acts to tax the colonists.
Parliament did NOT let the colonies have a say in
these taxes, so they were not represented.
#5 England still needed revenue (money coming in) to cover the cost of French &
Indian War.
#7 The colonists were
angry because they didn’t
have anyone there to make
the decisions. This was
“Taxation without
Representation”.
#8 Colonists were angry. They formed a group that
met & called it the Stamp Act Congress. They
decided to boycott Britain. Sam Adams led this
boycott.
#10 Secret organizations
met to protest Britain. The
most famous was the Sons
of Liberty. (Met under the
Liberty Tree)
The protesting included
peaceful & violent methods.
(tar and feathering)
(burn in effigy)
#9 Boycott = refusal to buy
goods or services.
.
#12 Parliament passed the Declaratory Act that stated
England was the supreme law.
England has supreme authority to govern Colonies.
Colonists happy about repeal, and tried to ignore the
Declaratory Act
TUG-OF-WAR b/n Eng + Colonies over CONTROL of
the colonies
#11 Parliament
repealed the Stamp
Act.
#14 Writs of Assistance – British
soldiers could enter homes, business,
colonial ships to look for goods being
hidden (smuggled).
#13 England passed the Townshend Act that would tax many
items (paper, paint, lead, tea). It also charged duties (import
tax) on many items.
.
#15 Gen. Thomas Gage = British commander in charge of troops who arrived
in Boston.
The colonists in front of the Custom House were angry and the British soldiers
shot and killed 5 colonists. This was called the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks was one of the men killed. (African-American sailor)
John Adams is the colonist that defended the British soldiers.
#16 Sam Adams started
committees of correspondence
so that everyone would know
what was going on in the
colonies. They wrote to each
other.
.
#17 Parliament passed the Tea Act which gave the British East India
Tea Company control over the trading of tea in the colonies.
#18 Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty disguised as Native Americans went on British
ships and threw tea overboard into Boston harbor
#19 The British were angry about the Boston Tea Party and passed the Coercive Acts (colonists called
them the Intolerable Acts) to punish Boston. They closed the ports and wouldn’t let them meet.
Ports are closed
Colonists can NOT meet
#20 The colonists met again. (Sept. 1774). This time their meeting was called the First Continental Congress and they
passed the Non Importation Agreements and the colonists quit ordering English goods. (and told colonies to start
training troops)
(First Continental Congress= key b/c determined to uphold colonial right- seeds of future ind. Govt’)
#22 Colonists stored munitions in Concord and the
British general in Boston (General Gage) found out
about it. The colonists knew the British would come
from Boston to get the munitions.
#21 Patrick Henry made his famous “Give Me Liberty
or Give Me Death” speech!
BOSTON
LEXINGTON/CONCORD
#23 In Boston the colonists set up a system so that
they knew when and where the British would come
to Lexington and Concord. Paul Revere warned the
colonists that they were coming. The Redcoats
retreated from Concord. The whole world now
knew what the colonies were. doing – fighting for
their independence!
(lantern hung from Old North Chapel one if by
land, two if by sea) APRIL 19, 1775
“The Shot Heard ‘Round
the World”
#24 The colonists would now
have to choose sides in the
war.
People all over the world now
knew what the colonists were
doing.
HOW DID THE COLONISTS FEEL ABOUT WAR?
#25
#26
#27
Loyalists –
wanted to remain
loyal to England.
Family and/or
business ties.
Patriots – wanted
freedom from
England
Neutral –
had not
chosen sides
yet
1/3
were loyalists
These people wanted to
remain loyal to England.
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