Chapter 4- Section 1
True or False
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The original 13 colonies
were all very similar to each
other.
False
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 New England: small
farms, lumbering,
fishing, ship building
 Middle: farming
 Southern: plantations,
cash crops such as
tobacco, rice and
indigo, majority of
slaves and indentured
servants
True or False
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The original 13 colonies
were British colonies.
• Great Britain ruled
the colonies for more
than 150 years (16071776)
• In the 1600s Britain,
France, and Spain are
fighting to gain
territories around the
world.
• In 1754, the French
and Indian War was a
10 year battle over the
Ohio Valley which
left Britain with huge
debt.
True
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True or False
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The 13 colonies were
economically dependent on
Britain.
False
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By the 1770s, most colonies were selfsufficient.
Most colonists had more rights than
their European counterparts. Colonists
wanted to maintain these rights.
Colonists were still dependent on the
British for military protection.
True or False
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After the French and Indian
War, Britain agrees to pay for
the debt of the war and allow
the colonies to continue in their
“independence.”
False
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 After the French and Indian War, King George III
started to take away freedoms that the colonists had
taken for granted.
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Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
True or False
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All the colonists agree to
declare independence.
False
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 Loyalists
 Remain loyal to
Britain
 Who were they?
 Rich land owners,
governors, religious
leaders
 Patriots
 Want independence
 Who were they?
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Merchants
Farmers
Craftsmen
Tradesmen
Copy Chart
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Aftermath of the War
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
Aftermath of the War
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 Proclamation of 1763
 Banned settlement west of Appalachians.
 “British stationed 10,000 troops in colonies to maintain
order
 Many colonists saw this as a “standing army”
 Sugar Act
 Halved duty on foreign made molasses
 Placed duties on certain imports
 Strengthened enforcement of law allowing prosecutors to
try smuggling cases in a vice-admiral court instead of
colonial court
The Stamp Act
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 March 1765: The Stamp Act
 Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for
every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, etc.
 Impacted every colonist
 Resistance led by Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams
 No stamps were sold
 Colonies passed laws saying colonists could only be taxed
by that colony
 Stamp Act Congress
 Repealed in March 1766, but passed the Declaratory Act.
 “to bind the colonies and people of America… in all cases.”
The Townshend Acts
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 1767: Townshend Acts passed by Parliament
 Taxes placed on imported materials from Britain such
as glass, paint, and paper.
 Imposed a three penny tax on tea.
 Colonists again resisted.
 “Taxation without
representation”
 John Hancock accused of
smuggling
 2,000 “redcoats” stationed in
Boston
The Boston Massacre
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 British “presence” in Boston angered colonists
 March 1770: Mob gathered near Customs House and
taunted guards.
 Crispus Attucks and four others
were killed.
 Labeled the “Boston Massacre” by
Sam Adams.
Boston Tea Party
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 British East India Company held monopoly on tea
imports, but weren’t profiting b/c of boycotts.
 Tea Act: Granted company the right to sell tea to
colonies free of taxes that tea sellers had to pay.
 December 16, 1773
 Colonists, disguised as Native Americans,
dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
The Intolerable Acts
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 King George III was infuriated by the colonists
actions.
 1774: Intolerable Acts
 Shut down Boston Harbor
 Quartering Act
 Appointed Chief of British Forces as new governor of
MA and he placed Boston under martial law
 Colonists reaction
 First Continental Congress (Sept. 1774, 56 delegates
met in Philadelphia)
What do you think?
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How would you respond to
these laws passed by a
distant government?