1. Why Did We Want Freedom?

2. School House Rock No More Kings

3. Let’s Begin… ► Mercantilism- a country’s power depends on its wealth ► Mercantilism Math  Exports > Imports (stuff going out) (stuff coming in) (stuff going out) (stuff coming in)  More Wealth = More Power Great Britain is in debt from wars Great Britain needs money Great Britain taxes the colonists Colonists get MAD!!!!

4. Bet You Didn’t Know ► http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/fourth-of- july- history?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1 &free=false http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/fourth-of- july- history?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1 &free=false http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/fourth-of- july- history?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1 &free=false ► http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/bet-you- didnt-know-revolutionary- war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&fr ee=false http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/bet-you- didnt-know-revolutionary- war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&fr ee=false http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/bet-you- didnt-know-revolutionary- war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&fr ee=false

5. How Great Britain Made us MAD….

6. Housing! ► Quartering Act- colonists were forced to provide shelter for British troops  (And the soldier took personal belongings, food, women, etc.…)

7. Taxes! ► Britain passes acts taxing Stamps (all written documents), Sugar, Tea, and whatever they wanted whenever they wanted! ► Britain could limit colonists rights (ex. jury trial)

8. Murder! ► Boston Massacre- British opened fire on a crowd protesting in Boston and killed 6 ► http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/boston- massacre-helps-spark-the-american- revolution?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined& f=1&free=false

9. Sooooooo…… What did we do about it?

10. ► Boycott- refuse, colonists refused to follow acts set by Great Britain ► Boston Tea Party- colonists responded by storming the British ship and dumping all of the tea into Boston Harbor ► http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party ► Colonists chanted “No Taxation Without Representation” ► Since colonists did not have representation in Parliament in Great Britain that made all the taxes they should not have to pay them

11. What did we do about it?... ► 1 st Continental Congress  Delegates sent a letter to King George demanding their rights back  Colonists continued to boycott ► Great Britain  King George ordered British troops to open fire on colonists at the Battles of Lexington and Concord http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/first-revolutionary- battle-at-lexington-- concord?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free =false

12. SHR The Shot Heard Round the World

13. Then… ► 2 nd Continental Congress  Delegates sent a letter of grievances (problems) to King George on July 4, 1776 (this is the Declaration of Independence) ► http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/the-continental-congress ► Great Britain  King George declared war (Revolutionary War began)

14. School House Rock Fireworks

15. Declaration of Independence

16. ► http://www.history.com/topics/american- revolution/boston-tea-party/videos/declaration- of- independence?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefine d&f=1&free=false ► http://vimeo.com/15197877 ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyttEu_NL U&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 &safe=active

17. Battle of King’s Mountain NC ► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siUUA6K pY4s