Day 1: French and Indian War (Front of 1 st page of notes)

Who’s Fighting Who and Why Britain and the Colonies Britain promised the colonists land in the Ohio Valley if they win France and the Indians The Indians want to protect their trade relationship If France loses the colonists will take MORE LAND

1763 Treaty of Paris It takes a treaty to officially end a war! Britain defeats France In The Treaty of Paris 1763 France turns over all land in North America except New Orleans

RESULTS England is Broke and the Indians are not happy – Indian/French trade destroyed – Indian land in jeopardy – Indians attack settlers in the Ohio Valley – England cannot afford to provide troops for the protection of the settlers in the Ohio Valley – SOOOO……

Proclamation Line of 1763 England passes the Proclamation of 1763 forbidding any settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains Colonists feel betrayed

DAY 2 : Road to Revolution (Back of first page of notes)

1763, SUGAR, STAMP, TEA…LED TO THE FIRST CC

Why is Great Britain in Debt?? They were in debt because they had just finished funding the French and Indian War (7 Years War)

What is their idea to pay off their debts? To help pay its debts from the French and Indian War and to manage the colonies the British levy taxes on the colonists. Sugar Act Stamp Act Tea Act

Stamp Act Required and official government stamp on all newspapers, pamphlet, legal documents, and other printed materials This tax was supposed to pay for British troops protecting the colonies Colonists respond with a boycott of British goods

Was the Boston Massacre Really a Massacre? March, 1770 British troops that are stationed in Boston fire on Boston civilians. 5 people die The people of Boston are furious but, was it really a massacre?

Was the Boston Massacre really a massacre? Compare the next two images of the Boston Massacre. One image will be from an American perspective The other image will be from a British perspective What differences do you notice?

Boston Massacre This engraving by Paul Revere shows British troops firing on a group of anti – British demonstrators. Why would they shoot unarmed colonists?

Tea Act/Boston Tea Party Britain undercuts American Tea Merchants by allowing the British East India Company to sell its tea without adding a tax. The colonists are angered by this and disguise themselves as Indians, sneak onto the boat and dump the tea into the Boston Harbor

1 st Continental Congress Responding to the “INTOLERABLE” Acts, the colonists acted together for the first time All colonies except Georgia sent delegates to Philadelphia Measures included a renewed boycott of British goods and an appeal to King George asking him to understand their stated grievances King George responds with…

What is the next step?

The first fighting of the Revolution took place at Lexington and Concord when British troops tried to seize a colonial arsenal in Lexington, Massachusetts The first gunshot is known as “The shot heard round the world”.

DAY 3: Englightement Ideas that Led to the Revolution (Front and half of the back of page two of the notes)

Ideas that Lead to the Revolution

John Locke was an Enlightenment Philosopher in Europe during the 17 th and 18 th centuries His ideas about individual rights and the relationship between the people and their leaders influenced American belief in self government.

Locke’s Theory on Natural Rights All people are free, equal, and have natural rights, because they are human, not because they are granted by rulers, to life, liberty and property that cannot be taken away.

Government gets its power from the consent of the governed (the people) The people agree to enter into a “social contract” or an agreement to form a government that exists to preserve the natural rights (life, liberty, and property) of its citizens. In exchange for the protection of their rights, the people agree to obey the laws establishing a system of “ordered liberty” If the government fails to protect the people’s rights (breaking the social contract), the people have the right to alter or abolish the government.

Locke’s radical ideas about the sovereignty and rights of the people challenged age old traditions of rule by dictators, kings, emperors, and tribal chieftains. HOW? It turns things upside down with the assumption that the people are in control and government is meant to serve and protect the people’s rights.

Thomas Paine Common Sense Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine, an English immigrant who challenged the rule of King George over the colonies

Common sense is credited for increasing colonial support for independence from Britain in the mid 1700’s

Declaration of Independence After the clash at Lexington and Concord colonial leaders send a message to King George affirming the colonies continued loyalty to the crown and desire to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict. This message becomes known as the Olive Branch Petition. In 1775 lots of stuff is going on while the Second Continental Congress is meeting in Philadelphia - Fighting between colonial militias and British troops has continued since Lexington and Concord - Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is creating a revolutionary mood among the colonists - The delegates get word that King George has rejected their Olive Branch Petition

In June 1776 the Continental Congress appoints a committee to prepare a Declaration of Independence to the King announcing its intent to separate and the reasons supporting their decision. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia is chosen to write the Declaration

PREAMBLE We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unalienable – can’t be taken away, meaning our natural rights come from the “creator”, not the king. No ruler has the right to take these rights from us.

That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. This means that the power resides with the people who create a government to protect their rights. MY HERO

“That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.

Thank you Mr. Locke. And now it’s time to bring the PAINE… King George, You are a TYRANT!!!! In the Complaints section of the Declaration, Jefferson went on to detail the many grievances against the king that Thomas Paine had described in Common Sense. COMPLAINTS

RESOLUTION “These United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States On July 4 th 1776 the delegates approved the Declaration of Independence. This declaration not only declared our independence but also stated the basic principles of our future government and society.

DAY 4: The Revolution -- People and Events (Back of page two through the end of the notes packet)

Patriots Believed in complete independence from England Inspired by Locke, Paine and Virginian Patrick Henry (give me liberty or give me death). Provided troops for the Continental Army (colonists) led by George Washington of Virginia

Loyalists (Tories) Remained loyal to Britain, based on cultural and economic ties Believed that colonial taxation was justified to pay for British troops to protect American settlers from Indian attacks

Mobbing the Tories Colonists prepare to tar and feather a loyalist

Neutrals Many colonist tried to stay as uninvolved in the war as possible

What do you notice about the location of Loyalist strongholds?

First Battle Lexington and Concord The First fighting of The Revolution took place at Lexington and Concord when Colonial “Minutemen” clashed with British troops.

Turning Point Saratoga The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolution because The rest of the world was shocked to learn that a colonial rebels had defeated the British military France agrees to aid the colonists adding pressure to Britain in the colonies. Britain now had to fight the French in Europe as well.

Last Battle Yorktown The French Navy and French and Colonial troops surround and lay siege to Yorktown forcing the eventual surrender of General Cornwallis to General Washington, ending the Revolution.

North America After the Treaty of Paris, 1783

George Washington Washington’s military leadership was a major factor in the colonial victory As General of the Continental Army he avoided situations that threatened the destruction of his army, and his leadership kept the army intact when defeat seemed inevitable.

Benjamin Franklin’s Diplomacy Ben Franklin successfully negotiated the Treaty of Alliance with France

Patrick Henry As a member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry inspired Patriots by speaking out passionately against taxation without representation