Wednesday October 5th 2016 Pick up your spirals/folders from the front, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork. We will grade papers then start the Era of Revolution. Bellwork: What do you think? (Sentences!!!) What happens after a war? (Think winners and losers).

Era of Revolution

French and Indian War 1754-1763 French/British land dispute in Ohio River Valley Treaty of Paris, 1763 Ended the war France lost all land in North America Colonists wanted to spread west into Ohio River Valley

After French and Indian War… Proclamation of 1763 Goal: to avoid conflict with Native Americans King George III barred colonization west of the Appalachian Mountains British troops remained in the colonies to enforce the decree Taxation British must pay off massive war debt Ended salutary neglect and reinstituted mercantilism Citizens in England were already paying more taxes than colonists

Thursday October 6th 2016 Pick up your folders/spirals, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork. Bellwork due tomorrow. Bellwork: What do you think? (Sentences!!!) What does the word REVOLUTION mean to you. (Make something up if you don’t know.)

No settlements allowed West of line Line of Proclamation = Appalachian Mountains No settlements allowed West of line Video!!!

You will turn these in for a grade. You will do these alone. On the half sheet of paper given to you, answer the following questions. You will turn these in for a grade. You will do these alone. How did the French and Indian War impact the British economy? How did the war impact British and French territory in North America? How did Native American relations impact British colonial policies?

Mercantilism Navigation Acts of 1651 Passed a century earlier, but not enforced until after the French and Indian War Impact: Restricted the economic activities of the colonies, while benefitting Britain Colonial Perspective Had enjoyed economic independence under salutary neglect for a century Wanted limited government and free trade Distance made colonial representation in Parliament impossible Believed lack of representation violated their rights “No Taxation without Representation!”

British Taxes Stamp Act (1765) Required legal documents and paper products to have an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid Colonial Response (To British Taxes) Protests boycott of British goods smuggling foreign goods creation of Stamp Act Congress to petition Parliament Outcome: Stamp Act repealed by Parliament due to colonial reaction

Tuesday October 11th 2016 Pick up your spirals/folders from the front, take out a pen/pencil and start a new bellwork PAGE in your spiral. Bellwork: What do you think? How did more the presence of more British troops in the colonies impact the colonists?

Wednesday October 12, 2016 Pick up your spirals/folders, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork. Bellwork: What do you think? (Sentences!!) What do the following words mean to you? Boycott Colonial

British Taxes Other Acts (1760s and 1770s) Sugar, Townshend, Tea, etc. Additional legislation passed by British Parliament Want to generate revenue through taxation or trade laws Colonial Responses (To British Taxes) protests, boycotts, smuggling British Responses (To Colonial Responses) repealed or lightened taxes sent more soldiers to control colonial unrest and monitor smuggling

Tension Rises Quartering Act (1765) Colonists required to provide food and shelter to British soldiers Boston Massacre (1770) British soldiers fired on an aggressive colonial mob; 5 colonists killed Crispus Attucks, African/Native American; first casualty of revolution Paul Revere’s The Bloody Massacre (Sons of Liberty propaganda) John Adams: Boston lawyer and politician; defended British soldiers

Video here!!! After Video: Worksheet

Tension Rises Sons of Liberty: colonial protest group, led by Samuel Adams, who also organized of Committees of Correspondence Boston Tea Party (1773) The Sons of Liberty dumped British East India Tea into Boston Harbor to protest Tea Act; 92,000 pounds of tea, worth $10,000 in 1773 or more than $1.7 million today. (You don’t have to write this). act of civil disobedience British Response (To Boston Tea Party): Outraged, Parliament passed Coercive Acts

Tension Rises Intolerable Acts (1774) Also known as the “Coercive Acts” British reaction to the Boston Tea Party Details Closed the port of Boston More troops quartered in Boston Replaced colonial government with royalty-appointed government Martial law Colonial response (To Coercive Acts) Established the First Continental Congress Boycotted British goods

Quick Write, Complete Sentences!! How did British response to colonial protests change over time? What were the causes and effects of the Intolerable Acts?

Tension Rises First Continental Congress (1774) Colonial delegates met to organize opposition to the Intolerable Acts Actions Called for boycott of British goods Petitioned King George II to redress colonial grievances Urged colonies to begin training militias as a precaution Significance: Set precedent for ongoing colonial unity and leadership

Exit Ticket Why was the First Continental Congress significant?