Causes of the Revolution https://youtu.be/gVxad8R4Nig

Proclamation Line of 1763 Proclamation of 1763: line through the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists could not settle west of the line. Britain claims this is to protect them from the Native American Indians Colonists hate this rule, because it was really made to keep the colonists close to the British Army ( to keep an eye on them!)

Can you find the Proclamation line? What if you already lived in a homestead on the other side of the line?

French and Indian War changes the Fate of America, (18 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktkw7iSITkc

British taxes The war was expensive, put Britain in debt So to pay off the debt, George III decides to raise taxes on the colonists Sugar Act (1764): tax on sugar, molasses, wine, indigo and coffee Stamp Act (1765): tax on all paper products including newspapers, licenses, and legal documents

Colonial Protest Sugar Act: hurts Georgia, imported sugar from West Indies Reaction: minor protest, illegal trade Stamp Act: hurts business, industry (worse in the North) Why? Reaction: protest, burning effigy, Stamp Act Congress, forming of Sons of Liberty, and Liberty Boys: Georgians against the Act

Colonial Outrage Colonists hate these new taxes, angry with Britain Remember the quote: “No taxation without representation” Sons of Liberty: a protest group formed by Samuel Adams (Boston) In 1765 Liberty Boys: a protest group formed in Savannah, GA Patrick Henry protests the Stamp Act, Britain drops the tax, Georgia is the only colony to sell any stamps with this tax (2 weeks) Doesn’t hurt Georgia that bad. Why?

The stamp meant you paid your tax

Townshend Act (1767) Townshend Act (1767): taxes on paper, glass, tea, paint, many items! More colonial outrage, hurts Northern colonies the most Reaction: Colonists boycott British goods & cloth, stop drinking tea, stop painting= hurts Britain’s economy Protest groups like Sons of Liberty grow in membership

Boston Massacre (1770) Colonists harass British soldiers in Boston. The British soldiers open fire on the un-armed crowd, kill 5 colonists. Afterward, Great Britain is embarrassed, they repeal the tax acts, except on tea Relative peace for a few years

Examine the copies of the engraving of the Boston Massacre… How would you feel if you read about this the next day? Who else would you tell about this? What exactly is in the engravings, explain the details of the primary source document?

Tea Act (1773) Tea Act: to help save the East India Trading Company, it forced the colonists to only trade/buy tea from them (monopoly). Reaction: Colonists smuggle tea from other countries, Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts (1774) (remember these when you read the Declaration of Independence) Intolerable Acts: to punish the colonists for the tea party, Parliament passed a group of laws: Closed the port of Boston until colonists repaid for tea No local government/town meetings (Repealed the MA charter) No British official could be tried in the colonies Quartering Act: colonists have to house British soldiers at their own expense! Reaction: Total outrage, Continental Congress, Committees of Safety= boycott

Revolution Colonists now begin to speak of independence, but some Georgians are still loyal to the crown…Why? Second Continental Congress: Georgia not very supportive, but send Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton to represent them Declare Independence: 1 year after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence is approved, July 4, 1776

This Declaration of Independence was read from the balcony of the Old State House in Boston(left) and other cities in the colonies (Philadelphia, above).

Review Long term and immediate causes of the American Revolution. French and Indian War debt Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Stamp Act Townsend Act Tea Act Intolerable Acts Georgia’s involvement was small