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WOW Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date Ideas American colonists used to establish a British colony. -legal document needed to establish a British colony - granted land to a person or a company -did not define government -Based on two concepts that protect them from: -Abuse of power by the British government -Abuse of power by their colonial government Charter Colonial Government

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date 1)Natural Rights (life, liberty and property) 2)Representative Government (elected representatives to legislature) 3)Rule of Law (everyone obeyed the law equally) 4)Checks and Balances(each branch checks power of the other) 5)Separation of Powers : 1)Executive branch- a governor would carry out and enforce the law 2)Legislative branch- made the laws 3)Judicial branch- judges were responsible for handling conflicts about the law in court 5 basic Ideas of Government WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date Britain's control over colonies. Britain’s neglect of colonies Britain’s renewed interest -Britain was becoming a world power and was busy fighting wars -Not much time devoted to colonies -Long distances -Communication was slow because news traveled by ship -Orders took months to reach colonies -War against France was costly -Britain left with large national debt -Colonies should pay their share with increased taxes -Tightened trade restrictions between colonies and other countries WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date New British law’s that affected the colonies - Proclamation of banned settlement west into Indian territory - British able to withdraw army and reduce costs - Sugar Act of stop smuggling of goods in and out of colonies - taxes on all incoming sugar, coffee, wine, and cloth - Gave British Navy “writs of assistance” (search warrants) to search colonial ships - all colonial trade ships had to go directly to Britain WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - Stamp Act, taxes on every legal document, newspaper, pamphlets, deck of cards coming into the colonies - Quartering Act, British Army moved into colonial cities requiring innkeepers and public officials to house and feed British soldiers - Declaratory Act, gave Parliament the right to pass laws for the colonies in “all cases whatsoever” to remind colonist they were subject to the king. WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - Tea Act, forced colonies to buy tea from The East India Company to keep the British company from going broke WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - Colonist felt British Parliament was threatening their rights. - New tax and trade laws meant that colonists would lose money. - Parliament’s laws went against colonists’ belief in representative government. - Colonists believed if they had no right to elect representatives to Parliament, Parliament had no right to tax the colonists. Colonists’ view of laws WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - “No Taxation without Representation” - believed tax laws should be passed only by the colonial legislature - King George felt colonists were acting like ungrateful children - King thought it was taxes were fair due to well-being and safety of colonies was due to British protection - Parliament didn’t understand representation because they represented the whole nation no matter where and not individuals - growing conflict in beliefs Rally Cry for Colonists WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date WIO See page 63 of textbook to complete the WIO. Follow directions on the handout.

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date Colonies Resist British Control - tension growing - colonist organized town meetings and wrote angry letters to the newspapers - Small groups of volunteers that made sure each colony knew about events and opinions of other colonies - raised spirits of people - united and linked all colonies together Between 1763 – 1775 Committees of Correspondence WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - organized resistance to the Stamp Act - mobs attacked tax collectors’ homes - burned effigies (straw people) of royals - marched in streets and some committed violent acts - formed by women - helped boycott British trade - instead of buying British goods they made their own - gave up drinking tea 1765 Sons of Liberty Daughters of Liberty WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - British troops opened fire on protestors and killed 5 colonists. - Colonists believed British government would use military force to make them obey laws - colonist tried to stop cargo of tea in the Boston Harbor - dumped 342 chests of tea - British closed the harbor 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party Fall 1774 – colonists decide to take united action and committee of correspondence calls for representatives from each colony to meet and deliberate on general interests of all colonists. WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - Representatives from 12 of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to decide on best response to actions of British government. - start of unified American government - agreed to impose ban on trade - hope of change in British policies - beginning of Revolutionary War - fighting broke out - British troops marched on to Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts to capture guns and supplies by surprise - system of signals warned colonists and they fired on British forcing them back to Boston First Continental Congress April 19, 1775 WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date - Representatives again met in Philadelphia a few weeks later - Congress organized new Continental Army and called colonist to send troops - George Washington selected to lead troops - a year later, Congress drafts document to explain why they should be free from British rule - this document later becomes the “Declaration of Independence” Second Continental Congress Declaration of Independence WOW

Lesson 7 What Experiences Led to the American Revolution? Date WIO (the right page) Create a timeline of the important events in this lesson. Explain the significance of the event and include drawings that help depict each event.