Unit 3 Section 1 Causes of American Revolution ies/ushistory/causesoftheamericanre volution/
Imagine the following: *What if the government taxed you $.01 cent for every text message you sent? How much would that be? Would that make you mad?
Sugar Act 1764 Placed an act on sugar, molasses, rum and any products shipped to the colonies.. Tax was imposed on the colonists without their consent
Taxes Raised $ for War Stamp Act taxed all commercial acts – Wills, contracts, newspapers, diplomas, These taxes help pay for the French and Indian War
Stamp Act See previous This act affected all colonists, not just the merchants
Intolerable Acts Reaction to the Boston Tea Party laws passed to punish and hopefully convince the colonists that they behavior would not be tolerated Ex: closed the boston harbor after the tea party incident
Tea Act “Taxation without representation” believed that it violated their rights to be taxed only by their own elected representatives Ex: school uniform
Proclaimation Act of 1763 The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited British colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains.
Boston Massacre Real story is that he colonist mob were harassing the british soldiers and someone shouted “fire” and the soldiers opened fire on the unruly/unarmed civilians.. -John Adams defended the soldiers and won the trial (british soldiers and commander were not guilty due to self defense in the court of law -Paul Revere drew the cartoon it was meant for propaganda
Sons of Liberty were groups that were against the taxes being placed on the colonists..
Unit 3 Section 2 Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 Video #1: cialstudies/ushistory/declarat ionofindependence/ Video #2:
Treaty of Paris 1783 recognition of independence boundaries are extended territory all the way to Mississippi
Unalienable Rights Life Liberty Pursuit of Happiness
Civil Disobediance Protests, propaganda, and demonstrations peacefully mad about Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts
Unit 3 Section 3 People and Events
Valley Forge A miserable winter when Washington turned his men into a more professional army chapter 9/30 time: 47:00
The Two Sides Loyalists – supported the king Patriots – aka torries supported the revolution – Sons of Liberty – Daughters of Liberty
2 nd Continental Congress May 1775 delegates met in Philadelphia secretly to discuss their unity Declaration of Independence created and signed
Lexington were the 1 st battles of the revolutionary war
Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773 dumped all the teas from 3 ships into the harbor fanned the flames of the upcoming revolution
Battle of Saratoga m/socialstudies/ushistory /americanrevolution/ m/socialstudies/ushistory /americanrevolution/ Turning point of the Revolutionary War French and Spanish joined the colonists as allies French and Spanish Navy helped immensely
Midnight Ride: Paul Revere Paul Revere Spread the news the british were coming Why does Paul Revere get all the credit? doka doka
Common Sense Written in 1776 by Thomas Paine.. convinced the Americans they did not need to be under British Rule
Ben Franklin Published the first edition of Poor Richard’s Almanac Negotiated and signed Treaty of Alliance with France Served as delegate to the Philadelphia Convention
Mercy Otis Warren Female propagandist writer during the Revolutionary Era
John Paul Jones Founder of the US Navy “I have not yet begun to fight”
Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence He was an inventor, scientist, and architect
Significant Ethnic Individuals Wentworth Cheswell – Helped Paul Revere inform colonists the British were coming Bernardo de Galvez Jesse Armistead – Spy for colonial army
Political Cartoon
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Proclaimation Act of 1763
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Eras Era, not town name