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APUSH Review: Video #12: Events Leading To The American Revolution (Key Concept 3.1, II, A-C, 3.2, B)
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2. British Attempts To Assert Imperial Authority
Quick Recap:
After the 7 Years’ War, Britain was in DEBT
Britain sought to limit colonial expansion
Proclamation Line of 1763

3. British Taxes On Colonies
Stamp Act (1765):
Tax on 50 commonly used goods - newspapers, playing cards, etc.
Colonists responded with…
Stamp Act Congress:
Colonial boycotts of Stamp Act
Tar and feather tax collectors
Britain repealed the Stamp Act

4. British Taxes On Colonies
Townshend Acts (1767):
Taxes on tea, lead, glass, and paint
After colonial boycotts, all but the tax on tea was overturned
Tea Act (1773):
Britain sought to bail out the British East India Company
Tea was cheaper than smuggled tea, but colonists opposed it due to “No taxation without representation”
Led to….
Boston Tea Party (1773):
Sons of Liberty dressed as Natives and threw tea into the Boston Harbor
Britain responded with…..

5. British Taxes On Colonies
The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts:
Closed the Port of Boston until damages were paid
Led to the colonists forming the…
1st Continental Congress:
Sought to redress grievances, go back to salutary neglect

6. How Did Colonial Leaders Justify Their Resistance To The British?
Rights of British subjects:
Rejected “Virtual representation” - idea that Parliament acted in the best interests of all British subjects
Rights of the individual:
Taxation, writs of assistance
Local traditions of self-rule:
Colonists could elect their legislatures, not British representatives
Enlightenment Ideas:
Consent of the Governed - John Locke
“Life, liberty, and property”

7. Who Took Part In Independence Movement?
Colonial leaders:
Ben Franklin - argued America contributed significantly to the 7 Years’ War Victory
Co-writer of the Declaration of Independence
Helped gain support of France during American Revolution
Popular Movements:
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Boycott goods, “homespun” movement
Patriots - those that were loyal to the independence movement
Mercy Otis Warren - writer that urged independence

8. T-Paine’s Common Sense (1776)
T-Paine was an author, originally born in England
Wrote Common Sense - one of most influential writings in American history
Challenged KG3, urged it was Common Sense to break away from the corrupt monarch
A little island could not rule a larger continent
Helped inspire…

9. Declaration Of Independence (1776)
Inspired by Enlightenment ideas
All men had natural rights
“Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness”
America formally broke away from Britain
Issued 1 year AFTER fighting at Lexington and Concord began

10. Quick Recap Taxes imposed by the British: Stamp Townshend Tea
Colonial Reactions to British:
Stamp Act Congress
Boston Tea Party
Justifications for Independence
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence

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