1. The Roots of the Revolution

2.
All land WEST of the Appalachian Mountains was claimed by France
East of the Appalachians and to the Atlantic Ocean was claimed by Britain
British: made money by farming & selling goods to Europe
French: made money by trading machine-made goods for furs

3. Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763

4. Proclamation of 1763
Kept colonists from moving past an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains
English search warrants allowed England to search colonists’ stuff anytime they wanted
Colonists challenged the search warrants and Proclamation in court
Colonial Concern:
Individual Rights

5. 1764
1764

6. Sugar Act (1764)
First tax passed by Parliament on goods imported to the colonies
To help pay for the French & Indian War debt
Colonists boycotted the taxed goods or bought them illegally
Colonial Concern:
Taxation

7. 1765
1765

8. Stamp Act (1765)
Tax passed by Parliament and applied to all colonists and placed on all items made of or printed on paper
Newspapers, playing cards, paper, DEEDS, CONTRACTS
Colonists petition the king to repeal (get rid of) the Stamp Act because it was a tax they had no say over (taxation without representation)
Colonies had no representation in Parliament
Colonial Concern:
Taxation, representation, individual rights

9. 1766 & 1767
1766 & 1767

10. Declaratory Act (1766)
Gave Parliament total authority over the colonies
Townshend Acts (1767)
Series of laws that allowed Parliament to tax goods imported into the colonies
Both acts made the colonists angrier and sparked more protests and boycotts.
Colonial Concern:
Taxation

11. 1768 & 1769
1768 & 1769

12. Colonies begin resisting the Townshend Acts
Colonists believe taxation without representation (when a government taxes someone without giving them representation in government) is wrong
Colonies begin resisting the Townshend Acts
England sends soldiers to Boston
Colonial Concern:
Taxation, representation

13. 1770 & 1773

14. Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
An angry crowd of colonists harass British soldiers in Boston
The frightened soldiers fire into the crowd, killing 5 colonists & injuring 6
Parliament repeals all taxes on imports except taxes on tea

15. Tea Act (1773)
Allowed only one company, the British East India Company, to sell tea in the colonies

16. Boston Tea Party (December 6, 1773)
A group of men from the Sons of Liberty blocked the unloading of tea in ports cities throughout the colonies, disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded the tea ships throwing 342 cases of tea into the harbor
Colonial Concern:
Taxation

17. 1774
1774

18. Individual rights, taxation, representation
The Coercive [Intolerable] Acts (1774)
Issued by Parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party; these were designed to punish the colonies and Massachusetts in particular.
They:
Closed the port of Boston
Put Massachusetts under military rule
Forced colonists to house British soldiers
The First Continental Congress is formed because of the Coercive Acts. As representatives from every colony (except Georgia), they:
Oppose the treatment of Boston
Begin to form militias in each colony (armed citizen soldiers)
Organize boycotts of all British goods
Colonial Concern:
Individual rights, taxation, representation

19. 1775
1775

20. The British and Massachusetts colonists begin fighting
The Second Continental Congress asks the King to come to an agreement with the colonies to stop the fighting
The King orders more soldiers to the colonies to end the rebellion and ends all trade for the colonies
Colonial Concern:
Individual Rights

21. 1776
1776

22. Fighting expands between the British and all colonies
Continental Congress agrees to seek independence
The Declaration of Independence was signed
Colonial Concern:
Individual Rights