1. Chapter 2 Lesson 3
From the 1740s to 1760s there was a religious movement called the Great Awakening
The Great Awakening caused colonists to question traditional religious authority
The Enlightened thinkers caused colonists to question Britain’s political authority

2. The Great Awakening and Enlightenment influence on Colonists
Strengthened the colonists belief thy should have the same rights as the British people
Colonists believed parliament should protect the rights of British people
Created a strong sense of liberty

3. What led to the growing resentment against British rule?
Colonists believed parliament should protect he rights of the British people
But the king and Parliament made laws for the colonists
America was far away and had little voice in what happened in England and they had little say in their leaders in the colonies
Policies favored British interests over colonists needs

4. The French and Indian War
What caused the French and Indian War?
When colonies expanded westward they began moving onto land claimed by France
The tensions led to war
What happened after the war?
The British army won the war in 1763
Britain took control of all French lands along the Mississippi River
Colonists wanted to move onto the land
Colonists didn’t want British troops around since the the French were gone

5. New Laws and Taxes
The French and Indian War was long and cost a lot of money causing Great Britain to go into debt
The colonist caused the war by moving west so King George decided they should pay for it

6. King George wanted to end fighting in North America
Led to
The king issuing a proclamation that forbade the colonists from settling in the lands won from France.
He placed over 10,000 British troops in the colonies to keep order

7. These actions angered the colonists
Why?
They wanted to own the new land
They felt the king was punishing them
Through he was limiting economic growth

8. King George asks Parliament to tax the colonist..why?
The money would pay off Great Britain’s war debt
What act did Parliament pass in 1765?
The Stamp Act
Describe the Stamp Act:
Was the first direct British tax on the American colonists. Required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used (legal documents, license, newspaper)
Colonists reaction:
They protested the act
Colonial leaders called for a boycott of British goods
Claimed only their representatives could tax them based on the English Bill of Rights
Organized the Stamp Act Congress to protest

9. Colonial Dissatisfaction Grows
A year after repealing the Stamp Act, Parliament levied a new set of taxes

10. Townshend Acts
Placed duties on the goods colonies imported from overseas
In 1770 (after colonists boycotted British goods) they took away all duties except for the tax on tea
British officials used warrants to combat smuggling
They made it lawful for officers to enter homes and look for goods that were imported but no duty was paid

11. Tea Act Parliament passed this act in 1773
REQUIRED AMERICAN COLONISTS TO BUY TEA ONLY FROM THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
TAXES ON SOME GOOD HAD BEEN LIFTED BUT TAX ON TEA WAS STILL IN PLACE

12. In December of 1773, angry colonists boarded several ships in Boston Harbor.
The group of protesters dumped 342 chests of the British company’s tea into the harbor
This became known as the Boston Tea Party
How did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party? Coercive Act

13. The Coercive Acts
They were laws that were meant to punish Massachusetts for resisting Great Britain’s rule
Colonists called them the Intolerable Act
Some of the laws violated the English Bill of Rights
Boston Port Act: closed Boston harbor

14. Massachusetts Government Act: made meeting in town illegal except by written consent by British government
Quartering Act: required the colonists to provide housing for British soldiers
Impartial Administration of Justice Act: allowed trials of British officials from MA to beheld in other places
The Quebec Act: extended Canadian border eliminating the colonies claim to the land

15. Chapter 2 Continued Steps Towards Independence
Parliament thought the coercive Acts would frighten the colonist, however it made the colonies band together to challenge British Authority

16. The First Continental Congress
Delegates met in 1774 to plan a united response to the Coercive Acts
They met in Philadelphia
They decided to send a letter to the king asking Britain to respect the colonists’ rights as British citizens- they would meet again in the spring if the problems were not fixed
King George responded by saying New England was in a state of rebellion and a fight would decide if they were citizens of Britain or independent

17. The Second Continental Congress
In April 1775 British troops and colonial militiamen fought at Lexington and Concord MA
Congress had to decide if they wanted to make peace or declare independence from Great Britain
Congress acted as a governing body for the colonies
For months Congress debates what to do
Support for independence grew in the colonies

18. Common Sense Written in 1776 by Thomas Paine
Paine argued that common sense called for the colonists to rebel against the king’s violent abuse of power
More than 500,000 copies of Common Sense were sold 1776
By spring more than half the delegates of the Second Continental Congress favored independence

19. Declaration of Independence
Congress chose a committee to draft a document explaining to the world why the colonies should be free
The committee consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman
It was a revolutionary document because no other nation’s government was based on the principles of government by consent of the govern
It was the colonies stating they were becoming independent from Great Britain

20. What influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Wrote on Locke’s view about social contract-when a government becomes destructive it should end and people should be able to create a new government
Took ideas about democracy form ancient Greeks
Rousseau wrote if government did not protect its people it should not exist-Jefferson saw the government as not working so they needed a new one
Voltaires idea that people had a right to liberty (liberty-the state of being free)
John Locke’s ideas about natural rights that cannot be violated