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CHAPTER 6

3. Would you join the protest?
Impact of the Individual
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In 1765, your colonist neighbors are enraged by Britain’s attempt to tax them without their consent. Everyone will be affected by the tax. There are protests all over the colonies.
Would you join the protest?

4. • Does the government have the right to tax without the consent of the people?
• What is the best way to show opposition to policies you consider unjust?
• Is there anything to be gained by protesting? Anything to be lost?

5. 1763  Proclamation of 1763
1765 Stamp Act passed
1767 Townshend Acts enacted
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1770 Boston Massacre
1773 Boston Tea Party
1774 Intolerable Acts; First Continental Congress
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1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord
1776 Declaration of Independence
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6. 1763  Treaty of Paris
1765 Chinese invade Burma
1769 Spanish settle California
1773 Captain Cook explores South Pacific
1774 Reign of Louis XVI begins
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7. Main Idea
Americans saw British efforts to tax them and increase control over the colonies as a
violation of their rights.
Why It Matters Now
Colonial protest was the first step on the road to American independence.

8. Illegal Search Warrants
What were points of conflict?
Illegal Search Warrants
Sugar Act
in 1764
Conflict Areas
Between Colonists
and Britain
Quartering
Act in 1765
Stamp Act
in 1765

9. • Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger the colonists?
• How did the colonies react to the Stamp Act?
• What was the goal of Secret Societies?

10. Analyzing Points of View
What were the two sides in the debate over British taxation on the colonies?
Think About
• how Parliament viewed the colonies
• what concerned the colonists about taxes
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11. Main Idea
Many Americans began to organize to oppose British policies.
Why It Matters Now
Americans continue to protest what
they view as wrongs and injustices.

12. What are the most significant events described in this section?
1767  Townshend Acts
1768 British soldiers arrive in Boston
1770 Boston Massacre
1773 Tea Act
1773 Boston Tea Party

13. • Why did colonists oppose the Townshend Acts?
• Why were British troops sent to Boston?
• What prompted the
Boston Tea Party?

14. Do you think colonial outrage over the Boston Massacre was justified?
Drawing Conclusions
Do you think colonial outrage over the
Boston Massacre was justified?
Think About
• how British troops were taunted
• whether troops have the right to fire on citizens
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15. Main Idea
The tensions between Britain and the colonies lead to armed conflict in Massachusetts.
Why It Matters Now
Americans at times still find themselves called upon to fight for their principles.

16. First Continental Congress Battles of Lexington and Concord
What were the events that led to revolution?
Intolerable Acts
Troop Training
First Continental Congress
REVOLUTION
Battles of Lexington and Concord

17. • Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Acts?
• Who took part in the First Continental Congress?
• What was the
Midnight Ride?

18. Do you think the fighting between Britain
Supporting Opinions
Do you think the fighting between Britain
and the colonies could have been avoided?
Think About
• Britain’s attitude toward the colonies
• colonial feelings about Britain
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19. Main Idea
Fighting between American and
British troops led the colonies to declare their independence.
Why It Matters Now
The United States of America
was founded at this time.

20. Reasons for Independence Reasons Against Independence
List the colonial views for and against independence.
Reasons for Independence
Reasons Against Independence
• American blood had been spilled
• Many colonists still felt they were British
• Continued loyalty to
the British king
• Wanted a more representative government
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21. • What challenges did George Washington
face in forming an army?
• What forced the British
to leave Boston?
• What was
Common Sense?

22. Why did it take colonists so long to declare war?
Drawing Conclusions
Why did it take colonists so long to declare war?
Think About
• the colonists’ British traditions
• the risk of revolution
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23. REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS: READ AND TAKE NOTES

24. 1 How did relations change between Britain
and the colonies after the Seven Years’ War?
2 Why did Britain try to tax the colonies?
3 Why did the colonists cry, “No taxation without representation”?
4 How did the colonists protest the Townshend Acts?
5 How was the Boston Massacre used for propaganda purposes?

25. 6 How did the committees of correspondence
help keep people informed?
7 Why was the First Continental Congress held?
8 What was the Midnight Ride?
9 What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
10 What was the core idea of the Declaration of Independence?

26. Sequencing Events Back to Home Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Acts 1767
Stamp Act 1765
Declaration Act 1766
Boston Massacre 1770
Intolerable Acts 1774
Tea Act 1773
Boston Tea Party 1773
First Continental Congress 1774
Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775
Second Continental Congress 1775
Declaration of Independence 1776
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