1. Causes of the American Revolution 8-2.2 & 8-2.3

2. Textbook p. 72-82 GB doesn’t value Colonist money & Need more tax revenue & control Southern planters have large debt & no way to pay off GB Parl. Need to pay for soldiers in colonist & show their power Upset colonist threaten & violently protest

3. Colonist want to protest tax w/o rep. Chris Gadsden- Charles Town GB sent soldiers to Enforce control A need to discuss The Stamp act & Problems with GB Chris Gadsden, Thomas Lynch & John Rutledge Boycotts until Stamp Act is repealled Make sure colonist Know Parliament is in Charge. It was ignored GB send soldiers To enforce their control Colonist are angry & feel have no rights

4. New taxes to raise GB money & punish rebellion & make them obey Boycott British duties To help the East India Tea Company sell tea (& pay taxes) NOT A TAX ON TEA Colonist boycotted Tea & protested by Boston Tea Party & Charles Town Stole the tea. Chris Gadsden, Thomas Lynch, John Rutledge, Henry Middleton & Edward Rutledge The Intolerable Act took Away all rights of Massachusetts Met to discuss what to do Boycott & Stop shipping American goods (except rice) to GB & colonies

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6. REVIEW: Taxes?!? A.England tried to get the colonies to help pay for the French and Indian War. B.Colonists thought it was the job of the colonial assemblies to pass taxes. 1.Not the job of the king or Parliament.

7. REVIEW: Stamp Act A.Stamp Act was passed and it taxed paper and items using paper. 1.Paid directly by colonist (like sales tax today). 2.All other taxes had been indirect b/c merchants had just raised prices a little. B.“No taxation without representation” was the protest.

8. REVIEW: Stamp Act C.Since colonies had no votes in Parliament, paying taxes they weren’t asked about wasn’t fair. D.Colonies held the Stamp Act Congress to complain and started a boycott of British goods. E.Started Sons and Daughters of Liberty to protest taxes too. F.Stamp Act gets repealed.

9. REVIEW: Townshend Acts A.Townshend Acts were new indirect taxes on: 1.Paint. 2.Paper. 3.Tea. B.They were designed to raise money not control trade. C.This made the colonists very angry.

10. REVIEW: Townshend Acts D.Colonists boycotted again and the taxes were repealed. 1.Except the one on tea…

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12. IV. Tea Act The Tea Act was not a tax!

13. It gave the British East India Company exclusive rights to sell tea to the colonies. 1.Remember, colonists were boycotting tea b/c of the Townshend Acts. 2.Sons of Liberty thought cheap tea would end the boycott

14. IV. Tea Act C.In Boston, colonists dressed as Indians boarded two ships and dumped the tea in the harbor. 1.Known as the Boston Tea Party. 2.In Charles Town and Georgetown they also stopped the tea from being sold.

15. IV. Tea Act D.Parliament punished the colonies with the Intolerable Acts. E.The Colonies responded by sending delegates to a Continental Congress to arrive at a solution.

16. First Continental Congress A.In 1774, delegates from SC met to elect representatives to go to Philadelphia for Congress. 1.They also created the Committee of 99 to run SC. B.Henry Middleton was elected president of Congress helped write a non-importation and non- exportation agreement. 1.Except for rice b/c it was deemed too important.

17. First Continental Congress C.On April 19, 1775 the first battle of the American Revolution occurred at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. D.The Second Continental Congress met that summer.

18. Second Continental Congress A.Four South Carolinians debated and signed the Declaration of Independence. 1.Thomas Lynch, Jr. 2.Thomas Heyward, Jr. 3.Edward Rutledge 4.Arthur Middleton B.All from the Lowcountry and all wealthy

19. Second Continental Congress

20. C.The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. D.He based it on the ideas of John Locke. 1.Natural rights of “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” 2.Gov’t protect the people 3.Gov’t can be ended when it does not do it’s job

21. Declaration of Independence E.It said King George III violated the rights of the colonists. F.Three parts: 1.“King George III, you stink!” 2.“Here is a list of ways you stink!” 3.“You stink so bad, we are never gonna listen to you again!”