1. SWBAT: Describe the British Policies that Led to Colonial Unrest
Actions & Reactions
SWBAT: Describe the British Policies that Led to Colonial Unrest

2. Do Now
With your group, explain one short-term and one long-term effect of the French and Indian War
*THINK: Political, Cultural, Economic

3. Proclamation of 1763 After Pontiac’s War, King George III:
- Prohibited colonial settlement west
of the Appalachian Mountains
- Land reserved for Indians
- Only colonial governments could
sell Indian land to private
individuals

4. Proclamation of 1763
Goal: to stabilize colonial frontier to avoid being dragged into endless boarder conflicts
Who would be most upset by the proclamation? Why?

5. Proclamation of 1763 Effects:
Settlers and speculators were enraged, infuriated
 they ignored the policy
George Washington himself sent agents to secretly purchase as much land as possible
Relationship between Indians & settlers worsened

6. Proclamation of 1763
First in a series of acts by the British government that angered colonists
In your group, determine the
POV of the British v. POV of the colonists
at this point in time…

7. What comes next…
You will use the textbook, additional info packets, and your smartphone to determine information to complete your assigned “Action-Reaction” events.
Complete the graphic organizer by explaining how each event caused a reaction… and how each reaction caused another action… and so forth.
Each group member is responsible for finding their assigned action-reaction.
You will then share-out your findings with your group members.

8. Wrap Up
Complete “Historical Thinking Skill: Causation- The War for Independence”
Which “act” do you think was most influential in the start of the American Revolution/War for Independence? Why?

9. Foundations for Revolution
SWBAT: Explain the Differences between Patriots and Loyalists

10. Do Now What united colonists against the British?
- British taxes WITHOUT colonial representation or consent; “virtual representation”

11. Colonial Justification
Rights of British subjects
Rights of the individual
Tradition of self-rule in the colonies
Enlightenment ideas
- John Locke
“…the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent…“
- Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government, 1689

12. Sons of Liberty Formed:1765, response to Stamp Act Boston, MASS
“No taxation without representation”
Tar and Feathered
The Bostonian Paying the Excise-Man, 1774

13. Patriots vs Loyalists PATRIOTS LOYALISTS
Lawyers, Merchants, Farmers: Paul Revere, John Hancock, John Adams, Thomas Paine, Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson
40-50% of population
Against British control
Royal officials, clergymen, wealthy merchants
20-30% of population
Rejected revolution
Favored remaining a part of British empire
AKA “Tories”

14. Patriots vs Loyalists PATRIOTS LOYALISTS
Men AND women gave financial & material support
Familiarity with the land
Military leadership of George Washington
Deep commitment
Foreign aid – most notably the French
Bigger military, more $
Promised to limit colonial settlement in the West  support from American Indians

15. Wrap Up
SA Practice!
After 1763, Britain began to consolidate its control of the British colonies.
A)Briefly explain a reason for this consolidation
B)Briefly explain one British action taken
between 1763 and 1776
C)Briefly explain one reaction by the colonists
to the action described in part b)