8.4 A Review

8.4 A Review

by Adrian Montes

​TEKS 8.4A

​Analyze the causes of the American Revolution, including the Proclamation of 1763, The Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, Mercantilism, lack of representation in British Parliament and British Economic Policies following the French and Indian War

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​Proclamation of 1763

• ​The Proclamation of 1763 was an imaginary boundary (red line) set by King George III after the French and Indian War

• ​It stated that no one was to move west past the Boundary.

• ​The Boundary was marked by the Appalachian Mountains.

• ​This Proclamation was intended to keep peace with Native Americans and their land.

• ​The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because they did not like that the King is trying to control where they can live.

​Taxation without Representation

• ​The British Parliament's Actions upset many colonists.

• ​Colonists believed that Great Britain had no right to tax them without consent

• ​The Colonies had no representation in British Parliament

• ​The Colonists would protest by "boycotting" which means refusing to buy British goods.

​Stamp Act of 1765

• ​This tax required colonists to pay for a stamp when they bought paper items, such as newspapers playing cards, pamphlets.

• ​The Colonists protested by using violence against British tax collectors, or refusing to buy the stamps.

• ​Parliament repealed (got rid of) the Stamp Act one year later.

​Boston Massacre

• ​During this incident British soldiers fired upon a crowd of colonists who were shouting at them, throwing snowballs, and daring the soldiers to shoot at them.

• ​British Soldiers killed 5 colonists

• ​The best remembered casualty of the incident is Crispus Attucks who was half Native American and half black

​Boston Tea Party

• ​To protest a tax placed on tea, colonists disguised as Native Americans sneaked on to the Tea- filled ships and dumped 340 tea chests into the waters of the harbor.

​The Intolerable Acts-also known as the Coercive Acts

• ​The Intolerable Acts were a direct response to the Boston Tea Party

• ​they were 6 different Laws and taxes placed on the Colonists as punishment for the Boston Tea Party - the most important ones were....

1. ​closing Boston Harbor until the Tea spilled was paid for

2. ​The Quartering Act

   1. ​required colonists to house British soldiers.

• ​These acts only made the Colonists angrier.

​Mercantilism

• ​Mercantilism is a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade.

• ​A country gained more wealth if it had more exports than imports.

• ​Britain used this system to control who the colonists could trade with.

  • ​the Colonies were only allowed to trade with Britain.

Multiple Select

The statement above is a response to what issue? choose two correct answers.

• Economic impact of the great awakening

• the disapproval of the African slave trade in American colonies.

• The economic policies to repay debt following the French and Indian War

• the laws passed by colonial representatives

• policies enforced that were passed without representation from the colonies.

Multiple Choice

The statement above reflects the British response to what colonial action?

• attacks on British redcoats at the Boston Harbor

• Lexington and Concord

• Protest by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor

• Violent protests to the Stamp Act

Multiple Choice

What was the reason the British enacted this policy?

• to create an alliance with the French by protecting their colonial settlers

• to place the colonists under stricter British control.

• to prevent conflict and recover financial losses caused by the French and Indian War war

Multiple Choice

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• by requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• by limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• by preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

Multiple Choice

The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the -

• political debates that took place at the Albany convention

• interference of Great Britain in the slave trade

• economic consequences of the Great Awakening

• Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

Multiple Choice

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Multiple Choice

How did the American Colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts ?

• F

• G

• H

• J

Open Ended

Multiple Choice

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts.

• A

• B

• C

• D