Road to American Revolution

Road to the American Revolution

What caused it?

Taxes - Money - Control

• 1754-1763 between Great Britain and France

  • Both countries wanted more land in North America

• ​1763- France surrenders to Britain

  • France gives up land claims in Canada and west of​ Mississippi River

• As a result, Britain has a lot of war debt that needs to be repaid

  • This leads Britain to place new taxes and laws on colonists

French and Indian War

Multiple Choice

The French and Indian War was between...

• The French and Natives

• The British and Natives

• The French and British

• The 13 Colonies

Multiple Select

What did Great Britain gain from winning the French and Indian war? (select 2)

• French Land claims in Canada

• French land claims east of the Mississippi River

• Spanish lands

• Great wealth

Multiple Select

As a result of the French and Indian war, what happened? (select 2)

• Britain left the colonies on their own.

• Britain went into debt.

• The British lost control of lands west of the Mississippi

• The British began making new laws and taxes to pay for the war.

Proclamation of 1763

• The British government said colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists felt this was tyranny (unjust use of government power)

• ​Colonists ignored and kept moving west​ or already had land there

• British sent more ​troops to the colonies
  

Multiple Select

What happened as a result of the Proclamation of 1763? (select 2)

• The British sent more troops.

• Colonists protested and eventually ignored the proclamation.

• The British repealed the proclamation.

• The colonists gave up their land claims.

The Stamp Act required all colonists to buy a stamp for any paper product they purchased. This included newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and more.

What?

After the French and Indian war Great Britain and France were both in major DEBT!

To get the money back they inacted a new tax:

The Stamp Act

Why?

The Stamp Act - 1765

In response to the new tax:

• Colonists ambushed ships with stamp papers

• Colonists protested

• Sons of Liberty pressured and pursued tax collectors and loyalists

Colonists React to the

Stamp Act

Multiple Choice

What was taxed under the Stamp Act?

• Sugar and spices

• Tea

• Anything made of paper

• Weapons of any sort

Multiple Choice

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• With celebrations

• With protests and ambushes

• With acceptance

• With bombs

The colonists protested, “no taxation without representation!”

Colonists organized boycotts of British goods to pressure Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.

Colonists Reaction:

Charles Townshend placed duty's (taxes) on many different imports to the colonies including:

Glass, Paper, Tea, and Paint

What?

Townshend Acts - 1767

Boston Tea Party Dec. 16, 1773

Dressed as Mohawk Indians and destroyed 92,000 pounds of tea

Pressure - Sons of Liberty pressured people not to sell or drink British tea.

Colonists Reaction:

The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies

What?

Tea Act - 1773

Multiple Choice

How many pounds of tea were thrown into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?

• 1000 lbs

• 54,000 lbs

• 73,000 lbs

• 92,000 lbs.

Multiple Choice

What did the Townshend Acts tax?

• Tea, Paint, Glass, and More

• Shrimp

• Collards

• Pork and Beans

1) Blockade the Boston Harbor

(no trade)

2)Government officials for Boston were chosen by the Royal Governor

(not the people)

3)No more trial by peers

4) Quartering Act - give us your house! (applied to ALL colonies)

Meant to punish Boston for their acts of rebellion. These were new laws that greatly affected the lives of the colonists in Boston.

What?

Intolerable Acts - 1774

Colonists response to the Intolerable Acts was to call the

First Continental Congress

they met September 5, 1774 to discuss a unified response to Britain

George Washington suggested boycotting British goods

Parliament (British government) was surprised by the colonies having a unified response

(they had never done that)

Intolerable Acts were the last straw!

They were not repealed and led to the eventual outbreak of the

American Revolution in April 1775.

Colonists Response to

Intolerable Acts

Multiple Choice

What was the final straw that led to the American Revolution?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts