Tuesday, September 15 - Period 3 Lesson 2

Open Ended

Tuesday, September 15

Bellringer Question: Why can the outcome of the French and Indian War be considered both a good thing and a bad thing for the British Empire?

American Independence from Great Britain &
Leaders (5)

• Sugar Act, 1764

• Reduced the tax from the Molasses Act by half

• In the hopes of actually collecting the tax

• Stamp Act, 1765

• Tax on written documents with stamped paper made in

London

• Stamp Act Congress formed to protest

• Declaration of Rights and Grievances

• “No Taxation without Representation”

• Sons of Liberty

• formed to oppose, best known for the Boston Tea Party

American Independence from Great Britain &
Leaders (5)

• Declaratory Act, 1766

• British Parliament authority was the same in America as it was in

Britain

• British Parliament had “the sole and exclusive right” to tax the

colonists

• Rejected colonists beliefs that it ought to be colonial assemblies in

charge of taxing

• Townshend Acts, 1767

• raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and

judges

• Punish New York for not following the Quartering Act

• placed a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea, all of which had to

be imported from Britain

American Independence from Great Britain &
Leaders (5)

•Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer,
1767

• 12 essays written which helped unite the

colonies in opposition to the Townshend Acts

• British Parliament had the right to regulate

trade but not to raise revenue from the
colonies

Match

Match the following actions which contributed to calls for independence:

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act

• Townshend Acts

• Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer

Reduced the tax on molasses in the hopes that it could be enforced

taxed all paper products with stamped paper

announced that Parliament's authority was absolute no matter where

placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies from Britain

Argued for the power of colonial governments

• Reduced the tax on molasses in the hopes that it could be enforced

• taxed all paper products with stamped paper

• announced that Parliament's authority was absolute no matter where

• placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies from Britain

• Argued for the power of colonial governments

Workbook Activity - pg. 24

Cause and Effect Practice

You will explain how the event on the left contributed to the event on the right.

I do, we do, you do.

Open Ended

Exit Ticket: Based on #1-#9 on pg. 24, rank the TOP THREE actions which led to the American Revolution. Number them 1-3 (1 being the most important cause) and explain why each one made your list.