BACKGROUND Historically speaking,. There is NO. COLONIZATION Impact *Columbus Claims New World for * established * English Colonies Created * brought to America *Native American depopulated due to Motive *Search for sea route *economic *Convert unbelievers to *Seek *Grow FRENCH & INDIAN WAR Conflict arose between the and the over the The French and Indian War was a When the war ended, France was no longer Some of the Indians that had been threatening the France Great Britain spent a great deal of 1754 Delegates from 12 colonies Ben Franklin proposed the, a plan to The proposal Great Britain VS. 1
IMPACT OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR The and of controlling the newly acquired territories was. The British looked to the. That began. During the French and Indian War, Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" slogan was used as a battle cry, inspiring colonies to unite against the. It will be reused during the. PROCLAMATION 1763 Forbade American colonists from. This was intended to. Colonists were they had either purchased land west of the mountains or had received land grants Agree or Disagree? Write a tweet of 150 characters or less expressing whether or not you would have agreed with the Proclamation of 1763 if you were alive then. 2
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION As the British government assessed methods for generating funds, Taxed things such as: - - - molasses - - & more Are taxes necessary? Why or why not? 1764 - SUGAR ACT - 1765, 1774 - QUARTERING ACT- 1765- STAMP ACT- 1766- THE TOWNSHEND ACTS - 2 GROUPS EMERGED PATRIOTS - _ LOYALISTS OR TORIES - Patriots: Loyalists/Tories: 3
COLONIAL OPPOSITION THE STAMP ACT CONGRESS- First Congress was held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in of the colonies sent representatives; It was the first gathering of - laid the foundation for colonial unity Additionally, after the passage of the Stamp Act, colonists were outraged that they had no vote in the British Parliament and complained that this was. They formed the group. TOWNSHEND ACTS OF 1767 had imposed new taxes on lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea imported to the colonies. In protest, the colonists In addition, they Britain responded by. DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY - Women signed pledges, - promised not to buy, - and met at BOSTON MASSACRE Colonists resented the. Tensions. An angry mob of colonists gathered that British soldiers were guarding. They began. Someone yelled, Fire! and shots rang out. This event became known as the. dead; wounded Following the Boston Massacre, Townshend Acts were repealed (ended),. 4
TEA ACT 1773 Although he Townshend Act was repealed but a new. Allowed the to become a monopoly, becoming the colonies only The company was not taxed to ship the tea to the colonies, but. Led to a & eventually the event known as the Boston Tea Party BOSTON TEA PARTY Colonists along with the Sons of Liberty went aboard the ships Beaver, Dartmouth, & Eleanor and Destroyed 340 chests of tea, in today s money, was worth more than The destroyed tea! It is estimated that took part in the Boston Tea Party. For fear of punishment, The British until all of the 92,000 lbs of British East India Company tea were paid for. This was implemented. The Boston Tea Party, as it became known, greatly angered England s King George III, and. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS A little background: Albany Plan of Union 1754- Committees of Correspondence (1773)- (Patrick Henry give me liberty or give me death ) The colonists continued with and will even create the Continental Congress with. First Continental Congress 5
The British are coming! The British are coming! SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD On April 19, as the redcoats ( ) headed to Concord, Massachusetts Paul Revere and another rider mounted their horses. They then rode as fast as they could toward yelling The regulars are coming! The regulars are coming! Paul Revere was able to wake up enough of. Local militiamen, marking the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their independence. Over British Redcoats and American minutemen were wounded or killed during the first engagement of the war. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL (BREED S HILL) Boston, MA June 17, 1775 Patriot Col. William Prescott gave the command The battle was a though they The battle proved that When King George III received news of the battle. OLIVE BRANCH PETITION July 1775 It was a petition from the 2nd Continental Congress to King George III the king refused. ENLIGHTENMENT INFLUENCE Americans were literate & read books by leading thinkers, especially, & used these ideas to justify their protest 6
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE By June, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, a growing majority of the colonists. On, the Continental Congress voted to, drafted by a five-man committee including Franklin and John Adams but written mainly by. Jefferson, used ideas of (Life, Liberty, and Property Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness) Rousseau- The Declaration outlined COMMON SENSE 6 months prior to the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men the world, was also sent to & the war was on! By Thomas Jefferson In Congress, July 4, 1776. EXCERPT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. Underline or highlight the following phrases: - all men are created equal - endowed by their creator with unalienable rights - deriving their power from the consent of the governed - it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it - it is their right, their duty, to throw off such government - a history of repeated injuries and usurpations - establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these states 7
AMERICAN REVOLUTION/REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1776-1783 AMERICAN BRITISH Political Advantages Economic Advantages Social Advantages Military Advantages Disadvantages 8
BRITISH STRATEGY British Led to for outnumbered 13 colonies 13 COLONIES The 13 colonies joined together and fought the British under the guidance of appointed George Washington commander-in-chief of Continental Army IMPORTANT EVENTS 1776-1777- 1778-1779 - 1781-1781- 1783-1787- THE TREATY OF PARIS 1783 Officially Set the geographic boundaries for the new United States Gave Americans much than original 13 colonies AMERICAN REVOLUTION SIGNIFICANCE It was the first time a colony It was the first time a government was created The success in America 9