A Long Train of Abuses (Causes of the American Revolution)

A Long Train of Abuses and UsurpationsThe Causes of theAmerican Revolution

USHC 1.2Analyze the early development ofrepresentative government andpolitical rights in the American South Carolinacolonies, including the influence ofthe British political system and therule of law as written in the Magna End-of-CourseCarta and the English Bill ofRights, and the conflict between the Examinationcolonial legislatures and the BritishParliament over the right to tax thatresulted in the American in US HistoryRevolutionary War.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governmentslong established should not be changed for lightand transient causes; and... that mankind aremore disposed to suffer, while evils aresufferable, than to right themselves byabolishing the forms to which they areaccustomed. But when a long train of abusesand usurpations, pursuing invariably... to reducethem under absolute Despotism, it is their right,it is their duty, to throw off such Government,and to provide new Guards for their futuresecurity...

Such has been the patientsufferance of these Colonies...Thehistory of the present King of GreatBritain is a history of repeatedinjuries and usurpations, all having indirect object the establishment of anabsolute Tyranny over these States.

SalutaryNeglect

British National DebtFollowing the French and Indian War£140,000,000£120,000,000£100,000,000 £80,000,000 £60,000,000 £40,000,000 £20,000,000 £0 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764

SalutaryNeglect

Parliament Taxes the Colonies1. Sugar Act (1764)2. Stamp Act (1765)3. Townshend Acts (1767)

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NOTE: The colonists did not want to be represented in Parliament, where their representatives could have been outnumbered. They believed that only their representatives in their own colonial legislatures could legitimately tax them.

IntimidationMass Protests

Reduced dependence on British textiles

Confrontation between and a

Just because we don’t tax...doesn’t mean that we can’t!

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Leading to the Revolution • Tea Act • Boston Tea Party • Intolerable Acts • Lexington & ConcordPhoto Credit: Darwin Bell

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OBJECTIVE:Seize the Arsenal

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The British Retreat

Next Up: USHC 1.3 Analyze the impact of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution on establishing the ideals of a democratic republic.

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A Long Train of Abuses (Causes of the American Revolution)

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