2. Fr ench and I ndian War
• Br it ain helped
colonist s def eat
Fr ench in war
• Br it ain needed
money t o pay f or
war expenses
• Taxed colonist s,
r est r ict ed
set t lement s and
limit ed self -govt .
3. Sugar Act and St amp Act
• Br it ish t axed
colonist s on many
of t he goods
coming int o t he
colonies f r om ot her
places
• Br it ish imposed
t axes upon all
paper pr oduct s and
st amped t he it em
once t he t ax had
been played.
4. “No Taxat ion
Wit hout
Repr esent at ion!
”
Colonist s r eact …
5. 3. AMERICAN COLONISTS TAKE ACTION:
“No Taxation Without Representation”
-Colonists very angry over new taxes and laws. Colonists
felt that Parliamant and the king did not have the right
to tax the colonists without colonial representation in
Parliament.
How it worked:
1. All taxes and laws are made by the King of England
and Parliament.
2. Only people living in England may elect members to
Parliament.
3. If Americans cannot elect members to Parliament, then
they have no representation there.
4. These Americans say the taxes are unfair and refuse to
pay them. They say that they have the same rights as 5
6. Var ious pr ot est s:
•Pat r ick Henr y’s
speech
•Sons and
Daught er s of
Liber t y
•Benj amin
Fr anklin’s visit t o
Par liament
•Bost on
Massacr e
7.
8. Bost on Tea Par t y
• Lower pr ice on
Br it ish t ea
• Colonist s st ill pay
t axes
• Boycot t ed Br it ish
t ea
• Sons of Liber t y
dr essed in disguise
and dumped Br it ish
t ea over boar d
9. King Geor ge III passes t he
“I nt oler able Act s”
• The Royal Navy
blockades t he Bost on
Har bor so no colonial
goods could be sent
out unt il t ea was paid
f or .
• Colonist s had t o
quar t er t he Br it ish
soldier s.
• The King assigned
Br it ish Gener al Gage
t o be Massachuset t s
11. Conf lict at Lexingt on and
Concor d
•Br it ish Gener al Gage
lear ns of hidden weapons
in Concor d
•Two lant er ns hung in
chur ch t ower t o war n
t he Br it ish coming by
“sea” (Char les River )
•Paul Rever e and William
Dawes make midnight
r ide t o war n Minut emen
of appr oaching Br it ish
12. Second Cont inent al
Congr ess
Repr esent at ives
br ought money
t o help
est ablish…
t he Continental
Army
(i.e. pay soldier s,
buy guns,
bullet s, f ood,
13. declaration : (n )
an official statement
independence : (n )
the freedom to govern on one’s
own.
14. Who was involved?
• Benj amin
Fr anklin
• J ohn Adams
• Rober t R.
Livingst on
• Roger Sher man
• Thomas
J ef f er son
15. Wher e did it all t ake place?
This is a r eplica of
t he Gr af f house
wher e J ef f er son
wr ot e t he maj or it y
of t he 1st dr af t of
t he Declar at ion of
I ndependence. The
or iginal building (at
t his locat ion) was
dest r oyed in 1888.
16. Reasons why the Reasons why most people
American colonists believed that England
believed that they would win the war.
would win the war.
ADVANTAGES: DISADVANTAGES:
1. They were fighting for their 1. Poorly trained army and no
homes, families, lives, and freedom. navy.
2. George Washington 2. No money to fight a war.
3. They were fighting on their home 3. Weak, inexperienced gov’t.
ground. 4. 2/3 of population were
4. Ben Franklin got the French to either Tories or didn’t care.
help them. 5. Professional English army,
5. Many of the English generals Hessians, and Indians against
were afraid to make mistakes. them.
6. The English people would get 6.Poor equipment and lack of
tired of a long war. food.
7. Soldiers could leave at will.
16
17. Reasons why England Reasons why England
believed it would win might not win the war.
its war with America.
ADVANTAGES: DISADVANTAGES:
1. Professional army and navy. 1. England had a 3000
2. Factories to make war materials. mile supply line.
3. $ to feed and supply an army. 2. English soldiers were
4. A government to make fighting because they
decisions. were told to fight.
5. 1/3 of the American population 3. America is a large
were Tories. 1/3 of the American piece of land and not
population were neutral or didn’t easy to control or
care. conquer.
6. Hessians and Indians on British 4. Many of the English
side. generals were afraid to
7. Americans were poorly supplied make mistakes.
17
and trained.
18. BRITISH ACTION: AMERICAN REACTION:
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR REFUSAL TO PAY SHARE OF WAR
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 DISOBEY THE LAW
STAMP ACT PROTEST STAMP ACT
SONS OF LIBERTY
BOYCOTTING ENGLISH GOODS
NO TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION
QUARTERING ACT BOSTON MASSACRE
TEA TAX BOSTON TEA PARTY
INTOLERABLE ACTS MINUTEMEN
LEXINGTON – CONCORD AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BUNKER HILL
18
