Standard 3 Presentation

1. WHAT WERE THE MAIN CAUSES OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
Chapter 2

2. AMERICA- 1750S

3. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
 British and French
interested in Ohio
River Valley
 Series of battles
happened in the valley
that resulted in British
victory.
 Ft. Necessity- George
Washington

4. JOIN OR DIE- ORIGINS?

5. ALBANY PLAN OF UNION
 1754 in Albany, NY
 Plan proposed by Ben Franklin to unite the colonies under one
government
 Goals- form an alliance with the Iroquois, and form a defense
system
 Iroquois did not agree, but promised to remain neutral in the F&I
War.
 Colonies rejected plan

6. FIGHTING
 Fighting occurs over 7 years between French
and British.
 British eventually cut off French supplies, and
FR allies (Indians) give up.
 British seize Spanish territories when they join
French

7. TREATY OF PARIS, 1763
 Formally ends F&I War
 British take control of New France
 Spain gave Florida to Britain
 France gave Spain New Orleans and all land
West of Mississippi River
 France has no more land in North America

8. AMERICA- 1763

9. EFFECTS OF WAR
 British deep in debt.
Who should pay?
 Proclamation of 1763 –
to avoid another war
(with Natives) ,King
George III issues this.
 Colonists could not
settle west of the line
without British
permission.
 Colonists= angry!

10. NEW ACTS ON COLONISTS
 To prevent colonists from smuggling in
goods, Britain passes series of laws and
creating customs duty.
 Smugglers tried in vice admiralty courts (no
jury, followed British law=strict)
 Writs of Assistance- allowed British to seize
illegal goods

11. ACTS
 American Revenue Act
(Sugar Act), 1764- tax
on raw sugar and
molasses, also on silk,
wine, coffee, indigo,
etc.
 Currency Act of 1764-
banned use of paper
money (caused
inflation)
 Stamp Act- taxed all
printed materials

12. ACTS/REACTION
 Townshend Act- tax on imported glass, lead,
paper, paint, and tea
 Acts angered colonists
 Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty- group
formed to protest British rule and keep all
colonists informed.
 Committees of Correspondence- way to
inform all colonists of British
restrictions/taxes

13. BOSTON “MASSACRE”
 March 5, 1770
 Colonists taunting British soldiers at customs
house
 Scene became chaotic, soldiers fired into crowd
 5 died- first was Crispus Attucks
 News spread quickly
 Tempers died down when Britain repealed most
of Townshend Acts

14. BOSTON MASSACRE 
Pew
Pew

15. BOSTON TEA PARTY
 Tea Act of 1773 angered colonists
 Ships that went to NY and Phila forced back
to Britain
 In Boston, a group dressed as Indians snuck
on the ship and dumped 342 chests of tea
into the harbor

16. BOSTON TEA PARTY
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17. REACTION
 Britain passes the Coercive Acts
 4 acts that punish colonists for tea party
 Shut down port until tea was paid for
 All officials appointed by Gov, not elected
 Trials of soldiers transferred to Britain
 Quartering Act
 Coercive and Quebec Act become the
Intolerable Acts

18. COMMON SENSE…HAVE ANY?
 Published by Thomas
Paine
 Influential pamphlet
that put King,
Parliament in bad light
 It was time to declare
independence
 Everyone read it