American Revolution

1. American Revolution Unit 3

2. In the beginning... • American colonies belonged to England. • How many colonies were there? • What were they? COLONIES MAP

3. Events Leading to the American Revolution • French and Indian War (1754-1763) • Fought over territory between colonists and natives • Treaty ends the war • Gives Great Britain the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River • RESULT: • Britain believes colonists should bear costs of war • Began imposing taxes • Colonists resented because……. • NO REPRESENTATION in PARLIAMENT

4. Events Leading to the American Revolution 2. Proclamation of 1763 • Declared all land WEST of the APPALACHIAN mountains OFF-LIMITS to colonists • It would belong to the Native Americans • Why did Great Britain not want the colonists to move past the “line”?

5. Events Leading to the American Revolution 3. Stamp Act (1765) • Required colonists to have documents, deeds, licenses, newspapers, etc. officially stamped to show that taxes had been paid on the document • Placed a tax on most paper products • Even PLAYING cards!!

6. Events Leading to the American Revolution 4. Townshend Act (1767) • Required colonists to pay taxes on: • Glass • Paint • Oil • Lead • Paper • Tea

7. Events Leading to the American Revolution 5. Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) • Incident in which angry colonists were fired upon after hitting British soldiers with snowballs and other items • Five colonists were killed or mortally wounded • Used as propaganda against the British

8. Events Leading to the American Revolution 6. Boston Tea Party (1773) • In response to Tea Act of 1773 • Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from the East India Tea Company into the Boston Harbor

9. Events Leading to the American Revolution 7. The Intolerable Acts (1774) • Number of acts in response to the Boston Tea Party • Closed port of Boston • Restricted representative government in Massachusetts • Gave governor rule over Massachusetts • Gave land north of the Ohio River to Quebec

10. Events Leading to the American Revolution 8. First Continental Congress (September 1775) • 56 delegates met in Philadelphia • Voted to boycott British goods UNLESS….. • Intolerable Acts were repealed • Parliament defeated the bill to overturn the Intolerable Acts

11. Events Leading to the American Revolution 9. Lexington and Concord (April 1775) • Shot fired on an unknown person • Caused British to open fire on Minutemen • American militia fought back at the battles • Forced British to retreat to Boston

12. Grievances of the American Colonists • Taxation without their consent • Colonists did not have representation in Parliament • Colonists did not think they were receiving rights as Englishmen • Britain was slowly taking away the colonists right to govern themselves

13. Response to Grievances Colonists respond with the First Continental Congress and write a letter to King George III with complaints. • Their GOALwas to be heard and gain fair treatment When the king does not give in to demands the American Revolution begins.

14. American Revolution • Lexington and Concord • 1st battle • “Shot Heard Round the World”

15. American Revolution 2. Battle at Saratoga • Turning point of the war 3. Battle at Yorktown • Last battle of the Revolution • Lord Cornwallis (British general) surrendered to General George Washington

16. Second Continental Congress and Declaration of Independence • The founding fathers draft the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson. • The Declaration of Independence was a letter listing the grievances of the colonists and declaring they were forming their own government and country. • The founding fathersborrowed ideas from John Locke. • Ideas like what?