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Birth of a Democratic Nation

Birth of a Democratic Nation. 1.03-1.04. Key Terms. Mercantilism Navigation Acts Albany Plan of the Union French and Indian War Do you know any of them?????. Proclamation Line of 1763 Stamp Act Quartering Act Boycott. Mercantilism.

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Birth of a Democratic Nation

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  1. Birth of a Democratic Nation 1.03-1.04

  2. Key Terms • Mercantilism • Navigation Acts • Albany Plan of the Union • French and Indian War • Do you know any of them????? • Proclamation Line of 1763 • Stamp Act • Quartering Act • Boycott

  3. Mercantilism • Your country is strong because of the economy (wealth), not military (force). • England was a mercantilist country…why?

  4. Miscellaneous Events Leading to Rebellion • Navigation Acts • Colonies can’t trade with anyone but GB • Why is this a problem? • Albany Plan of the Union • Colonist organize for defense…from who? • French and Indian War • GB and Colonists vs. French and Natives • GB wins except occurs massive debt • Makes colonists pay for it. • SALUTARY NEGLECT

  5. Misc. Part II • Proclamation Line 1763 • Can’t settle West of the Appalachian Mts. • Stamp Act • Tax on documents like letters and newspapers • Stamp Act Congress helps repeal Stamp Act • Quartering Act • Must shelter troops • 3rd Amendment • Boycott

  6. Boston Massacre • Townshend Acts • Taxed goods and allowed British to search for smuggling • Rioting in the streets of Boston • British soldiers fire on colonists killing 5 • Spreads news of resistance (Paul Revere, political cartoon) • Colonists are further angered

  7. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

  8. Boston Tea Party • Who: Sons of Liberty • What: Threw tea into the Boston harbor • When: 1773 • Where: Boston • Why: In response to the INTOLERABLE ACTS (closed port, took away trial by jury) • This was a boycott. • “No taxation without representation”

  9. Start of War • First Continental Congress • Official meeting of colonists • Organized militias and boycotts • Lexington and Concord • 1st Shots fired of the American Revolution • “The shot heard around the World”

  10. 2nd Continental Congress • Common Sense (Thomas Paine) • Supported colonist rebellion • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS CREATEDYOU NEED TO KNOW THIS! • They are the reasons we broke away from England!

  11. Conclusion to War • Colonists win small victories here and there • Tide does not turn until French come for support. • French and the Colonists ally and defeat the British • Battle of Yorktown is where the British surrendered • Treaty of Paris is signed and colonists finally win their independence.

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