CHAIN OF EVENTS: CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

11/3: Chain of Events: Causes of the Revolution 14

The French and Indian War

caused Britain to tax the colonists more and limit

expansion

Proclamation of 1763: GB

wanted to end fighting so

they limited westward

growth. Made people angry!

Etc….

CHAIN LINK #1: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

French and Indian War-

• Between French and British in N. America

(1745-1763)• Britain won; France

lost all land in N. America

CHAIN LINK #2: PROCLAMATION OF 1763

Proclamation of 1763

• Britain said no more moving west of the Appalachian Mtns • Speculators

(investors) who had bought land there

were furious

CHAIN LINK #3: BRITAIN WANTS TO REDUCE ITS DEBT

Britain wants to get rid of debt from F&I War:1.Sugar Act (1764): law

that put a tax on molasses

2.Stamp Act (1765): tax on all printed goods

(newspapers, wills, playing cards etc.

needed to be stamped by the British)

CHAIN LINK #4: BURNED IN EFFIGY• Colonists were

ANGRY about Stamp Act!

• “No Taxation Without

Representation!!”• Protestors burned

unpopular tax collectors in effigy

CHAIN LINK #5: ACT REPEALED…?Stamp Act Repealed

• 1766: British Parliament

repealed Stamp Act

• Colonists happy!! But...

CHAIN LINK #6: TOWNSEND ACTS

Townshend Acts (1767)

•Taxed imported goods

•Glass, tea, paper, lead

CHAIN LINK #7: DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY

Daughters of Liberty• Colonists boycott

imported goods• Women created the

“Daughters of Liberty-” urged

people to use and wear only American-

made things

CHAIN LINK #8: BOSTON MASSACREBoston Massacre• Scuffle between

colonists and British soldiers

leaves 5 colonists dead, including Crispus Attucks• Colonists FURIOUS!!

CHAIN LINK #9: GROWTH OF PROPAGANDA

Propaganda-information used to influence opinion• Bostonians used

massacre to increase anti-

British feelings

CHAIN LINK #10: COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE

Committee of Correspondence- created by colonists to help get info out about the colonists’

grievances, or problems, with

Britain

CHAIN LINK #11: BOSTON TEA PARTY

Boston Tea PartyTo protest Tea Act (1773), colonists,

dressed as Mohawks, dumped 342 chests of tea

into the water

CHAIN LINK #12: INTOLERABLE ACTSIntolerable Acts• King George III punished Boston

• 1774-Coercive Acts- closed Harbor,

banned town mtgs, and forced colonists

to keep British soldiers in their

houses (Quartering)

CHAIN LINK #13: CONTINENTAL CONGRESSContinental Congress

• 1774-colonists met in

Philadelphia, PA to create a

political body to challenge British

control

LESSON SUMMARY

What events did we discuss in class that caused the colonists to be angry at Britain? Do you agree with their argument of “No Taxation without Representation?” Explain your answer.