The Stirrings of Rebellion (Chapter 4- Section 1)
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Chapter 4- Section 1
True or False
The original 13 colonies
were all very similar to each
other.
False
New England: small
farms, lumbering,
fishing, ship building
Middle: farming
Southern: plantations,
cash crops such as
tobacco, rice and
indigo, majority of
slaves and indentured
servants
True or False
The original 13 colonies
were British colonies.
• Great Britain ruled
the colonies for more
than 150 years (16071776)
• In the 1600s Britain,
France, and Spain are
fighting to gain
territories around the
world.
• In 1754, the French
and Indian War was a
10 year battle over the
Ohio Valley which
left Britain with huge
debt.
True
True or False
The 13 colonies were
economically dependent on
Britain.
False
By the 1770s, most colonies were selfsufficient.
Most colonists had more rights than
their European counterparts. Colonists
wanted to maintain these rights.
Colonists were still dependent on the
British for military protection.
True or False
After the French and Indian
War, Britain agrees to pay for
the debt of the war and allow
the colonies to continue in their
“independence.”
False
After the French and Indian War, King George III
started to take away freedoms that the colonists had
taken for granted.
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
True or False
All the colonists agree to
declare independence.
False
Loyalists
Remain loyal to
Britain
Who were they?
Rich land owners,
governors, religious
leaders
Patriots
Want independence
Who were they?
Merchants
Farmers
Craftsmen
Tradesmen
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Aftermath of the War
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
Aftermath of the War
Proclamation of 1763
Banned settlement west of Appalachians.
“British stationed 10,000 troops in colonies to maintain
order
Many colonists saw this as a “standing army”
Sugar Act
Halved duty on foreign made molasses
Placed duties on certain imports
Strengthened enforcement of law allowing prosecutors to
try smuggling cases in a vice-admiral court instead of
colonial court
The Stamp Act
March 1765: The Stamp Act
Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for
every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, etc.
Impacted every colonist
Resistance led by Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams
No stamps were sold
Colonies passed laws saying colonists could only be taxed
by that colony
Stamp Act Congress
Repealed in March 1766, but passed the Declaratory Act.
“to bind the colonies and people of America… in all cases.”
The Townshend Acts
1767: Townshend Acts passed by Parliament
Taxes placed on imported materials from Britain such
as glass, paint, and paper.
Imposed a three penny tax on tea.
Colonists again resisted.
“Taxation without
representation”
John Hancock accused of
smuggling
2,000 “redcoats” stationed in
Boston
The Boston Massacre
British “presence” in Boston angered colonists
March 1770: Mob gathered near Customs House and
taunted guards.
Crispus Attucks and four others
were killed.
Labeled the “Boston Massacre” by
Sam Adams.
Boston Tea Party
British East India Company held monopoly on tea
imports, but weren’t profiting b/c of boycotts.
Tea Act: Granted company the right to sell tea to
colonies free of taxes that tea sellers had to pay.
December 16, 1773
Colonists, disguised as Native Americans,
dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
The Intolerable Acts
King George III was infuriated by the colonists
actions.
1774: Intolerable Acts
Shut down Boston Harbor
Quartering Act
Appointed Chief of British Forces as new governor of
MA and he placed Boston under martial law
Colonists reaction
First Continental Congress (Sept. 1774, 56 delegates
met in Philadelphia)
What do you think?
How would you respond to
these laws passed by a
distant government?