Transcript Road to the American Revolution

Road to the
American
Revolution
1754-1763
French and Indian War
• Great Britain and the Colonists VS.
French and Indians
• They fought for control of of
Northwest Territory
• G.B. won and took control of North
America from Mississippi River to
Atlantic Ocean
French and Indian War
• War caused a split between colonists
and Great Britain
• Colonists no longer saw themselves
as British citizens
• War created a large debt in G.B.
Proclamation of
1763
Proclamation of 1763
• G.B. wanted to tighten control of
colonists
• Banned all settlements west of
Appalachian Mountains
• Too expensive to protect colonists
from Native Americans
Stamp Act
• G.B. wanted to raise money to pay for
debt
• Taxed all legal documents,
newspapers, and other printed
material
• “NO TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION” became
colonists battlecry
Stamp Act
• Colonists boycotted tax and G.B.
repealed it
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre (1770)
• Colonists were protesting taxes at a
British tax House
• British soldiers fired into crowd killing
5 protesters
• Crispus Attucks, blk man
–FIRST PERSON TO DIE IN
REVOLUTION
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party (17
• Colonists threw tea into Boston
Harbor to protest tax on Non-British
Tea
• British King George III shut down
Mass Gov’t and put British Soldiers
in control
Intolerable Acts
• King George’s response to Boston
Tea Party
• Eliminated the powers of most
colonial governments
• Only local gov’t loyal to King were
allowed to remain in power
First Continental
Congress (1775)
• Representatives from 12 colonies met
in Philadelphia to protest Intolerable
Acts (Georgia Excluded)
• Formally Requested an end to
Intolerable Acts
• Started a boycott of all British goods
First Continental
Congress
• Called for formation of colonial militias
• Planned to meet in one year to
assess goals
Second Continental
Congress (1776)
• 2nd meeting in Philadelphia among 12
colonies
• Colonists realized King George would
not meet their demands
• Decided to go to war for
Independence
• Hired Thomas Jefferson to write
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of
Independence
• 1st Part –
Definition of
gov’t: based on
social contract
and natural rights
of John Locke
• TJ natural rights
were life, liberty,
and pursuit of
happiness
Declaration of
Independence
• 2nd Part – List of
crimes commited
by King George
on colonists
• 3rd Part –
Statement of
Independence