Transcript SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the

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SSUSH3 The student will
explain the primary causes
of the American Revolution.
a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial
competition as seen in the French and Indian War
and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork
for the American Revolution
b. Explain colonial response to such British actions as
the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the
Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters
of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.
c. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s
Common Sense to the movement for
independence.
Bell Ringer
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What do you see?
What does this
cartoon show?
What political
message is
presented here?
Hypothesize as to
the intended
purpose of this
political cartoon.
SSUSH 3 - Outline
III. SSUSH 3
The student will explain the primary causes
of the American Revolution
A. French & Indian War
1. Causes of the Conflict
2. Treaty of Paris
3. Why a cause of the Revolution?
B. Trouble in the Colonies
1. Proclamation of 1763
2. Sugar Act
3. Stamp Act
4. Sons & Daughters of Liberty
5. Townshend Acts
6. Committees of Correspondence
7. Boston Massacre & Tea Party
8. Intolerable Acts
C. The Movement for Independence
1. Thomas Paine
2. Colonial Move to Independence
•Use your textbook to complete
this outline on your own
•Ch 3 Sect 4 pp. 85-89
•Ch 4 Sect 1-2 pp. 96-108
•Leave enough room in
between the numbered items
for the information needed
•Fill-in as much information as
you can for each numbered
item
French and Indian War
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A European war that spread to America in
1754: British and French began fighting over
the Ohio River Valley (transportation,
farming, and fur)
French and Indian War
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The English recruit colonial militias to help
fight the French (including George
Washington who was a Lt. Colonel for the
British)
The British defeat the French in the early
1760s
America’s first
political cartoon
(Ben Franklin 1754)
What do you think
this cartoon was
supporting? Why?
French and Indian War
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The war officially ends in 1763 with the signing of
the Treaty of Paris
The treaty all but eliminated French power in North
America
Additionally, the treaty gave the British government
control of all of Britain’s American colonies.
Parliament began taxing the colonists to pay for the
war.
The colonists objected to the loss of control over
their own affairs, & some Americans began to think
about an American revolution..
How do you think many of the colonist felt about the British
making them pay for the war?
French and Indian War
The British issue the
Proclamation of 1763 which
prohibited colonist from
crossing the Appalachian
Mountains in an attempt to
keep peace with western
Indian tribes. The British did
not want to have to put the
resources into protecting
western colonial farmers.
Why would this policy upset
some colonist?
Colonial Response to the British Actions
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Britain’s American colonists believed
the king & Parliament were violating
their rights as Englishmen.
Among the rights they felt were being
violated were protection from
taxation without representation,
the right to a trial by a jury of their
peers, protection from searches
without warrants, & protection from
having troops quartered on their
property.
Parliamentary actions to tax the
colonists or to enforce the tax laws
provoked a negative reaction from
the colonists that eventually led to
open rebellion.
These actions included the Stamp
Act & the Intolerable Acts.
Colonial Response to the
British Actions
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Stamp Act (1765): a British tax on
most printed material- was the first
direct tax on the colonies. (legal
docs, playing cards, etc.)
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Sons of Liberty(1765) organized
protest meetings and intimidated
tax collectors -led to the formation
of the Stamp Act Congress which
sent a petition to King George
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The Daughters of Liberty and the
Sons of Liberty both organized
effective boycotts of British goods:
Daughters of Liberty promoted
wearing “homespun” fabric
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The British repeal the Stamp Act in
1766
Colonial Response to the
British Actions
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) (1774): Laws intended
to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
Massachusetts was where the majority of the boycotts
against the British were taking place. The Intolerable
Acts:
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Shut down the port of Boston
Limited colonial voting rights
Limited the power of colonial courts
Forced the colony to house British soldiers
Placed a military governor over Massachusetts
Colonists called for the First Continental Congress
to protest these actions & formed colonial militias to
resist enforcement of these acts.
Colonial Response to the
British Actions
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Much of the planning for the First
Continental Congress was
carried out by committees of
correspondence.
These committees were formed
because American patriots could
not communicate publicly.
One committee would exchange
written communications with
another committee within or
between the colonies.
Committees of correspondence
were the first organization linking
the colonies in their opposition to
British rule.
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
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Published in 1776 by patriot Thomas Paine
A persuasive pamphlet which blamed King
George III and not Parliament for punishing the
colonies
Paine declared that the time had come for the
colonies to declare independence
from England
Sold nearly 500,000 copies
Helped to persuade the Continental
Congress to issue the Declaration
of Independence (July 4, 1776)
Cause/Effect
Use the Cause/Effect diagram to take notes on the colonial reaction
to British taxes
 Describe the Act (cause)
 Be specific about the Colonial reaction (effect)
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When you are finished Mr. Howard will come around and check
your work
 Keep your work in your notebook
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Write the EQ’s in your notes just after the outline
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Begin answering them – what you do not finish will be homework
SSUSH 3 – Essential Questions
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What were the primary causes of the
American Revolution?
How might it have changed things if
the colonial British had headed
Benjamin Franklin’s warning?
Why was the French & Indian War
fought?
What were the terms created by the
Treaty of Paris?
What were the colonial responses to
British actions such as the
Proclamation Act of 1763, Stamp
Act, & Intolerable Acts?
What was the importance of T.Paine’s
Common Sense?