Causes of the american revolution wiki wk2
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Proclamation of 1763
• Pontiac’s War convinced the British to close lands west of the Appalachians Mountains.
• This angered colonists and many chose to ignore it
• 10,000 troops were sent to enforce the law
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Stamp Act of 1765
• Taxed documents
• Wills
• Diplomas
• Marriage licenses
• Newspapers
• Almanacs
• Playing cards
• Dice
• Colonists rioted in protest
• Tax collectors were tarred & feathered
Author: Pennsylvania Journal
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Taxation without Representation
• Colonists did not feel they could be taxed
• They did not have representation in Parliament
• This right was guaranteed by the Magna Carta
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Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act is repealed• Charles Townshend
creates the taxes• Glass• Paper• Paint• Lead • Tea
• Writs of Assistance• Used to search cargo
• Colonists sign nonimportation agreement & boycott British goods
Author: Joshua Reynolds
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Sons of Liberty
• Group formed to protest British taxes
• Used fear to intimidate tax collectors
• Protest Video
Author: Philip Dawe
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Samuel Adams
• Well known member of the Sons of Liberty
• Cousin the 2nd President John Adams
• Organized the committee of correspondence
• Spread the word of the events in Massachusetts
Author: John Singleton Copley
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Quartering Act
• Colonists had to provide housing to British soldiers stationed in the colonies
• Thought of it as another tax
• Large military presence in Boston and New York City
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The Boston Massacre• Angry crowd protested
• Soldiers panicked and fired shots at crowd
• 5 colonists killed
• Soldiers arrested and tried in court
• John Adams was lawyer –received light sentences
• Townshend Acts repealed same day
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The Tea Act
• Tax on Tea remained after Townshend Acts
• Tea Act tried to bail out the British East India Company
• Cut out the merchants
• Colonists feared further action
• Boycott against Tea
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The Boston Tea Party
• Sons of Liberty refused to let tea ships unload
• Governor demanded the cargo be unloaded
• Colonists request ships sail away
• Request denied by customs
• Colonists dressed as Indians opened and dumped tea in to Boston Harbor
Author: W.D. Cooper
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The Intolerable Acts
• Punishment from the Boston Tea Party
• Port of Boston is closed
• Allow only 1 town meeting per year
• British officials charge with a crime return to England for trial
• New harsher Quartering Act
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First Continental Congress
• 12 colonies were represented
• Agreed to support Massachusetts and boycott British goods
• Encourage each colony to train a Militia
Author: Edward Savage &/or Robert Edge Pine
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Shot Heard ‘Round the World
• Paul Revere & William Dawes warned colonists that “The British are coming”
• Minutemen faced British soldiers
• Small battles near Lexington and Concord
• Ended the hope of an agreement with Britain
Author: Daniel Chester French
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Olive Branch Petition
• Continental Congress voted to end the quarrel with Britain
• Sent delegates to see the King
• Declared loyalty to the King
• Asked for Intolerable Acts to be repealed
• King was furious• Vowed to bring rebels to
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George Washington and the Continental Army
• Washington was leader of the Army
• Pro’s• Soldiers were good
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• Knew the land
• Con’s• Untrained
• Few supplies
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Works Cited
• Davidson, James West. The American Nation: Beginnings to 1877. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1997. Print
• Colonists Protest British Policies video courtesy of www.history.com
• Microsoft Clip Art pictures from Microsoft Clip Art 2003
• Pictures: Wikipedia Commons