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American Revolution?Date

Copy the following sentences about the purpose of this lesson and fill in the blanks using page 57 in the textbook.

In this lesson I will learn:-How British ideas about ___________ were put to use in the colonies.-Why the __________ came to feel that the British government threatened their__________.-How ____________ government developed in the colonies.-Why the colonists decided to fight for their _____________.

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Ideas American colonists used to establish a British colony.

-legal document needed to establish a British colony- granted land to a person or a company-did not define government

-Based on two concepts that protect them from:- Abuse of power by the British government- Abuse of power by their colonial government

Charter

Colonial Government

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1) Natural Rights (life, liberty and property)2) Representative Government (elected

representatives to legislature)3) Rule of Law (everyone obeyed the law equally)4) Checks and Balances(each branch checks

power of the other)5) Separation of Powers :

1) Executive branch- a governor would carry out and enforce the law

2) Legislative branch- made the laws3) Judicial branch- judges were responsible for

handling conflicts about the law in court

5 basic Ideas of

Government

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Lesson 7What Experiences Led to

the American Revolution?DateBritain's control over colonies.

Britain’s neglect of colonies

Britain’s renewed interest

-Britain was becoming a world power and was busy fighting wars-Not much time devoted to colonies-Long distances-Communication was slow because news traveled by ship-Orders took months to reach colonies

-War against France was costly-Britain left with large national debt-Colonies should pay their share with increased taxes-Tightened trade restrictions between colonies and other countries

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New British law’s that

affected the colonies

- Proclamation of 1763 - banned settlement west into Indian territory - British able to withdraw army and reduce costs

- Sugar Act of 1764 - stop smuggling of goods in and out of colonies - taxes on all incoming sugar, coffee, wine, and cloth - Gave British Navy “writs of assistance” (search warrants) to search colonial ships - all colonial trade ships had to go directly to Britain

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- Stamp Act, 1765 - taxes on every legal document, newspaper, pamphlets, deck of cards coming into the colonies- Quartering Act, 1765 - British Army moved into colonial cities requiring innkeepers and public officials to house and feed British soldiers- Declaratory Act, 1766 - gave Parliament the right to pass laws for the colonies in “all cases whatsoever” to remind colonist they were subject to the king.

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- Tea Act, 1773 - forced colonies to buy tea from The East India Company to keep the British company from going broke

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- Colonist felt British Parliament was threatening their rights.- New tax and trade laws meant that colonists would lose money.- Parliament’s laws went against colonists’ belief in representative government.- Colonists believed if they had no right to elect representatives to Parliament, Parliament had no right to tax the colonists.

Colonists’ view of laws

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- “No Taxation without Representation”- believed tax laws should be passed only by the colonial legislature- King George felt colonists were acting like ungrateful children- King thought it was taxes were fair due to well-being and safety of colonies was due to British protection- Parliament didn’t understand representation because they represented the whole nation no matter where and not individuals- growing conflict in beliefs

Rally Cry for Colonists

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WIO

See page 63 of textbook to complete the WIO.Follow directions on the handout.

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Colonies Resist British Control

- tension growing- colonist organized town meetings and wrote angry letters to the newspapers

- Small groups of volunteers that made sure each colony knew about events and opinions of other colonies- raised spirits of people- united and linked all colonies together

Between1763 – 1775

Committees of Correspondence

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- organized resistance to the Stamp Act- mobs attacked tax collectors’ homes- burned effigies (straw people) of royals- marched in streets and some committed violent acts

- formed by women- helped boycott British trade- instead of buying British goods they made their own- gave up drinking tea

1765Sons of Liberty

Daughters of Liberty

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- British troops opened fire on protestors and killed 5 colonists.- Colonists believed British government would use military force to make them obey laws

- colonist tried to stop cargo of tea in the Boston Harbor- dumped 342 chests of tea - British closed the harbor

1770Boston Massacre

1773Boston Tea Party

Fall 1774 – colonists decide to take united action and committee of correspondence calls for representatives from each colony to meet and deliberate on general interests of all colonists.

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- Representatives from 12 of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to decide on best response to actions of British government.- start of unified American government- agreed to impose ban on trade- hope of change in British policies

- beginning of Revolutionary War- fighting broke out- British troops marched on to Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts to capture guns and supplies by surprise- system of signals warned colonists and they fired on British forcing them back to Boston

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Congress

April 19, 1775

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- Representatives again met in Philadelphia a few weeks later- Congress organized new Continental Army and called colonist to send troops- George Washington selected to lead troops

- a year later, Congress drafts document to explain why they should be free from British rule- this document later becomes the “Declaration of Independence”

SecondContinental

Congress

Declaration of Independence

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WIO (the right page)

Create a timeline of the important events in this lesson. Explain the significance of the event and include drawings that help depict each event.