Path Towards Revolution 1763-1775 EQ: What were the causes of the American Revolution?

King George III Of England Ascended throne at age 22 Immature, inexperienced, insecure Rare disease

George Grenville: Prime Minister

England was heavily in debt. Why?

Proclamation Line of 1763 Vacant land? Imaginary line to prevent further settlement Why? Whites ignore line

Sugar Act of 1764 Halved duty on foreign made molasses Placed additional taxes on other imported luxury items Created Vice-Admiralty Courts or maritime courts composed only of a judge

Currency Act of 1764 No colonial paper money Helped British merchants – how?

Stamp Act of 1765 Tax on printed materials Precedent setting? Court documents, pamphlets, licenses, land titles, advertisements, playing cards, newspapers, etc. Precedent setting?

Stamp Act Congress 9 colonies met in NY to discuss the Act Decided only elected representatives had authority to approve taxes – “No taxation w/o rep” Virtual representation = B.S.

Sons of Liberty

Tarred and Feathered

Stamp Collector Effigy

Repeal of the Stamp Act - 1766 Parliament compromises and repeals acts due to colonial protest and boycotting Reaffirmed the Parliament’s “full power and authority to make laws and statutes” Passage of the Declaratory Act - 1766

Townshend Acts Charles Townshend Tax on paper, paint, glass, & tea Search of private homes for smuggled items

Quartering Act

American Reaction Boycott of British goods Daughters of Liberty were colonial women who helped by spinning cloth to lessen the dependence on British manufactured goods

Townshend Act Repealed - 1770 British economy suffering due to American boycotts All taxes repealed except for tea tax Lord North

Boston Massacre - 1770 Crispus Attucks British soldiers fired into a rowdy crowd, killing 5 men Colonist John Adams defended the red coats Crispus Attucks

Tea Act - 1773 To provide financial relief for the British East India Company Company did not have to pay tariffs on tea it sold Monopoly

Daughters of Liberty “Rather than freedom, we’ll part with our tea”

Boston Tea Party

Coercive Acts - 1774 “Intolerable Acts” To punish Boston for the Tea Party Port Act: closed Boston harbor until money was paid back Massachusetts Gov’t Act: reduced power of colonial legislature Justice Act - trials for royal officials to be transferred to Britain

Quebec Act 1774 Roman Catholicism became official religion Extended Quebec territory to Ohio River Took away representative gov’t

1st Continental Congress Met in 1774 12 colonies Condemned the Coercive Acts Declaration of Rights and Grievances Meet again in 1 year

Battle of Lexington & Concord - 1775 British soldiers planned to arrest leaders and take colonial gunpowder Minutemen knew ahead of time “Shot heard around the World” Paul Revere