The Seeds of Unrest Mr. Moyer Chap 4 sec 1,2,3 & 4

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Terms Sugar Act – imposed a duty or import tax, on foreign sugar Stamp Act – levied a tax on printed material Sugar and stamp acts – increased colonial resentment Parliament - served as the British governing body

Colonial Response to the Stamp Act The nonimportation agreement – not to buy or import British goods Protest against it Sons of Liberty – relied on pamphlets, petitions & public meetings Stamp act Congress - delegates from nine colonies met in 10/1765 voice their objections

Boston Massacre 1767 – Parliament passes the Townsend Acts 1768 – Gage dispatches British troops to Boston March 5, 1770 – the Boston massacre takes place.

The Shot Heard Round the World Why Colonists staged the Boston Tea Party Passage of the tea act Colonial protests Tea party itself

Parliament Intolerable Acts – strengthen British control over the colonies. Four laws that would punish Boston and Mass. Reaction – colonists sent food to Mass. And denounced King George III

First Continental Congress Discussion of grievances against King George III Assertion of rights as British subjects Expression of loyalty to the crown

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battles of Lexington and Concord 1774 – Intolerable Acts – anger colonists leading to First Continental Congress George III’s order to Cage in response to the First Continental Congress 1775- George III’s decision to seize rebel arms in response to the First Continental Congress April 19, 1775 – Battle of Lexington – Shot heard round the world British troops enter Lexington and then the Battle of Concord

Second Continental Congress Actions taken against Britain - creating an army - giving army command to George Washington - fighting the Battle of Boston – “Don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes” - sending a final plea to George III (olive branch petition)

Independence Declared Declaration of Independence - king George III’s misdeeds - established the doctrine of unalienable rights - declared that people have the right to abolish a government that deprives them of those rights

Revolutionary War Problems the Continental Army Faced - lacked important supplies - faced harsh weather - battled disease - shortage of enlistments

Roles in the War African Americans – Fought for both British and Patriots to earn their Freedom American Indians – fought on both sides and that the war resulted in a split in the Iroquois League Women – supported the war effort as some women fought, others served as spies and messengers, others worked as cooks, laundresses, or nurses and others distributed medical supplies, made uniforms, & helped manufacture bullets

*first major offensive An American Victory Importance *first major offensive Attack *raised American Morale Battle of Trenton Importance *encouraged European Countries to become Allies *raised American Morale Battle of Saratoga

Saratoga Turning Point in the war France secretly aiding the Patriots Gold, naval support, supplies and troops France declared war on Britain and then Spain joined France

Military Strategies Small detachment of troops: Gave speed and flexibility Small scale attacks: attack more places Guerrilla warfare techniques: take advantage of local geography and to destabilize the British

Treaty of Paris Granted the United States Independence Transferred land from the Atlantic Coast westward to the Mississippi River & from the Great Lakes south to Florida Declared Americans should pay any debts owed to the British