Road to Revolution 1754 - 1763

Unit 2 – Road to Revolution Update your Table of Contents for today’s activities Get your 5 W’s of North Carolina Chart out to be checked Read page 156 to yourself silently Date Session # Activity Page 9/18 8 Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 20 4 Square – Set 1 of Acts & Events 21

Quick Review: North Carolina as a Colony From your 5 W’s Chart, what did you find out about North Carolina? 5 minutes of “Facts for Tickets”

Events Leading Toward Revolution What are 2 things that you read about on page 156 that could be considered events that led towards revolution?

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events Using the graphic organizer and pages 167- 173 fill in the event that occurred for each date listed in the box BUT, leave room for notes! 1754: French and Indian War begins - Albany Plan of Union -

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1754: French and Indian War begins – fighting between British and French and their Native American allies Albany Plan of Union – proposal by Ben Franklin to create a council to take over certain affairs of the colonies to unite their defenses

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1763: (French and Indian War ends with Treaty of Paris) Proclamation of 1763 – British act that closed all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for colonial settlement to appease the Native Americans

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1764: Sugar Act – law that raised taxes on luxury goods such as silk, wine & molasses; mostly affected merchants

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1765: Quartering Act – law that required colonists to feed and shelter British troops Stamp Act – law stating that colonists had to pay for stamps printed on taxable paper items

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1767: Townshend Acts – group of laws that raised revenues by enforcing the collection of taxes and imposing new taxes on items like tea and glass

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1769: Non-Importation Association – established to boycott the purchase of any British goods

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1770: Townshend & Stamp Act repealed EXCEPT tax on tea Boston Massacre – small argument that ended in 5 colonists being killed but Patriots used the event to gain support

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1773: Tea Act – an act that cut tea prices, but not the tax on tea to try to help British merchants Boston Tea Party – Patriots disguised as Native Americans boarded ships in Boston harbor and dumped tea overboard in protest

Road to Revolution: Sequence of Important Events 1774: The “Intolerable Acts” – Britain punished colonists for the Boston Tea Party by sealing off the harbor First Continental Congress – representatives from the colonies met in Philadelphia to put together options for action against Britain

Road to Revolution: 4 Square - Set 1 Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act For each important act or event you must include a description, the impact on colonists, and an illustration that represents this act or event. For example… Quartering Act Stamp Act

Albany Plan of Union The Albany Plan of Union was an attempt to unite the colonies and the governing of their affairs to provide a stronger defense. Although it was unsuccessful it was the first attempt to unite the colonies against an opponent which will lead to their unification against Britain later. The slogan was changed to UNITE, or DIE once the Revolution started

Warm-Up Update your Table of Contents for today’s activities Get your 4 Square out to be checked Fill in “The Basic Facts” portion of the French and Indian War note guide Date Session # Activity Page 9/20 9 The French & Indian War Note Guide 22 Homework: 4 Square – Set 2 23

Clarifying The Stamp Act It applied to... All legal and commercial documents Diplomas, contracts, wills Any published materials such as newspapers had to be written on special “stamped” paper Impact… While the Sugar Act before it mostly affected merchants, this affected all colonists

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Cause 1 While the British are colonizing the East Coast, France is claiming land west of the Appalachian Mountains Each side wanted the Ohio River Valley area for fur trade and farmland, and in the early 1750’s the British began to move into French territory

Effect 1 French & Native Americans become alarmed and destroy several British trading posts and begin to build forts for protection

Cause 2 In 1753, George Washington is sent to deliver a letter demanding that French troops leave the area

The French laughed…the British now had to decide – leave or fight Effect 2 The French laughed…the British now had to decide – leave or fight

French colonists build Fort Duquesne Cause 3 French colonists build Fort Duquesne

British build Fort Necessity and launched the first attack Effect 3 British build Fort Necessity and launched the first attack

Cause 4 The fighting begins!

The first victory goes to the British Effect 4 The first victory goes to the British

Cause 5 Most of the fighting is confined, and both sides rely heavily on their Native American allies to fight

England and France stay out of the fight for the first 2 years Effect 5 England and France stay out of the fight for the first 2 years

Cause 6 British colonists suffer from lack of Native American allies & real support from Britain

Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union… Effect 6 Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan of Union…

In 1756, Britain is losing badly Cause 7 In 1756, Britain is losing badly

Effect 7 England and France officially declare war leading to the outbreak of worldwide conflict called the “Seven Years War”

Cause 8 In 1758, the tide turns as the British capture Fort Duquesne and rename it Fort Pitt In 1759, the British also capture Quebec, the heart of French territory

Effect 8 Fort Pitt will eventually become the city of Pittsburgh

Cause 9 In 1763, both the French and British are exhausted, and the British come out the winners

Effect 9 The Treaty of Paris was signed to end the war between France and Britain The Proclamation of 1763 was established between the British and the Native Americans

Cause 10 Both England and the colonists were excited about all of the new land acquired from winning the war BUT Both groups had very different ideas about the new land and their roles in the war, especially England who had acquired a lot of debt from the war

Effect 10 You fill in what happened next: What did happen?

Analyzing the Map Use the map on page 166 to answer the last 4 questions on your note guide

Closing Questions What are the 2 main events that are now leading to the Revolution? How do they relate to one another?

4 Square – Set 2 Townshend Acts Tea Act For each important act or event you must include a description, the impact on colonists, and an illustration that represents this act or event. “Intolerable Acts” First Continental Congress