1760s-1776 CAUSES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.  a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.  b. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.  c. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.  SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution.  a. Explain the language, organization, and intellectual sources of the Declaration of Independence; include the writing of John Locke and the role of Thomas Jefferson.  b. Explain the reason for and significance of the French alliance and foreign assistance and the roles of Benjamin Franklin and the Marquis de Lafayette.  c. Analyze George Washington as a military leader; include the creation of a professional military and the life of a common soldier, and describe the significance of the crossing of the Delaware River and Valley Forge.  d. Explain the role of geography at the Battle of Yorktown, the role of Lord Cornwallis, and the Treaty of Paris, GEORGIA STANDARDS

 British in debt because of war  Begin to tax colonists  Thought the colonists should help pay FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ( )

 Treaty of Paris (1763): ended the French and Indian War and gave British full control over all American colonies  Proclamation of 1763: British deal with the Native…Colonists can’t go beyond Appalachian Mountains DOCUMENTS OF 1763

PROCLAMATION OF 1763

 England places more taxes without colonists’ approval  Sugar Act: (1 st )—sugar and molasses  Stamp Act: taxes placed on anything paper (newspapers, licenses, deeds, playing cards)  Townshend Acts: glass, paint, etc.  Boston Massacre (March 1770): protests of taxes (7 killed by British) “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”

NO TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION

 The Sons of Liberty—protests against all taxes, damaged British property and started the Boston Tea Party  The Daughters of Liberty—protest by boycotts of British cloth (Ladies— make clothes)  The Committees of Correspondence—create private communication lines between and amongst the colonies.  Thomas Paine—wrote Common Sense (about independence) RESISTANCE GROUPS

 Punishment for Boston Tea party,  Passes Intolerable Acts  Closed Boston Harbor (big port in MA)  Quartering Act—had to house/feed British soldiers  Boston under British military control (Red Coats everywhere)  Committees of Correspondence—create 1st Continental Congress INTOLERABLE ACTS