Class Assembled PPT Chapter Four: The Road to Revolution

Instructions Groups of two students will be assigned a reading from the textbook pages You must create a two slide PowerPoint based on your reading. Included in your slide should be the relevant information in point form, and at least one related image based on your reading per slide. Follow the example on the next two slides. Your slides must be saved to your student account, and you must print out a hardcopy and submit it to me. On Wednesday, you will present your portion of the Chapter 4 material to the class. You will be expected to take notes in class based on the presentations. There will be a summative quiz based on material in the presentations.

New Policies Britain controlled foreign trade of the colonies, and viewed the colonies as merely a source of raw materials. The Navigation Act of 1651 had mandated all goods in the colony had to be carried on British Ships In 1660, Britain listed enumerated commodities, which could only be sent to Britain. These included tobacco, cotton, indigo and sugar. Broken voyages meant ships from the colonies paid duties on imports. Numerous laws were designed to help special groups. The Molasses Act of 1733 required colonists to pay taxes on sugar and molasses. Other examples included: -Woolen Act 1699: Forbade colonies to export wool -Hat Act of 1732: Forbade hat makers to sell their goods outside the colonies. -Iron Act of 1750: Restricting the manufacturing of iron in the colonies. King Charles I Example

New Policies These restrictions were the result of pressure from British manufacturers on Parliament, who wanted to end colonial competition. Benjamin Franklin’s reaction was typical of American views of the time: “A colonist cannot make a button, a horse shoe, nor a hobnail but some sooty ironmonger or respectable buttonmaker of Britain shall bawl… that his honor’s worship is… injured, cheated and robbed by the rascally Americans.” During the early colonial period, Parliament opted for a policy of salutary neglect or non-interference. The policy existed for the following reasons: -Distance: It was too difficult to control a situation 3,000 miles away. -Revenue officers: Too few revenue officers went to the colonies, and their deputies were of lax. As a result, many colonists began to evade British laws, and smuggling became an accepted practice. Benjamin Franklin Example

Topic Choices Please choose one of the following: 1)French & Indian Wars 2)Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763 and Stricter Enforcement 3)New Taxes 4)Threats to Colonial Self-Governance and Disobedience 5)The Question of Representation 6)Boycotts and Violence, The Boston Tea Party 7)The Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress 8)The Final Break Note that we may have one topic not covered by a group given the class size.