Unit 2 Lesson 5 Causes of the American Revolution

DOG How many servants did a land owner have to have per 50 acres of land? What year was the ban on slavery lifted? What was the common crop in Georgia during the Colonial Period?

Standards SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution. a. Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French and Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence. b. Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia on the Revolutionary War; include Loyalists, patriots, Elijah Clarke, Austin Dabney, Nancy Hart, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton, Battle of Kettle Creek, and siege of Savannah.

Causes of the American Revolution The Seven Years’ War was a major European conflict between France and Great Britain Known as the French and Indian War; Great Britain and their Indian Allies vs. French and their Indian Allies French and Indian War

Proclamation of 1763 France surrendered all of its North American territories east of the Mississippi to Britain Spain gave Florida to Britain Spain received the Louisiana Territory and New Orleans from France A British decree made in favor of Britain’s Native American Allies reserving the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Taxation Without Representation King George III raised money by taxing the colonists to pay off war debt Sugar Act passed in 1764; taxed non-British imports of sugar, textiles, coffee, wine, and indigo dye Stamp Act of 1765 set tax on all legal documents, permits, commercial contacts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards

Taxation Without Representation Stamps were expensive; could only be paid in silver or gold Stamp Act Congress – representatives from 9 colonies united; wrote Declaration of Rights and Grievances Parliament ended Stamp Act in March 1766 Stamp Act

DOG Who fought in the French and Indian War? What did the Stamp and Sugar Acts do to the colonist? Name one thing the Sugar Act taxed. Name one thing the Stamp Act taxed. What did the Declaration of Rights and Grievances do for the colonist?

Taxation Without Representation In 1767 – Townshend Revenue Act – taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea In 1773 – Tea Act – to help the British East India Company December 16, 1773 – Boston Tea Party – colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the water

Intolerable Acts Were meant to punish the colonies 1. closed Boston Harbor 2. cancelled Massachusetts’s royal charter 3. Allowed British officials charged with offenses in the colonies to be tried in England 4. allowed British troops to live in colonists’ homes 5. Colonists formed the First Continental Congress

Georgia and the Revolution First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774; GA didn’t send a representative Colonies formed a group called the Association – banned trade with Britain In January 1775, Georgia elected representatives Georgia was divided – loyalists and patriots – sent Lyman Hall Intolerable Act

DOG What year was the Townshend Revenue Act enacted and name the things that were taxed. What year was the Tea Act enacted and what was the purpose of it? What was the Boston Tea Party? Where did the First Continental Congress meet at? Who was the only Georgian to attend the First Continental Congress meeting? What year did the 13 colonies separate from Britain? Who where the three men from Georgia to sign the Declaration of Independence?

DOG Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? What is another name for the French and Indian War? Define the term boycott?