1. Causes of the American Revolution

2. Discontent in the Colonies
Colonists were angry because Great Britain wanted to tax the colonists in order to pay for the French and Indian War.
Great Britain began to enforce new and old laws to “get their money”

3. Navigation Acts protect the economic interests of the British Empire and colonists could only ship goods on British ships. Fine for Georgia, we did most of our trading with GB, bad for other colonies who traded with other countries.
Sugar Act placed a tax on imports of sugar and molasses from West Indies…GA did a lot of trading with them…this affected us
Stamp Act was a tax placed on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses
People were very angry and reacted violently
This was only carried out in Georgia
“Liberty Boys “ who were part of the bigger group “Sons of Liberty” opposed this
The Georgia Gazette stopped printing for a year until the act was repealed.

4. Protests Increase
Townshend Acts of taxed imports of tea, paper, glass, and coloring for paints.
The most common way to protest unfair taxing was by boycotting certain items.
1/3 of the population stayed loyal to Great Britain during the Revolutionary War…they were called Tories
People who supported the colonies were called Patriots.

5. “No Taxation Without Representation
“No Taxation Without Representation!” This was the pre-revolution war cry.
Boston Massacre- A few young men in Boston began throwing snowballs at British soldiers and calling them names. The soldiers fired into the crowd and killed 5 people. One of them was a freed slave by the name of Crispus Attucks.

6. Tea Act- British parliament passed this act stating that the East India Tea Company could sell its tea at a discounted rate to the colonies. This made the colonists mad because it was cheaper than their price. They felt this was a trick to get them to buy the cheaper tea, but still pay the tax. Remember! They had been boycotting tea at this point.
Boston Tea Party- patriots including Sam Adams and Paul Revere dressed up as Indians, boarded 3 British ships in Boston Harbor, and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Bay Sesame Street: Kermit News And Boston T Party - YouTube

8. The Intolerable Acts
Great Britain felt they had to punish the colonies for the actions of the Patriots
Intolerable Acts
Port of Boston closed until people of Massachusetts paid for the tea.
No town meetings without the agreement of their governor.
Any British official who committed a capital crime would have to be tried GB, not a colonial court.
Quartering Act- citizens had to feed and provide shelter for British soldiers at their own expense

9. A Colony Divided
In response to the Intolerable Acts, the Continental Congress met in secret to discuss breaking away from Great Britain and/or changing rules and regulations but still remaining under British control.
Georgia did NOT send a delegate.
Agreed to stop all trade with GB
Urged each colony to set up committees of safety which would enforce the boycott of GB

11. Were you listening?

12. 1. The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to protect:
Answer A
1. The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to
protect:
The economic interests of the British Empire
New England Merchants
Colonial trade with the West Indies
The slave trade between England and the colonies

13. Colonists had not been allowed to participate in the war.
Answer D
2. The French and Indian War increased tensions between Britain and the American colonies because:
Colonists had not been allowed to participate in the war.
Colonists had hoped to win independence.
Britain forced the colonists to settle Canada
Britain insisted that the colonists share the expenses of the war

14. 3. Which British policy was actually carried out only in Georgia?
Answer C
3. Which British policy was actually carried out only in Georgia?
Tax on British wine
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act

15. Answer C
4. How did Great Britain punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation Act

16. Answer B
5. These patriot leaders of Georgia opposed the Stamp Act and were part of the Sons of Liberty.
Georgia Crackers
Liberty Boys
Minutemen
Georgia Boys

17. Answer B
6. The first direct tax on the colonies to raise money to pay for the French and Indian War was the:
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts

18. Answer D
7. Colonists who remained loyal to the crown during the revolution were called:
Lobster backs
Patriots
Chasseurs
Tories

19. Tar and feather officials Petition the King
Answer B
8. The most popular and effective form of protest used by American colonists was:
Burning effigies
Boycott
Tar and feather officials
Petition the King

20. 9. The slogan of the American Revolution was:
Answer B
9. The slogan of the American Revolution was:
“Give me liberty or give me death.”
“No taxation without representation.”
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
“We have not yet begun to fight.”

21. Answer A
10. Leader of the “Sons of Liberty” who coined the phrase Boston Massacre to gain support for the patriot cause.
A. Samuel Adams
B. Marquis de Lafayette
C. Thomas Paine
D. Cornwallis