1. Major Historical Figures – Sec 3
Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 MYP Title: The Road from King to Republic Unit Question: How Far can an Idea Travel? Significant Concepts: Ideas can change over time Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
Major Historical Figures – Sec 3
Ben Franklin – Printer, Scientist, Inventor, Politician who proposed the Albany Plan of Union
James Otis – Boston Lawyer, Son of Liberty, first man to claim that England had no right to tax colonist until they were allowed to be in or vote for England’s Government
Sam Adams – Boston Brewer, Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Crispus Attucks – African American, Boston Worker, killed at Boston Massacre

2. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
Section Question: If you were a colonist would you have wanted to go to war with England? (F1.1 – F1.2)
New Taxes 1765
French & Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Violence & Protests 1773

3. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
How did the French
And Indian War
change how the
Colonist felt about
England? (F1.1)
From 1754 – 1763 England, the Colonist, and their Indian Allies (Delaware) fought the French and their Indian Allies (Algonquin) for control of the Ohio River Valley
England started the war by demanding France give them the Ohio River Valley
All the English Colonies fought together and began to feel like one nation
Ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union – A central government to keep the colonies together – It didn’t work, but showed the colonies were beginning to Unite

4. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
What was the
Proclamation of 1763?
(F1.1)
While England gained all of France’s land in North America – The War left England deep in debt –
The dept forced England to raise taxes on the Colonist and write the new law “The Proclamation of 1763”
Both caused the Colonist to become angry with England
A law that kept colonist out of the Ohio River Valley
This stopped colonist from starting another war with Algonquin Indians that England couldn’t afford

5. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
What were the new
Taxes & how did the
Colonist react to
them?(F1.1 – F1.2 –
F1.3)
England put new taxes on the Colonies to pay their debts from the French & Indian Wars
These new taxes included the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act
Colonist protested these taxes and Boycotted English trade goods
James Otis (Boston Lawyer) voiced the beliefs of the Colonist when he said Colonist should not pay any taxes until they were allowed to be in or vote for England’s government (Parliament)
“No Taxation without Representation” became the slogan of the Colonist

6. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
Sam Adams (Boston Brewer) led a secret group (The Sons of Liberty) that stirred up Anti-England feelings with
Boycotts
Anti-English News Paper Articles
Violence & Protests

7. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
What were some of the
Examples of Protest
by Colonist?(F1.2)
Boston Massacre – March 5th 1770, five colonist are killed while protesting against English soldiers for taking their jobs
Crispus Attucks is one of the five (First African America to die in American Revolution events)
Paul Revere – Silver Smith, Son of Liberty – draws a picture and writes news article to make English bad (Propaganda) - Makes colonist very angry with England

8. Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre; Propaganda
Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre; Propaganda

9. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
How did England
respond to Colonist
protesting?
Boston Tea Party - Sons of Liberty dumped three ship loads of tea into Boston Harbor to protest England's control of the Tea Trade (Tea Act) in America
At first King George and England tried to avoid fighting with the colonist and ended many of the taxes
The Boston Tea Party angered England and Parliament created the Intolerable Acts to punish Boston
Close Boston Harbor
Get rid of Massachusetts’ elected government – and put English Army in charge

10. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
Quartered (Living in) English soldiers into colonist homes
These laws were to stay in place until Boston paid for the tea

11. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution

12. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 3: The events that led to the American Revolution
How did the Colonist
react to the Intolerable
Acts? (F1.1 – F1.2)
The Intolerable Acts angered and united all the colonies – except Georgia
They formed Americas first central government – The First Continental Congress – that agreed on three things
All colonies would work together through elected legislative government
Boycott all business with England
Form colonial Militias (Minutemen) and stock pile weapons