1. Warm Up
Response must be 3-5 sentences or bullet points Is it ever okay to go against authority (teachers, parents, boss etc)? Explain. Give specific examples

2. North American Colonies
Britain governed 13 colonies.
In 1763 Britain defeated France in the Seven Years war (French and Indian)

3. Representative Government
Colonist belief- people elect representatives to make laws & conduct government
British Parliament- representative assembly= enact laws
2 chambers
Upper chamber (House of Lords)
Lower chamber (House of Commons)
American colonial legislatures followed English model

4. What the French and Indian War did for Americans (copy slide)
Colonists identify themselves as Americans
British Government pass Acts of Parliament colonists did not like
Helped lead to the Revolution

5. Reasons for Revolution (copy slide)
1. Taxation without Representation
2. British King forces us into wars, we get killed & pay for wars
3. British abuses of power
quartering of soldiers in private homes,
blockading Boston harbor
the Boston Massacre
jailing of people who disagree

6. Key Events 1763- End of French and Indian war
1765- Stamp Act passed requiring a taxed stamp to be purchased for all papered goods
1770- Boston Massacre- British soldiers shoot and kill 5 colonists
1772- Boycott of British goods called
1773- Boston Tea Party- Sons of liberty board a British tea ship and dump the tea into the harbor
1774- Intolerable acts passed to punish the Sons of Liberty/First Continental Congress
April Revolutionary war begins when the British military attempts to find leaders of the sons of liberty and their weapons cache.
May Second Continental Congress John Hancock President
Revolutionary war
July 4th 1776-Declaration of Independence
1781- Articles of Confederation
1787- Creation of the Constitution
Preamble states the purpose & goals of the constitution
1789- Constitution goes into effect.

7. The Boston Massacre (copy slide)
March 5th, 1770, an angry mob hurls stones at a group of British soldiers in Boston.
The soldiers open fire on the mob killing five

8. Boston Tea Party (copy slide)
December 16th 1773
The Sons of Liberty dress as Native Americans and dump over 200 chests of tea into Boston harbor
Great Britain demands the tea be paid for

9. The Sons of Liberty (copy slide) & study political cartoon
Radicals Sons of Liberty-combat the oppressive taxes
boycott of British goods
Acts of vandalism against British subjects and interests

10. Lexington and Concord (copy slide)
What were the British coming to do at Lexington and Concord when the first shots of the revolution were fired in 1775?

11. Answer (copy slide)
They were coming to disarm the sons of liberty and arrest their leaders because they had a weapons cache there.

12. What was the American Revolution all about? (copy slide)
Money.
Taxation without representation .

14. Life, liberty and …. Property?
Founding Fathers big fans of John Locke.
All owned lots of property

15. Why is it now “the pursuit of Happiness?”
The declaration of independence doesn’t guarantee you a happy life, only the right to pursue it.
Why?
Thomas Jefferson changed from “property” to pursuit of happiness, happiness is free property is not.
If you are all entitled to property, does Thomas Jefferson have to give you some of his?

16. The Declaration of Independence
Primarily written by Thomas Jefferson
Complaint letter to King George III of England
colonies separate from England

17. Review (last 2 notes) summary page
Why were the British going to Lexington and Concord?
Who was the President of the 2nd Continental Congress?
What does the preamble state?
Why did Jefferson change Locke’s natural rights to “Pursuit of Happiness?”
List the reasons for the American Revolution.
Explain the principles of the Magna Carta. Who signed it?
List one idea of John Locke.
What Judeo- Christian beliefs influenced democracy?
Discuss the ideas of English political thought (there are 3)
What is sedition?