1. Good Morning! Bell Ringer
Refer to #19 in your notebook or your timeline.
As we begin the American Revolution, what things (events, people, etc) do you see that might make the colonists angry enough to want to separate from England? You may also use your own knowledge on this subject.
Make a bulleted list of at least 3 things and explain why you chose them.
You might even look ahead in your notes!!

2. Stirrings of Rebellion

3. French and Indian War -Old rivalry between France and England
-1754 conflict ignites again as the French begin building forts near the Virginia border
-The French and Indian allies won many early battles
-Albany Plan of Union*****
-colonies debate forming a central government because of possible defeat in the war
-idea was proposed by Benjamin Franklin but was never adopted
-Victory at Quebec-turning point of the conflict for the British
-Treaty of Paris, 1763
-France lost all lands in America

4. Albany Plan of Union
The colonies need this union. Why won't they agree to this plan? The plan is to combine all 13 colonies for the war against the French. Together we stand, divided we fall. Maybe the reason they will not agree, is that they fear their loss of individual power, but how can we make efficient weapons without efficient means. The colonies fear that this union would be the beginning of their loss of freedom, but that's not the way this plan of union would work. I just hope we all make it through this together.
Ben Franklin, 1754

5. Post-War Problems -Proclamation of 1763
-Law stated that colonists could not cross the Appalachian Mtns
-Colonists ignored the law and continued to provoke Indians
-standing British Army in the colonies -British heavily in debt b/c of war
-Taxes (duties) will be established on certain goods to help pay for British expenses.
-smugglers tried to avoid paying taxes
-writs of assistance– search warrants issued by British authorities to catch smugglers

6. Proclamation of 1763
I cannot believe that the King has done this to us. He offered us a new world and a new life. We came, got through the hard times, without his help, and now he's trying to restrict us. Just as my husband and I were preparing to move the family west, the King, from thousands of miles away, is telling us that we can't move. He says it has something to do with the lack of protection from Natives and the harassment of the French. Well, we are determined, and the King is thousands of miles away. If he has as much will to enforce his Proclamation as we do to expand west and begin the greatest adventure of our lives, then he will have to come and stop us himself. We will go, alone if we must, and we will thrive. I am completely ready to go. My children speak of their excitement everyday. We will be leaving in early spring. Wish us luck!
Mary Hall (frontier colonist)

7. British Taxation -Sugar Act -affected merchants and traders
they made less profit and began smuggling in goods
-protests begin
-James Otis– “no taxation without representation”
-Stamp Act
-new tax placed on imports such as tea, glass, paper, paint
-colonists again reacted with protests
Began to boycott goods
-British reacted by sending more troops ( the troops were housed in colonial homes, forcing colonists out, known as the Quartering Act)

8. British Taxation
-Sugar Act
-affected merchants and traders
-protests begin
-James Otis– “no taxation without representation”
-Stamp Act
-new tax placed on imports such as tea, glass, paper, paint
-colonists again reacted with protests
-British reacted by sending more troops

9. Resistance Begins
-Sons of Liberty
Boston
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Believed in
-no taxation w/o representation
Should not have to pay taxes without having a vote/representation in congress
-protests and boycotts were organized
-stamp agents were harassed
Tarred and Feathered
-law eventually repealed (taken back, or removed)
-Declaratory Act– states that Parliament has the right to declare laws for British colonies
Made colonists angry!

10. Resistance Begins
-Sons of Liberty
Boston
Samuel Adams
John Adams
-no taxation w/o representation
-protests and boycotts were organized
-stamp agents were harassed
-law eventually repealed
-Declaratory Act– states that Parliament has the right to declare laws for British colonies

11. Townshend Act
-new tax placed on imports such as tea, glass, paper, paint
Caused prices to go up because of high tariffs, hurt colonial economy, people began to suffer.
-colonists again reacted with protests
-British reacted by sending more troops

12. Boston Massacre
-March 1770
-protests by colonists (non violent)
-British troops fire on crowd (without being provoked
-5 colonists killed
-Crispus Attucks
Freed African American who was protesting and got shot
-Most soldiers found not guilty at their trial for murder. Ruled they acted in self-defense
John Adams ( a son of liberty) served as attorney for the soldiers
wanted to show England what true justice and liberty was

13. Boston Massacre
Things have been tense for a while now. I see it and wait, fearfully, for an outburst to occur. Without warning, one day, I walked past the Customs House. A large group had assembled. The hostility was rising as men taunted and teased the on duty guards. I watched silently, holding my breath, waiting for the moment when both parties would reach their breaking point. Out of nowhere, I see Crispus and a few other dock hands arrive. That is when the trouble began. An armed Clash sprang forth. With a blink of an eye five lay dead in the freshly fallen snow, now tainted with blood. This day shall for ever be burnt into my mind. The town is in an uproar over this bloodshed. What will happen now, we can only guess.
Colonist