1. October 16 & 17
OBJECTIVE
DO FIRST
You will be able to identify and sequence events that led to the American Revolution
Grab a Do Now off the table
Write the Objective & Date on a new page in your Notebook
Complete the STAAR Q using FPOWER
Glue/Tape in your Do Now

2. The Navigation Acts
To enforce mercantilism, England passed the NAVIGATION ACTS, (Trade Acts) beginning in 1651.
These acts were designed to control trade in the colonies.
These laws forced the colonies to trade only with England.
This was a part of Mercantilism

3. Great Britain Tightens Control Over the Colonies
Salutary Neglect- For much of the colonial period, Great Britain paid little attention to the colonies.
So long as the colonists were making them money!
Mercantilism- the idea that all production in the colonies should benefit THE MOTHER COUNTRY
The colonists became used to governing themselves.
However, when the colonies started making money the British government began to show a new interest in America.

4. More Taxes… Muahahahaha!
During the years of British neglect, American colonists had been able to disobey trade laws made by Parliament.
The situation changed after Britain ended the French and Indian War in 1763.
The British were left with a national debt that had doubled in size.
To reduce that debt, Parliament raised taxes in both Britain and America.
The colonists were asked to pay their share for running the empire.
The British government also began to tighten trade regulations with the Navigation Acts.

5. John Hancock: Smuggler & Criminal
How did American colonists respond to mercantilism?
They became smugglers!

6. Talk of Rebellion
From 1763 to 1774, the actions of Parliament convinced many Americans that their natural rights were being threatened.
Some colonists began to think about breaking away from Great Britain.

7. Two Colonial Groups
Patriots
Loyalists
People who thought England Was wrong and that the colonies should break away
People that loved their Mother Country (England) and believed that the colonists should abide by their rules

8. Causes of the American Revolution
Proclamation Line & New Taxes(1763):
Colonist couldn’t settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
forced Americans to pay new taxes to help pay off the war debt.
Sugar Act (1764)
Taxed Sugar and Molasses
Stamp Act (1765):
taxed every legal document, newspaper, pamphlet, deck of cards, and dice. Anything printed on paper was taxed.
Quartering Act (1765):
required colonists to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes

9. The Coercive/Intolerable Acts (1774)
Townshend Acts (1767):
placed a tax on glass, paint, paper, and tea.
Writs of Assistance (1767)
Allowed British Officers to enter coloninal homes to search for smuggled goods without giving reason
Tea Act (1773)
Placed a tax on tea that the colonists were forced to pay
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts (1774)
Closed the Port of Boston (Stopped Trade)
Took away town meetings (Self-Government)
Allowed British troops to be tried in England

10. ACTIVITY: Propaganda Poster
DIRECTIONS: Using the information you just read, create an illustrated poster of a major Act that led to the American Revolution.
Be ready to present at the end of class!