1. 1.2b Events Leading to the American Revolution
1.2 -Analyze the early development of representative government and political rights in the American colonies, including the influence of the British political system and the rule of law as written in the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, and the conflict between the colonial legislatures and the British Parliament over the right to tax that resulted in the American Revolutionary War.

2. Causes of the Revolution
Colonial legislatures were ____________________________________
Although royal governors sometimes used their automatic power to cancel colonial legislatures or change their location, the power of the colonial governor was limited by the “_______ ____ ___ ________”
The control British Parliament was able to exert was limited by distance and desire.
After 1720 the English Government followed a policy of________ _________, leaving the colonies alone to govern themselves.
***It was when the ________ tried to change this policy (______ ________) that real problems began.

3. The French and Indian War
As the need for raw materials grew, both French and English colonies expanded west
Both bumped into each other and this lead to conflict
In 1754, the _______ _____ ________ _____ started which was just a smaller part of the __________ _________ ______.
British_______, and the peace treaty gives them all territory that is now_______, and land west to the ____________ ______________.
BUT, this was extremely expensive

4. French and Indian War

5. Lieutenant George Washington

6. Rising Tensions between Britain and the Colonies
To help pay for the war British Parliament passed and tried to enforce the ____________ ______ which attempted to collect taxes directly from the colonists rather than recognizing the exclusive right of the colonial assemblies to collect taxes.
Relations went down between both
***Britain felt that the colonists should help pay the __________ _______ _______ _______ but the colonists did ________

7. The Repressing Acts To pay for the war, Britain starts to issue taxes
________Act- Colonists must provide __________for British soldiers stationed in __________
________ Act- Law that taxed _____ _______ __________by requiring it barred a government stamp
_________ ______ _______meets and says “N_____ T________ W___________ R______________!”

8. Stamps

9. In protest, the colonies set up _____________ - protests against buying taxed goods
A group led by Samuel Adams called _______ ___________ ___________ ______________enforced the boycott.
This group used ________ and _________ against tax collectors to stop them. (Tarred and feathered)
Parliament ________ the Stamp Act, but passed the ______________ Act: Parliament has power to pass ______ and colonists must ______them.

10. The Sons of Liberty

11. Tarred and Feathered

12. Increasing Violence and Tension
In 1767, Parliament passed the T___________________ Acts- taxes placed on T_____, G_______, L________, P__________, P__________
Violence_______________, British send MORE troops to Boston.
March 3rd, 1770 angry persons were shot by British soldiers who felt threatened by a mob
Known as the ___________ ___________

13. EOC SAMPLE QUESTIONS 1. The French and Indian War led Great Britain to
A. Encourage colonial manufactures in its North American colonies
B. Impose revenue taxes on its North American colonies
C. Restrict emigration from England to North America
D. Ignore its North American colonies
E. Grant increased colonial self-gov. to its North American colonies