1. Causes
of the Revolution

2. The Proclamation of 1763 – a treaty giving the Indians all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Angered the colonists because it kept them from moving west.
A right they believed they earned after their victory in the French and Indian War.

3. The Sugar Act (1764) – the Sugar Act actually lowered taxes from the Molasses Act, but was intended to be more strictly enforced.
Enforcement allowed officials to search peoples
homes without cause.
It also took away the right to trial by jury and
forced the accused to prove their innocence.
The colonists were angry about the new
enforcements, but still found ways to smuggle
in the sugar.

4. “ No Taxation without Representation!”
The Stamp Act (1765) –
the Stamp Act put a tax on ALL printed goods including: books, mail papers, newspapers, official forms, dice, cards, etc.
The angry colonists
cried out…
“ No Taxation without Representation!”

5. The colonies were so angry that they created the Stamp Act Congress with representatives from most of the colonies.
The congress decided to boycott, refuse to buy, all printed goods.
It worked! England repealed, discontinued, the Stamp Act.
Also at this time, Samuel
Adams created the Sons
of Liberty, a group of
colonists who began
pushing for independence.

6. WHO has the WHO has the power to power to tax? spend the taxes?
While the colonist’s celebrated their victory
over the Stamp Act, England passed the
Declaratory Act (1766), which stated that
Parliament had the right to tax and make
decisions for
the colonies “in all cases.”
The colonists might have won one battle, but
the argument over who makes decisions for
the colonies had just begun.

7. The Townshend Acts (1767) – a law putting taxes on several imported goods like: lead, glass, tea, etc.
The colonists fought against these taxes with further boycotts of British goods.
In fact, colonists were encouraged not to buy any British Goods.
The Daughters of Liberty organized themselves to teach each other how to make their own cloth and do other things to keep from buying British goods.

8. The Boston Massacre – (March 1770) started as a snowball fight and escalated into an angry mob.
Five colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks, the first free African American killed for the cause.
The Committee of Correspondence was created, to
communicate any further British conflicts to all the
colonies. Colonists used the Boston Massacre as
propaganda, information designed to influence
opinion, against the British.

9. The Tea Act of 1773 – Most of the Townshend Acts were repealed, but the tea tax was reinforced by the Tea Act.
The Tea Act allowed the East India Company not to pay the tea taxes.
In protest, several of the Sons of Liberty dressed like Indians and boarded several ships in Boston harbor and dumped the tea overboard. This became known as the Boston Tea Party.

10. The Colonists quickly referred to these laws as the Intolerable Acts.
The Coercive Acts (1774)/ the Intolerable Acts - King George was furious about the Boston Tea Party. He insisted the colonists must be punished. The punishments included:
Boston Harbor was closed – no goods in or out of Boston
No more town meetings. Assemblies were sent home
British soldiers were sent to Boston to enforce these new laws
Bostonians were forced to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes
The Colonists quickly referred to these laws as
the Intolerable Acts.

11. The Continental Congress
The colonists believed that many of their rights as British citizens had been taken away. The Continental Congress with representatives from each of the colonies met together to decide what to do.

12. 1st Continental Congress (1774)
(Met to decide what to do about the Intolerable Acts.)
55 delegates from all colonies
(except Georgia)
They met at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
They drafted a statement of grievances to the king against 13 acts of Parliament that they felt violated colonial rights.
They voted to boycott all British goods and trade.
They encouraged each of the colonies to create a militia to protect themselves.

13. WAR Steps to the Revolution British Actions
Each step moved us closer to war
British Actions
The Coercive Acts
The Tea Act
The Townshend Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Acts
The Proclamation
of 1763
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
WAR
Colonial Responses
1st Continental Congress
The Boston Tea Party
More boycotts & Daughters of Liberty
The Committee of Correspondence
The Stamp Act Congress & Sons of Liberty
Colonists were angry
Smuggling

14. Not Yet!