1. Events Leading up to the Revolution
Chapter 4 Sec 1 Notes
Events Leading up to the Revolution

2. French & Indian War Beginnings
British & French fighting through 1600’s
1740’s both interested in Ohio River Valley
French-easy travel from New France to Louisiana
British-fur traders and land speculators
French & British forts
British fort taken over-named Ft. Duquesne

3. Albany Conference British goals: Results:
urged colonies to work together to prepare for war w/France
Wanted alliance with Iroquois, who controlled western New York
Results:
Iroquois neutral
British commander appointed- Gen.Braddock
Albany Plan of Union
Developed by Ben Franklin
Colonies unite to form federal government (rejected)
Unity for common defense

4. French & Indian War British attack of Ft. Duquesne Delaware people
Braddock killed
British defeated
George Washington, Military Aide
Leadership saved them
Delaware people
See British weakness
Attack settlers
British turning point
War went on for 2 years
British victory at Quebec
Spain entered war on French side
Britain seized Cuba/Philippines
Treaty of Paris 1763
Ended war
Eliminated French power in N. America
FL given to British, Cuba & Philippines back to Spain

5. Battle of Quebec

6. WAR IS EXPENSIVE!!!!
Britain borrowed enormous amount of money to pay for the war
Deep in debt
British thought colonies should pay for part of war
Cost of stationing of troops in colonies

7. Proclamation Act of 1763
Pontiac convinced other Native Americans to go to war against British
British didn’t want the cost of another war
Line Drawn-no settlers west of it
Settlers & western farmers mad

8. British Tax Policies George Grenville Customs duties Started enforcing
Lord of Treasury
Reduce debt
Customs duties
Taxes on imports & exports not been enforced
Smuggling
Started enforcing
Vice-admiralty court
Sugar Act
Changed tax rates on raw sugar & molasses
Hurt trade
Smugglers guilty until proven innocent
Not fair-no due process (proper court procedures)
James Otis
No taxation to raise money w/o representation

9. Currency Act To slow inflation, Parliament passes act
Inflation-money loses value over time
Banned use of paper money because it lost value quickly
Colonist liked paper money
Use paper money to pay back loans
Since money was not worth much as when they borrowed it, loans easier to pay back

10. Stamp Act Grenville introduced to raise more money
First direct tax on colonists
Stamps on printed materials:
Newspapers, pamplets, posters, wills, mortgages, deeds, licenses, diplomas, dice, playing cards

11. Quartering Act Forced colonists to pay more for their own defense
If colonists did not provide barracks, soldiers stayed at cost of colonists

12. Sons of Liberty Mass demonstrations/meet ings taking place
Organized meetings & Intimidated stamp distributors
In Boston, effigy of stamp collector hung on tree, house ransacked & wood burned

13. Stamp Act Congress Stamp Act Congress Britain repealed the Stamp Act
9 colony representatives
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Sent to king
Stamp Act ignored
Boycott of English goods
nonimportation
Britain repealed the Stamp Act
Passed Declaratory Act (Parliament’s power)

14. Townshend Acts Charles Townshend
New Chancellor of Exchequer
Series of new regulations and taxes 1767
Townshend Acts
Created to help with financial problems
Revenue Act 1767
Customs duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, tea
Legalized writs of assistance
(general search warrants)
Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Dickinson
Sam Adams
MA assembly
“Circular” letter

15. British & Colonial Actions/Reactions
British officials requested withdrawal of letter
MA assembly ordered dissolved
Boston & NY refused
Boycott
VA Resolves
Only House of Burgesses can tax
VA house dissolved
Daughters of Liberty
Boycott of cloth
Spinning own
“homespun” sign of patriotism
Colonial imports declined

16. Boston Massacre British disapatched troops to Boston Troops harassed
1770 crowd of colonists taunted and threw snowballs at soldier guarding a customs house
Squad came, in tumult, shots fired
First colonist to die Crispus Attucks
3 people dead
Shootings became known as Boston Massacre
News spread through colonies
Almost all of Townshend Acts repealed (except tax on tea)

17. Perspective of Boston Massacre
Colonists’ viewpoint
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British viewpoint