1. Write 5 facts or four or more words about the Proclamation Line or the French and Indian War. You only have 5 minutes to complete this. P R O C L A M T I N

2. Write 5 facts or four or more words about the causes of the revolution (refer back to your chart). You only have 5 minutes to complete this. S T A M P C

3. Throwback Thursday Write five facts of four or more words about the five geographic regions of Georgia. You have five minutes to complete this assignment! T H R O W B A C K

4. Georgia In the Revolution Part 2
Stamp Act, Intolerable acts, and The First Continental Congress

5. Mercantilism! Sugar Act
Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
Mercantilism!
Not only did the British Crown want to hold to the idea of mercantilism, He had a tremendous debt from the French and Indian War.
But because of corruption, they mostly evaded the taxes and undercut the intention of the tax — that the English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies.
This hurt the British West Indies market in molasses and sugar and the market for rum, which the colonies had been producing in quantity with the cheaper French molasses

6. LONG-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
LONG-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
3. The Stamp Act
King George III felt that the French & Indian War had been fought to protect the American colonies. He believed, therefore, that the colonies should pay taxes to help pay off the war debt.
The American colonists had no representatives in the British legislature, Parliament. Because they were not represented, they believed that they could not be legally taxed!!!
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

7. LONG-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
LONG-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
3. The Stamp Act
In 1765, Britain passed The Stamp Act, a tax on paper goods that required colonists to buy government stamps for nearly all paper goods (newspapers, books, playing cards, etc.).
THE STAMP ACT CAUSED THE FIRST MAJOR, WIDESPREAD PROTESTS AGAINST BRITISH RULE!!!
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

8. Outrage Against the Acts
Colonial leaders made formal speeches against the act and joined to form the Stamp Act Congress.
Average citizens reacted more violently and protested by hanging effigies of Parliamentary leaders and royal governors, attacking the homes of British officials, and tarring and feathering tax collectors.
Some of these citizens, mainly from the middle and upper classes, joined a group called the “Sons of Liberty” in response to these taxes.
Eventually, due to colonial pressure, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but issued others.
These acts caused even more discontent and set the stage for the Revolutionary War

9. Stamp Act In Georgia
Due to Georgia’s small population, strong royal governor, James Wright, and economic dependence on Great Britain, its response to the Stamp Act was not as violent as it was in other colonies.
In fact, Georgia was the only colony where a small number of stamps were sold.
Nonetheless, there was some resistance to the Stamp Act.
Several prominent Georgians spoke out against this act and on November 6, 1765, a group affiliated with the Sons of Liberty called the “Liberty Boys” was established to oppose the Stamp Act.

10. Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
Boston Massacre
By the early 1770s, the American Colonists began to demonstrate a greater willingness to rebel:
- In 1770, a mob of angry colonists in Boston taunted and threatened to attack a small unit of British soldiers. The soldiers fired into the mob and killed five colonists. The event was called the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks, a freed slave, was one of the five casualties.
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

11. What do you see?

15. Tea Act
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.
It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea.
This tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and sold at a bargain price.
The Townshend Duties (taxes) were still in place, however, You did not have to pay it for the tea shipped from the East India Tea Company
Thus, this act undercut the colonist ability to sell tea
Colonists in Philadelphia and New York turned the tea ships back to Britain.
In Charleston the cargo was left to rot on the docks.
In Boston the Royal Governor was stubborn & held the ships in port, where the colonists would not allow them to unload.
Cargoes of tea filled the harbor, and the British ship's crews were stalled in Boston looking for work and often finding trouble.
This situation led to the Boston Tea Party

16. Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
Boston Tea Party
- In December 1773, several colonists protested a British tax on tea by dumping nearly 350 chests of tea (thousands of dollars worth) into Boston Harbor. This event was called the Boston Tea Party.
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

17. SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. The Intolerable Acts
King George III was outraged at the citizens of Boston for the
Boston Tea Party. In order to punish the colony of Massachusetts, a series of laws called the Coercive Acts were passed.
THE LAWS WERE SO HARSH THAT THE COLONISTS FELT THEY WERE INTOLERABLE
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

18. SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. The Intolerable Acts
The Boston Port Act – closed the port of Boston to trade
The Impartial Administration of Justice Act – stated that trials for British officials would be moved out of Massachusetts to another colony or to England
The Massachusetts Government Act – took away the colony’s charter and prohibited town meetings
The Quartering Act – required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers without compensation
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

19. Colonial Reaction
The colonial reaction to these acts was even more intense than their reaction to the Stamp Act.
These acts unified many colonial leaders in a belief that the British Parliament was violating their natural and constitutional rights.

20. Georgia’s Reaction
Once again, Georgia’s response to the Intolerable Acts was minimal due to the colony’s divided loyalties.
Royal governor James Wright was instrumental in slowing down the reactions of the Georgia colonist; however, those outraged by the Intolerable Acts and loyal to the patriot cause, such as Noble W. Jones and Peter Tondee, began to gather strength in Georgia.

21. SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
2. The First Continental Congress
Many of the colonies felt great sympathy and outrage for Massachusetts and
felt it was time to act.
Representatives from the colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774 to come up with a response to the Intolerable
Acts. This meeting was the First Continental Congress.
The only colony not to participate was Georgia…
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.

22. SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
Lesson One (SS8H3a) – The student will explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the French & Indian War (Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence.
SHORT-TERM CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
The First Continental Congress
Of all 13 colonies, Georgia was the most loyal to the King of England
- Georgia, founded in 1732, was the youngest colony and was, therefore, the most dependent for protection from Indians.
- Under royal control, Georgia prospered and became extremely wealthy.
- Georgia’s Royal Governor, Sir James Wright, was extremely popular with the colonists.
SS8H3 – The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.