1. Causes of American Revolution Chapter 5

2. Mercantilism Navigation Acts Prevented Colonial Merchants to use _______ ships Prevented colonial merchants to trade with ________

3. Proclamation of 1763 King George prevented colonists to go across Appalachian Mountains to settle Purpose Prevent fighting with natives Ppl from Britain can go there, not colonists Reaction Speculators were upset because they bought lands west of Appalachian Mountains

5. French and Indian war Britain was in massive debt Wonder who’s going to pay the debt…

6. Section 1: Taxation Without Representation

7. Writs of Assistance Legal Documents which allowed customs officers to enter anywhere for smuggled goods Smugglers forced to Vice-admiralty courts where there were no juries

8. Sugar Act Lowered tax on molasses imported by colonists Officers seize goods without going to court Purpose to Writs of A. & Sugar Convince colonial merchants to end smuggling

9. Reaction to Sugar & W.o.A.

10. Stamp Act Tax on all printed goods labeled by a stamp Problems Parliament ignored self government James Otis- “Taxation with Representation is Tyranny”

11. Reactions to Stamp Act Patrick Henry convinced Virginia assembly to pass resolution only Virginia can tax Virginians Samuel Adams formed Sons of Liberty Burned effigies Tarred and feathered tax collectors

12. Reactions to Stamp Act Stamp Act Congress Petition to Parliament and king that colonies can not be taxed by them Merchants boycotted Non importation agreements- Agreement not to buy British goods

13. Stamp Act Repealed Stamp Act was canceled Parliament passed Declaratory Act Parliament was allowed to tax colonies

14. Townshend Acts Taxed on glass, tea, paper, and lead exported to colonists Reactions Daughters of Liberty Made homemade fabrics and goods

15. Section 2: Building Colonial Unity

16. Boston… Around 2,000 British soldiers stationed in Boston Soldiers stole items or took jobs

17. Boston Massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOW MV-YKLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BOW MV-YKLo Paul Revere made engraving to spread propaganda against British Committees of Correspondence revived by Sam Adams. This committee brought up grievances against Britain and many other committees were formed.

18. Tea Act 1773 Townshend Acts were repealed except on tea British East India Company did not pay tax to export tea BEIC sold directly to shopkeepers, not colonial merchants

19. Tea Act 1773 Reaction Angry at monopoly “We’ll part with our tea”- Daughters of Liberty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR77JNqdOI 0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR77JNqdOI 0

21. Coercive (Intolerable) Acts 1774 Closed Boston Harbor Massachusetts colonists lost rights Bostonians were forced to allow redcoats to stay in their homes

22. Quebec Act Set up permanent government for French Catholics in Quebec

23. Section 3: A Call to Arms

24. Continental Congress Met at Philadelphia Purpose Establish political body Challenge the British government

25. Delegates 1. Samuel Adams 2. John Adams (younger cousin) 3. Richard Henry Lee 4. Patrick Henry 5. George Washington

26. Decisions of Congress Grievances against all acts Boycott all British commerce Suffolk Resolves County in Massachusetts formed militias Militia: citizen soldiers

27. Minutemen Minutemen- companies (group of soldiers) ready to fight in a minute’s notice

29. British soldiers… British general ordered to destroy weapons at Concord Paul Revere and William Dawes warned peoples and Sam Adams

30. Lexington & Concord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_KOu 09z_GA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_KOu 09z_GA

31. The Battle of Bunker Hill Colonel William Prescott waited on top with 1,200 militia men “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”. British redcoats charged up the hill 3 times, failing the first two times Colonists lost because ran out of ammo

32. The Battle of Bunker Hill Fun Fact: It wasn’t fought on Bunker hill, they actually fought on Breed’s hill

33. Choosing Sides 1. Loyalists a. Did not consider taxation and regulations a good reason to rebel b. Officeholders c. Expected Britain to win the war 2. Patriots a. Determined to win American Independence

34. Section 4: Moving Toward Independence

35. Second Continental Congress Govern colonies Print money Post Office (Benjamin Franklin in charge) Committees to speak with Native Americans Formed Continental Army (George Washington as its commander)

36. Second Continental Congress Sent a Olive Branch Petition to King George Reaction King George sends 30,000 Hessian mercenaries

37. Colonies Attack! Benedict Arnold fails taking Quebec from Britain George Washington trains undisciplined militia He retakes Boston from the British redcoats

38. Thomas Paine Wrote pamphlet called Common Sense

39. Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote it Ideas inspired from John Locke – “People born with natural rights to life, liberty, and property” Governments formed to protect citizens’ rights, citizens have power to overthrow if rights are

40. Declaration of Independence Sections Preamble Rights colonists ought to have and complaints against Britain Conclusion claiming independence Grievances against King George III

41. Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776