THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• CAUSES

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TREATY OF PARIS 1763

• GREAT BRITAINS POWER IN NORTH AMERICA IS AT ITS
  HEIGHT IN 1763
• BOUNDARIES EXTEND FROM ATLANTIC COAST TO
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND FROM CANADA TO GULF OF
  MEXICO
• MOST COLONISTS TAKE PRIDE IN BEING PART OF
  BRITISH EMPIRE

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AMERICA IN THE 1700S

• SIMILAR TO EUROPE
• GENTRY, MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER CLASS
• 90 FARMERS 10 LIVE IN CITIES
• LARGEST CITY- PHILADELPHIA
• LARGEST DRAW- LAND OWNERSHIP
• VOTE FOR COLONIAL LEGISLATURES, KING APPOINTS
  MOST GOVERNORS

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BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY

• COLONIES ARE EXPECTED TO SERVE BRITISH ECONOMIC
  INTEREST
• REGULATIONS WERE ACCEPTED
• SALUTARY NEGLECT
• AFTER FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, BRITISH TIGHTEN
  POLICY TO DEAL WITH DEBT
• COLONIES EXPECTED TO PAY FOR TROOPS

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PONTIACS REBELLION

• 1763- KILLED 2000 SETTLERS AND DESTROYED BRITISH
  FORTS
• AFTER SIEGE, COULD NOT TAKE FORT PITT OR FORT
  DETROIT
• KING GEORGE III- PROCLAMATION OF 1763
• NO SETTLEMENT WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
• COLONISTS RESENTED

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BRITISH TAX POLICY

• GEORGE GRENVILLE PRIME MINISTER
• 1764- SUGAR ACT
• TAX ON MOLASSES
• 1765- QUARTERING ACT
• STAMP ACT
• TAX ON PAPER PRODUCTS
• LED TO RIOTS IN THE COLONIES

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COLONIAL RESPONSE

• COLONISTS- NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
• PARLIAMENT- VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION
• NONIMPORTATION AGREEMENTS
• SONS OF LIBERTY SAMUEL ADAMS

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STAMP ACT CONGRESS

• OCT. 1765
• 9 COLONIES MEET IN NEW YORK CITY
• REQUEST THAT STAMP ACT BE REPEALED
• DUE TO PROTEST OF COLONISTS AND BRITISH
  MERCHANTS, STAMP ACT REPEALED IN 1766
• DECLARATORY ACT- KING AND PARLIAMENT HAVE FULL
  LEGISLATIVE POWER

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TOWNSHEND ACTS

• 1767-CHARLES TOWNSHEND- FINANCE MINISTER
• INDIRECT TAX- GLASS, LEAD, PAINT, PAPER, TEA
• COLONISTS PROTEST- BOYCOTT GOODS
• REPEALED IN 1770 BY LORD NORTH- EXCEPT FOR TEA

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BOSTON MASSACRE

• MARCH 5, 1770
• BRITISH SOLDIERS FIRE INTO CROWD
• 5 PEOPLE KILLED
• WORD REACHES COLONIES AND THEY PROTEST BRITISH
  AGGRESSION
• 1772-COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE

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BOSTON TEA PARTY

• TEA ACT OF 1773
• LOWERED PRICE OF TEA
• SONS OF LIBERTY PROTEST
• DEC. 16, 1773
• COLONISTS CHEER RESISTANCE
• BRITISH ANGERED

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INTOLERABLE ACTS

• PASSED IN 1774 IN RESPONSE TO BOSTON TEA PARTY
• CLOSED BOSTON HARBOR
• REVOKED CHARTER, NO TOWN MEETINGS
• ROYAL OFFICIALS TRIED IN ENGLAND
• NEW QUARTERING ACT
• LT. GEN. THOMAS GAGE- GOVERNOR

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QUEBEC ACT

• 1774
• EXTENDED BOUNDARY OF QUEBEC SOUTHWARD TO THE OHIO
  RIVER
• MASS, CONN, AND VA CLAIMED WESTERN LANDS
• COLONIAL ANGER GROWING

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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

• PHILADELPHIA FROM SEPT. 5 TO OCT. 26
• MASS- SAMUEL ADAMS AND JOHN ADAMS
• VA- GEORGE WASHINGTON AND PATRICK HENRY
• BOYCOTT
• TRAIN CITIZENS FOR WAR
• MEET AGAIN IN MAY 1775 IF NO CHANGE