Transcript Chapter 6 Causes of the Revolution

Chapter 6 Causes of the Revolution
One American’s Story
1. To protest the Stamp Act
2. News and events from the colonies
3. Repealed means to take back, get rid of,
many people thought that the problems
between the colonists and the British were
over.
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Proclamation of 1763- Colonists could not
settle the lands west of the Appalachian
Mountains
Colonists Response- Anger, they thought
they’d won the right to settle that land
during the French and Indian War
Ignored it
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Quartering Act- Required the colonists to house or
quarter British soldiers
Colonists Response- Angry, didn’t want soldiers
in their homes
Third amendment in our constitution says we
don’t have to house soldiers
Sugar Act- Placed a tax on sugar and molasses
Response- Angry, and smuggled sugar to avoid
paying the tax. Boycotted it also.
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Stamp Act- Required all legal and commercial
documents to have a stamp showing a tax had
been paid
Colonists Response- Stamp Act Congress met to
send a petition to the King, Angry, boycott
Declaratory Act- Parliament had supreme
authority to govern the colonies.
Colonists Response- ignored it
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Colonists Defy Parliament
1. Patrick Henry was a member of the
House of Burgesses who called for
resistance to the taxes and acts being passed
by Parliament
2. Stamp Act Congress was a group of
delegates from 9 colonies who drew up a
petition protesting the Stamp Act
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2. They said the colonial assemblies should
tax the colonists, not Parliament
3. The Sons of Liberty were groups of
colonists who opposed Britain’s tax policies
Attack customs officials (Tar and
Feathering)
Burn stamps
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Colonists Threaten British Profits
1. Boycott means refusal to buy
2. “They have been driven to madness by
injustice” What is injustice?
“Will you punish them for the madness you have
caused?” Who is you?
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1. By running away to sea
Served on a ship
2. People were really angry with them
3. The British
Ordered the troops to fire
Repeated the order
With deliberation
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Reasons for Protest
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Declaratory Act
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Acts- More taxes, glass, paper, paint, lead, tea
Writs of Assistance-search warrants use to search for
smuggled goods.
Makes it into our constitution, 4th amendment protects us
from illegal search and seizure
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Townshend Acts
1. They were passed without the colonists
approval
2. They went against their natural rights
Right to property and right to life
4th amendment in our Constitution protects
us from illegal search and seizure
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Colonists Protest and Political Activism
1. Daughters of Liberty urged people to
weave their own cloth and use colonial
products
2. Peaceful methods of protest are better
than violence
3. They brought in more troops
4. Angered them even more
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Boston Massacre
Causes
Snowballs
Insults
Effects
5 people killed
A bunch of anti-British propaganda in newspapers, pamphlets, Heroes
versus evil villains
People of Boston outraged, tensions between the British and the people
of Boston increased
1. Everyone entitled to a fair trial, the soldiers were acquitted, they
acted in self defense
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Economic Interference
1. It had hurt British trade
2. Kept the tea tax, right to tax the colonists
3. Groups of people who communicated
about how to resist the British taxes
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4. Tea thrown into Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party)
Tea in Charleston left on the docks to rot
In New York and Philadelphia, would not allow tea to be
unloaded
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1. Three hours
2. Dumped it in the harbor, 342 chests of tea
3. Colonists were happy, British angry
4. They’d pay for the tea if the tea act was repealed, the
British said no way