Transcript stamp act - Resaca Middle School

Revolution
Unit 2
S³G
Pre War Causes
Mercantilism
•
Tradition of Self Government: English and Colonial
•
Salutary Neglect: Not always following law
•
English Laws: Colonial legislatures should have a say!
•
Britain was far away to participate in British Parliament!!!!
Magna Carta
Limited the power of the
monarch by guaranteeing
that no one would be
above the law, not even a
king or queen.
British Opinion
Britain paid more taxes than the colonists.
Also known as the Seven
Years War, this war was
fought over conflicting
territorial claims between the
French and British in the
Ohio River Valley. The British
victory resulted in virtual
expulsion of the French in
North America, and the
rationalization of taxing the
Americans to recoup
monetary losses.
The American Revolution
took place between 1765 and
1783 during which colonists
in the Thirteen American
Colonies rejected the British
monarchy and aristocracy,
overthrew the authority of
Great Britain, and founded
the United States of America.
Proclamation of
1763
“No Taxation
without
Representation”
Effects of the French and Indian War
Proclamation 1763
King George III issued the
Proclamation of 1763. this order
Prohibited, or barred, colonists
from living west of the
Appalachian Mountains,
on Native American land.
King George III
King of
England during
the American
Revolution.
Samuel Adams
Opposed
British
taxation.
Helped form
the Sons of
Liberty.
Colonists were upset with
British government.
Writ of
Assistance
STAMP ACT
Lowered the tax on molasses
Taxed all paper goods
so colonist would pay it and
including books, newspapers,
not smuggle, but was just a
method for incrementally
increasing the tax. This was
one of the first instances in
which colonists wanted a say
in how much they were taxed.
Allowed British customs
officers to search a person’s
property without their
permission as well as holding
trails for suspects in military
vice-admiral courts instead of
local courts.
playing cards to help pay for
the French and Indian War
debt.
Townshend
Acts
Boston
Massacre
Tax on imported goods such
Paul Revere used propaganda
to try to get people on his
side.
as glass, lead, paper and
paint coming into the colonies.
Intolerable
Acts
Coercive: Effect of Tea Party
Tea Act
Led to Tea Party (civil
disobedience
Declaratory
Act
I declare I am the only one
who can make a law!
Soldiers
In colonies after French and
Indian War.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Patriots
American Revolution
1775-1783
Continental Army
Patriots, minutemen,
colonial militia.
Advantages
 Fighting on own soil
 Leadership of George
Washington
 Fighting for Freedom
 French helped with troops
and supplies after Saratoga
 Guerrilla Warfare-Francis
Marion
Disadvantages
 Inexperience of
soldiers; less
training
 Few supplies and
weapons
 Financial difficulties
 Southern colonies
didn’t want to help
 Originally foreign
nations did not
help(France)
George Washington
• Commander
of the
Continental
Army.
Advantages and Disadvantages
British Army
American Revolution
1775-1783
Advantages
British Army
 Wealth of a worldwide
Redcoats, lobsterbacks
empire.
Disadvantages
 Forced to ship
troops and
 Strong Navy
supplies across
 Experienced troops
Atlantic
 Fighting on
unfamiliar land
 Low moral to
keep fighting
guerilla warfare
Ways to Protest
 Stamp Act Congress: Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress(boycott,
resolutions), Repeal
 Committee of Correspondence: Propaganda Writings
 Sons of Liberty: Sam Adams
 1st Continental Congress: militia, boycotts
 2nd Continental Congress: olive branch petition (king sent troops),
Declaration of Independence, army, Articles of Confederation
Patrick Henry
• Known for his
“Give Me Liberty
Or Give Me
Death” speech.
• Influential
patriot who
opposed the
Stamp Act.
Foreign and African American Help
 Haym Solomon: Jewish Financer $$$$$$$
 Baron von Steuben: German (Hessian) helped at Valley Forge
 Lafayette: French
 African American: Major impact on WHITE independence from Britain even
though BLACK slavery was LEGAL in AMERICA
 Hayes and Salem: Fought at Lexington
 ArmIstead: Spy (I SPY)
 Wentworth Cheswell: 1st Elected to office NERDY
Valley Forge
• Where Washington’s army spent a
difficult winter but emerged a
stronger force.
American Revolutionary Battles
Let
Sara
Yell
First Battle of
Lexington
1st Battle of the
Revolution, Shot Heard
Round the World.
Turning Point Battle of
Saratoga
1777-Convinced France to
help the colonists with
troops and supplies.
Foreign Support.
Last Battle of
Yorktown
1781-Last major battle as
Cornwallis was blocked in
by French troops. Led to
Treaty of Paris in 1781
Lexington and Concord
• Opening battles of the American Revolution.
Saratoga
• Battle which was the turning point of the revolution.
• France began to help the colonies after this victory.
Victory
Benjamin Franklin
• Helped
convince
France to
help the
colonists
fight the
British.
Yorktown
• Ended the American
Revolution.
USA
Writers
Phillis Wheatley
Slave Christian
Poetry
Thomas Paine
“Common Sense”
Reasons to fight for
independence: Colonists
against King George III
Mercy Otis Warren
Female
ColumbianPropagandist
CCCOW(Columbian, Committee of
Correspondence Warren)
Committee of Correspondence
1st History of America
Abigail Adams
Fought for
Women’s Rights.
“Remember the
Ladies”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord Hymn
“Shot heard Around the
World”
Important People
Crispus
Attucks
African
American
colonists who
was the first
person shot at
the Boston
Massacre.
Bernardo
de Galvez
Marquis de
Lafayette
Paul
Revere
He aided the
thirteen colonies in
their fight for
indepence by
leading Spanish
armies against the
British and kept
them form taking
the Mississippi
River
He was a French
general in the
American
Revolution who
blockaded Bristish
forces at the Battle
of Yorktown.
Successful
silversmith and
patriot who warned
the colonists “the
British were
coming” on the
night before the
battle of Lexington.
Northwest Ordinance
A system of organizing
territories to become states
as soon as they had
enough population. There
power would be equal to
existing states
States: Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, III, Indiana, Ohio
Requirements: 60,000, Bill of rights, Same rights as states
Land Ordinance: Set aside land for schools. Divide land of NW
Ordinance in ORDERLY manner.
Consequences / Effects of the War
 Economic depression
 Weak government (Articles)
Shay’s Rebellion: A call to create a stronger federal government soon followed.
 Treaty of Paris – 1781
Recognized American
Independence
Land from Mississippi to
Atlantic
Treaty of Paris
• British recognized American
independence.
• Mississippi River became the western
border of the U.S.
1776-Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
1. Preamble
Going to separate we should tell you why. (We have to talk)
2. Rights
Rights that people have. John Locke said, “it was a social
contract that could be overthrown if rights were not protected,
unalienable rights(life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are
created equal…”
(I have a right for you to hold the door for me at school. I have
the right to not pay for every movie we go to…”)
3. Grievances
Complaints against the King. “ He and For”
He told his mom I got fat.
He gave me his ex-girlfriends bracelet
He forgot my birthday and it’s on his birthday!
For getting in trouble for failing four times
For sending text messages during STAAR)
4. Independence
Since the king has not fixed our grievances we are separating
from England to be our own nation.
“We are breaking up! I’m going to date your best friend.”
Thomas Jefferson
• Wrote the
Declaration of
Independence in
1776.
• This listed
grievances
(complaints)
against King
George III.
Unalienable Rights
• Rights that cannot be taken
away.
• In the Declaration of
Independence they are-
Strategies
• Patriots:
Get help form foreign countries, get the
South to help.
• British:
Cut off help to the New England and Middle
Colonies.
Articles of Confede rat ion
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War
Every state financially independent
A military and taxes were voluntary
Kept power in states
Rights in the territories
Assembled land policies
Treaty of Paris
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