Transcript The Precursors to the American Revolution PPT

Do you stand up for your rights?
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Warm Up: Role Setting
• Brainstorm a time in your life
where you stood up for yourself,
for someone else, or for what
you believed was right.
The French and Indian War:
Recap
The French and Indian War:
Recap
Who’s Who? The Colonists
Who’s Who? The British
Who’s Who? The Sons of
Liberty
The Stamp Act
• 1765
• Description: Colonists must buy a stamp for every
piece of paper used. (Newspapers, licenses, playing
cards).
• Effect: Colonists protests. “No Taxation without
Representation”. Sons of Liberty attacked the tax
collectors homes. Act is repealed.
The Townshend Acts
• 1767
• Description: Tax on goods imported into the colonies,
like glass, paint, paper, tea.
• Effect: Colonists stopped buying imported goods.
Samuel Adams writes a letter demanding the repeal of
the tax. Repealed for all items, EXCEPT FOR TEA.
The Boston Massacre
• 1770
• Description: In Boston, a mob started throwing rocks and
snowballs at British troops. Started a riot, killing 5 people.
• Effect: Sam Adams used this event to whip up liberty
support, calling the event a “Horrid Massacre.”
Effects of Boston Massacre
• Propaganda: is information, especially of a
biased nature, used to promote or
publicize a particular political cause or
point of view.
• Modern day examples?
• Image Analysis: Analyze Paul Revere’s
engraving of the Boston Massacre, Use 2
pieces of evidences from the engraving and
1 piece of evidence from your prior
knowledge to illustrate the purpose and
opinion of the engraving.
The Tea Act
• 1773
• Description: Lowered the cost of tea sold by the British
(however it was still taxed) and also said the only company
that could sell tea in the colonies was the British East India
Company.
• Effect: Continued boycott of British tea, tensions at all time
high…and…
The Quartering Act
• 1765
• Description: Law said colonists must provide British troops
with housing, bedding, food, drink etc.
• Effect: Tempers and tension begin to rise.
Intolerable Acts
• 1774
• Description: New laws handed down by British, including:
Boston Harbor closed until tea was paid for, placing the
government of Massachusetts under British control.
• Effect: Merchants closed shops, continued boycotts, and a
meeting of delegates in Virginia took place.
Boston Tea Party
• 1773
• Description: When the British tea arrived in Boston the
colonists would not let them unload. British navy blocked
the exit of the Boston Harbor. They would not leave until
they unloaded all of their tea. December 16th the Sons of
Liberty dumped the tea into the harbor.
• Effect: News excited patriots throughout the colonies
First Continental Congress
• September 1774
• Description: 50 Delegates meet in response to the Intolerable
Acts and the punishments to Boston
• The delegates agreed to send a respectful message to King
George, urging him to recognize their rights.
• Also agreed to a new boycott of British goods until the king
repealed the Intolerable Acts.
• Lastly, they agreed to meet again in May of 1775 if these
demands were not met.
Continental Congress
• Up until now, the delegates saw themselves as
“Pennsylvanians” or “New Yorkers.” Citizens of their own
colony. However, at this meeting, the idea of a unified
America began to take shape.
• Patrick Henry “ I am not a Virginian, but an American”
Continental Congress
• The delegates agreed to send a respectful message to King
George, urging him to recognize their rights.
• Also agreed to a new boycott of British goods until the king
repealed the Intolerable Acts.
• Lastly, they agreed to meet again in May of 1775 if these
demands were not met.
Political Cartoon Analysis
• Analyze the cartoon
• Make a list of imagery
from the cartoon
• Draw a conclusion about
the purpose of the
cartoon
– Who is the person in white?
– Who is the intended
audience?
– What is the intended
message behind specific
pieces of imagery?
Create your Own!
• Make a political cartoon or newspaper article about one of
the major events we have discussed (Boston Massacre,
Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Proclamation of 1763)
• Your cartoon or article can be from the view point of the
colonists or the British.
• This will be 10 points, you will turn it in at the end of class.