WWBAT work as a group to explain 3 main ideas about the Northern and Southern colonies in a presenta

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Daily Objectives

• WWBAT work as a group to explain 3 main ideas
  about the Northern and Southern colonies in a
  presentation.
• WWBAT summarise and illustrate the French and
  Indian War.
• WWBAT create a chart to summarise the English
  attempts at taxation.
• WWBAT create a timeline of the Road to Revolution
  and discuss the taxation of the American
  Colonies.
• WWBAT examine efforts made to avoid bloodshed as
  the colonies hovered between peace and war.
• WWBAT summarise the philosophical and political
  background of the Declaration of Independence.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• After the French and Indian War (1754-1763)
• George III is now King of England
• 10,000 British troops in land gained from the
  French in the war.
• British Debt 132 Million Pounds
• (260 Million Dollars)
• George Grenville is minister of finance

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Rebellion
• England passed the Stamp Act (1694)
• -Affected the colonists directly.
• -Anyone who disobeyed tried in an English
  court, and they were usually convicted.
• -Colonists lose respect for British
  officials in Colonies.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Rebellion
• The Colonists began to rebel against the
  Stamp Act
• -Created the Sons of Liberty (1765 Sam
  Adams)
• -Motions were passed saying only colonies
  could levy taxes on the colony.
• -The Colonies began to act as a united
  front.
• -Colonial merchants began a boycott on
  British goods.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Rebellion
• The British Crown repealed the Stamp Act. Then
  they passed the Townshed Acts (1767).
• - Colonists were angry.
• - Taxation without Representation
• - Women began to forgo British luxuries, began
  to participate in spinning bees.
• Tensions intensified in June 1768
• -Brits seized John Hancocks vessel, claiming
  he had smuggled wine.
• -The seizure triggered Riots in Boston
• -The Riots triggered the British to place
  4,000 troops in Boston.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Rebellion
• The Boston Massacre March 5 1770
• -Considered by many the first battle of the
  revolution.
• -Called a massacre by Sam Adams.
• -At this point, there is really no other
  way of putting it The colonists were ready to
  fight

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Boston Massacre

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Boston Tea Party Dec 16 1773
• Tea Tax of 1773
• -Did not tax the East India Company, but it
  taxed colonial Tea Merchants.
• -Colonists were ticked off, so they threw
  the Boston Tea Party.
• -King George was furious about the Tea
• Party, and he passed the Intolerable
  Acts

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Boston Tea Party

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Lexington and Concord
• Colonists began to stockpile arms and
  munitions, just in case of conflict.
• The British found out, moved to seize them
  April 18 1775 Paul Revere, William Dawes,
  Samuel Prescott announced The British Are
  Coming
• This has become know as Paul Reveres
  Midnight Right
• One if by Land, Two if by Sea

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Paul Reveres Ride

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Lexington and Concord
• April 19 1775 British troops marched to
  Lexington, Mass.
• Armed minute-men met them.
• Each side fired 8 minutemen killed, 9
  wounded.
• Battle lasted only 15 minutes.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Lexington and Concord
• Brits marched to Concord
• Found an empty arms arsenal
• Also found between 3,000 and 4,000 minute
  men.
• The arrival of re-enforcements was the only
  thing that saved the British from total
  disaster.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Second Continental Congress
• May 1775 Congress convened in
  Philadelphia
• What to do? The congress was split. Some
  wanted a peaceful diplomatic solution, others
  were ready to fight for independence.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Second Continental Congress
• A Stalemate Realizing they were at a
  standstill, the congress recognized the
  minutemen camped in Boston naming them The
  Continental Army.
• Their General George Washington

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 1775
• Misnamed The battle actually took place at
  Breeds Hill.
• Minutemen 311 Casualties
• British1,000 Casualties
• Bloodiest Battle of the Revolution

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Olive Branch Petition
• July 8th 1775 Congress sent the petition in
  hopes of creating a diplomatic solution.
• King George Flatly denied the petition, and
  urged Parliament to create a naval blockade on
  the American coastline.

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• The Declaration of Independence
• May 1776 Colonies began declaring their
  independence.
• Thomas Jefferson Chosen as scribe of the
  Declaration. He drew on ideas from John Locke.
• Timothy Matlack Official scribe of the
  Continental Congress (He wrote the Declaration)

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Colonists chose sides
• Patriot Ready to fight for independence, tired
  of British rules, taxes, infringement of rights.
• Loyalist Clinging to English ideals. Most had
  been crown-appointed officials in the colonies.
• These ideologies would lead to fissures in
  familys, and other personal relationships (Ben
  and William Franklin)

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The Reasons for the Revolution

• Road to the Revolution Timeline.
• - You will be creating a timeline of the events
  that led to creation of the Declaration of
  Independence.
• - Please begin with then French and Indian War
  and go to the Declaration of Independence.
• - After you complete the timeline, please
  answer the following prompt.
• Of all the events that led to the
  Revolutionary War, which had the biggest impact
  on the creation of the Declaration of
  Independence. Why? If that event had not have
  happened, do you still believe the colonists
  would have pushed for independence? Why or why
  not?