Colonialism and The American Revolution

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Colonialism and The American Revolution
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Why do we start colonies?

• Two minute drill responses

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Jamestown Facts
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Jamestown
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House of Burgesses
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House of Burgesses

• First meeting July 30, 1619
• Had 22 members (a governor and 6 men on council,
  and the rest were elected representatives)
• Could pass laws for the colony (could be vetoed
  by the governor or council)
• Voting for burgesses- Landowning males over 17.

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Jamestown Fun

• http//www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

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Mayflower Compact

• When 1620
• Who Pilgrims
• Where Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Why Religious Freedom

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What is a compact?

• An agreement among a group of people
• The Pilgrims decided they needed rules!
• 41 men drew up a plan for government on the
  Mayflower
• SET UP A DIRECT DEMOCRACY
• All men would vote and the majority would rule

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Mayflower Compact
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The Thirteen Colonies

• New England
• Middle
• Southern

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Albany Plan of Union (1754)
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1660 The Navigation Acts
Mercantilism SELL MORE THAN YOU BUY!!! SELL gt BUY

• Rules Colonies must trade with Britain and
  Britain alone!
• Colonists ignored the acts and Britain did
  nothing.
• Salutary neglect
• Britain bad parent

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French and Indian War

• French and Indians vs. Britain
• Fighting over land between 1754-1763
• Nicknamed the 7 Years War
• Britain won but faced enormous war debt.
• Who should help pay? Britain says the colonists.
• This is the unofficial start of the American
  Revolution!

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North America in 1754
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Proclamation Line of 1763

• Britain had land east
• of the Mississippi River
• The Line Banned all
• settlement west of the
• Appalachian Mtns (to
• ease tensions with the
• Native Americans.

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The Tax Party Begins

• 1764 Sugar Act
• 1765 Stamp Act (resulted in boycotts and the
  Stamp Act Congress)
• Declaratory Act Parliament makes your laws now
• 1767 Townshend Acts (glass, paint, tea)

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Writs of Assistance

• To combat smugglers, British officials used these
  writs (search warrants) to search any place and
  take any items at any time.

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The Boston Massacre

• March 1770 What happened?

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Committees of Correspondence

• Started by Sam Adams
• Used to pass information between the colonies

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1773 Tea Act

• Parliament repealed (took away) the Townshend
  Acts except for the tea tax
• Allowed the East India Tea Company to sell tea
  without the tax
• Led to the December 1773 Boston Tea Party

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Spring 1774 The Intolerable Acts

• Designed to punish colonists!
• 3 major parts Closed Boston Harbor, Boston under
  British martial law, Quartering Act (soldiers can
  stay in your homes)
• Also called the Coercive Acts

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1774 First Continental Congress

• Met in Philly
• Sent King George III a Declaration of Rights and
  Grievances
• Told George we would continue to boycott until
  the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
• How did the king respond?

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Lexington and Concord

• April 19, 1775
• Shot Heard Round the World

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May 1775 2nd Continental Congress

• Sent King George III the Olive Branch Petition
  (wants to make up)
• Eventually adopted 2 pieces of paper the
  Declaration of Independence and the Articles of
  Confederation.

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Common Sense

• Published by Thomas Paine in Jan. 1776
• We need to use our brains and get away from
  Britain
• Best selling pamphlet of that year!

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July 4, 1776

• Declaration of Independence Adopted