Causes of the American Revolution

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Causes of the American Revolution

• Really a Revolution?

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Questions about the Revolution

• Was this Necessary?
• Coming of Age/Time Had Come or would the Colonies
  have remained obedient had England not made
  mistakes
• Was this really a revolution?
• Or merely a transfer of power from one wealthy
  group to another
• Was this motivated by Capitalism?
• To keep money in America instead of taxes going
  overseas

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Navigation Acts

• Navigation Ordinance of 1651
• Navigation Act 1660
• Navigation Act 1663
• Wool Act 1699
• Molasses Act
• 1733
• Iron Act 1750

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An Emerging Nation

• Revolution broke out because?England failed to
  recognize an emerging nation when it saw one.
  Theo. Roosevelt
• Privy Council
• Salutary Neglect
• War withDutch, French, Spanish
• Smuggling-John Hancock

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Causes of the Revolution

• Sprit of self-reliance
• Religious annoyance
• England trying to improve trade/industry at
  Americas expense
• No Taxation without representation
• Enlightenment
• Mercantilism vs. capitalism

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Irritants

• Lord Cornbury, first cousin of Queen Anne, was
  made governor?of New York and New Jersey in 1702,
  but proved to be a drunkard, a?spendthrift, a
  grafter, and embezzler, a religious bigot,
  a?cross-dresser, and a vain fool.

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British Debt
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Protest
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Road to Revolution Timeline

• Using the following events, documents, and acts
  create a timeline that tracks the development of
  the colonial relationship with the British that
  eventually led to the Revolutionary War. Be
  creative with your timeline. You should include
  visuals to help describe each event and you must
  have a complete description of each event that
  includes important terms, the major players, the
  date and the response of British/colonists where
  applicable.

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Road to Revolution Timeline

• 1763 Proclamation of 1763
• 1764 Sugar Act
• 1764 Currency Act
• 176 5 Stamp Act
• 1765 Quartering Act
• 1765 Virginia Resolutions Patrick Henry
• 1767 Towshend Acts
• 1770 Boston Massacre
• 1772 Gaspee ship attacked and burned
• 1773 Boston Tea Party
• 1774 Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts
• 1774 First Continental Congress
• 1775 Concord and Lexington
• 1776 - Common Sense
• 1776 Declaration of Independence