9/29 Day 4 Grab the chart #18, Be ready to answer causes & effects of French & Indian War.

1. 9/29 Day 4 Grab the chart #18, Be ready to answer causes & effects of French & Indian War. Learning Target: I can make a connection between a British act and how the colonist reacted with specific detail. They can’t do that!!! STEPS TOWARDS A REVOLUTION!

2. Since Britain was too busy with wars in Europe and were an ocean away from the New World… The MONARCHY (King) LEAVES THE COLONIES ALONE therefore… TheMayflower Compact Virginia House of Burgesses FundamentalOrders of Connecticut The Albany Plan of Union Britain’s Policy of SALUTARYNEGLECT LET’S REVIEW- Write this on a clean piece of paper. #17 The colonists were able to practice SELF GOVERNMENT!!

3. War With France • As a result of the numerous wars with France, Great Britain was ingreat debt. • Gaining so much new territory in the New World helped to remind Britain that the colonists were still there and still part of the United Kingdom!!

4. Taken Advantage of…. • PROCLAMATION OF 1763 • As a result of the Treaty of Paris- this proclamation line is set up along the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists could not cross. • The British could not enforce this act, thecolonists disregarded this law and continued to move onto Native American lands.

5. Learning target: I can identify a specific event or act imposed by the British and explain the reaction of the colonist. Act/Event, Date British Action Colonist Response Each of the following slides will be a row on this chart. When your done writing draw straight line across.

6. Sugar Act (1764) BRITISH ACTION • A series of duties, this LOWERED the TAX ON MOLASSES but allowed PROSECUTER to TRY SMUGGLERS, NOJURY of their PEERS. Giving more power to the British court system!!! COLONIST RESPONSE • The colonists were not truly affected by this tax; it ONLY HURT those who were SMUGGLERS. Not much response YET!

7. 9/30 Day 5 Grab the Guided Reading #19, put the LT on the top. • Learning target: Using evidence I can explain why the Colonist were upset about the STAMP ACT of 1765? HOMEWORK: Complete the chart on British Actions & Colonist Reactions by FRIDAY

8. Look at Documents A Document A (ORIGINAL) Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, 7 October 1765 To the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. MY DEAR COUNTRYMEN, AWAKE!—Awake, my countrymen, and, by a regular & legal opposition, defeat the designs of those who enslave us and our posterity. . . . [S]hall you, the descendents of Britain, born in a Land of Light, and reared in the Bosom of Liberty—shall you commence cowards, at a time when reason calls so loud for your magnanimity?. . . . This is your duty, your burden, your indispensable duty. Ages remote, mortals yet unborn, will bless your generous efforts, and revere the memory of the saviors of their country. . . . I exhort you to instruct your representatives against promoting by any ways of means whatsoever, the operation of this grievous and burdensome law. Acquaint them fully with your sentiments of the matter. . . They are clothed with power. . . to be faithful guardians of the liberties of their country. . . . Happy, thrice happy should I be, to have it in my power to congratulate my countrymen, on so memorable a deliverance; whilst I left the enemies of truth and liberty to humble themselves in sackcloth and ashes. Source: This letter appeared in the Boston-Gazette newspaper on October 7, 1765.

9. Document A (Modified)Boston-Gazette, October 7, 1765My Dear Countrymen,AWAKE! Awake, my Countrymen and defeatthose who want to enslave us. Do not becowards. You were born in Britain, the Land ofLight, and you were raised in America, theLand of Liberty. It is your duty to fight this tax.Future generations will bless your efforts andhonor the memory of the saviors of theircountry.I urge you to tell your representatives that youdo not support this terrible and burdensomelaw. Let them know what you think. Theyshould act as guardians of the liberty of theircountry.I look forward to congratulating you ondelivering us from the enemies of truth andliberty.Source: This letter appeared in the Boston-Gazette newspaper on October 7, 1765.

10. Look at Document B Boston-Gazette Supplement, 27 January 1766 From a late London Paper. . . . .The occasion of the riotous behavior of the Bostonites is peculiarly remarkable. Had the Parliament taxed their small beer an half penny a quart, the tax would then have been most severely felt . . . and an improper conduct on such an occasion had been less a matter of surprise. . . . But in the present case, the tax to be levied affects none of the necessaries of life; will never fall upon many of the poor. . . Even a very poor person cannot be much hurt by paying a shilling or eighteen pence when he is married, puts his son for apprentice to a trade, or when he makes his will. The tax on newspapers concerns only a very few—the common people don’t purchase newspapers. Is it not surprising then that the mob should be so much alarmed by the apprehension of a tax by which they are to be so little affected. . . even before the tax is begun to be levied? Source: This letter was written in a London newspaper and then published in the Boston Gazette Supplement two months after the Stamp Act went into effect.

11. Document C (Modified) Philadelphia January 13th 1766. My Lords, The colonists have been insulting His Majesty, saying that the Stamp Act was unconstitutional, and oppressive. It is apparent to many people here that the Presbyterians are at the head of these riots. They are opposed to Kings and some cry out—‘No King but King Jesus.’ The leaders fill every newspaper with inflammatory pieces, so that the minds of the common people are kept in a continual ferment. . . No one dares write anything that would calm the people down. Doing so would put the writer’s life and fortune in danger. I am convinced the Presbyterians intend nothing less than the throwing off their allegiance and obedience to his Majesty, and forming a Republican Empire, in America, and being Lords and Masters themselves. I am daily threatened by verbal messages and anonymous letters, with a mob of several thousand people, from the Jerseys, New York, and New England. I conclude with praying, that the Almighty may secure the allegiance of America to the Crown of Britain, by destroying the seeds of rebellion, and by punishing the ringleaders of these riots. I am, My Lords, Your most Obedient & Most Humble Servant, John Hughes Source: The letter above was written by John Hughes, Stamp Distributor in Philadelphia, to his bosses in London. His job was to collect the tax on stamps.

12. 10/1 Day 6-Stamp Act Continued… • Take out pg. 19. • Review answer to questions 1-4. (draw sticks) 8pts for completion. Learning Target: Using evidence, I can explain why the colonist were upset about the Stamp Act of 1765. (This should be on back of pg. 19)

13. Review Documents A-C. • Using all the documents answer these questions on back of Guided Reading: • 1. Learning target- Using evidence,(cite the document DOC A) I can explain why the colonist were upset about the Stamp Act of 1765 • Some historians have argued that the American Revolution happened because a few rich leaders riled up the poor people. Do these documents provide evidence(cite the document, DOC C) for this argument? Is the evidence believable? • You will then let your feet do the talking. Then help w/Debate. HOMEWORK-Finish British Act/Colonist React Worksheet

14. Stamp Act 1765 BRITISH ACTION • A tax on goods and services; first tax to affect colonists directly!! Placed a tax on all legal documents, licenses, newspapers, almanacs, cards, and dice. It taxes the rich and poor! COLONIST RESPONSE • The people lost all respect for the King…formsThe SONS of LIBERTY- Sam Adams organizes groups of protesters. • How can they be taxed without an equal say in Parliament?

15. Townshend Act 1767 BRITISH ACTION • Taxes on Imports: glass, lead, paint, and paper. This also placed a 3 – penny tax on tea. COLONIST RESPONSE • Rally Cry: NO TAXATION W/O REPRESENTATION!! Colonists BOYCOTT luxury imports and teas. Eventually leads to the Boston Tea Party.

16. Boston Massacre 1770(was it really a massacre?) British Action • A fight broke between some Bostonians and British soldiers at the Customs House. It quickly escalated from harassment to snowball and rock throwing. Soldiers fired and three people killed, eight were wounded, later two more died. Colonist Response • Sam Adams and others called it a massacre. The incident was used as propaganda to gain support. Paul Revere made a famous engraving that promoted anti-British sentiment.

17. Tea Act of 1773 British Action • British tax on tea, British gives the East India Company special concessions in the colonial tea business which shut out colonial tea merchants. Colonist Response • Colonists get angry and dump British tea into Boston Harbor

18. Intolerable Acts 1774 British Action • Because of the dumping of the tea, Britain institutes Martial Law in the colonies, giving the military the control. To punish rebels. Britain closed Boston Harbor. Colonist Response • The colonists call the First Continental Congress.

19. Lexington and Concord 1775 British Action • “The Shot Heard Around the World” British troops march to Concord to seize colonial weapons, Redcoats fire on local militia. Colonist Response • “The British are Coming” Paul Revere, Plan on counterattack. Lookouts watch for British and warn militia, militia fires and Redcoats run, “one by land or two by sea”

20. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 1775 British Action • British strike militiamen with nearly 2,400 men. Because of better supplies they are able to win this battle. Colonial Response • Colonist lost 450 men, however, British suffer over 1,000 casualties. Colonist send out the OLIVE BRANCH PETITION.

21. July 4, 1776 British Action • King flatly rejects the petition. Orders a NAVAL BLOCKADE on the Boston Harbor Colonial Response • The Second Continental Congress unanimously voted that the American colonies were free and adopted the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!!

22. On To War… On ToIndependence!!!

23. I can…… • Make the connection between a British act and how the colonists responded. .