230 likes | 324 Vues
The American Revolution. Albany Plan of Union (1754). 1660: The Navigation Acts. Rules: Colonies must trade with Britain and Britain alone! Colonists ignored the acts and Britain did nothing. Salutary neglect= Britain bad parent. French and Indian War. French and Indians vs. Britian
E N D
1660: The Navigation Acts • Rules: Colonies must trade with Britain and Britain alone! • Colonists ignored the acts and Britain did nothing. • Salutary neglect= Britain bad parent
French and Indian War • French and Indians vs. Britian • 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!
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.
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)
Writs of Assistance • To combat smugglers, British officials used these writs (search warrants) to search any place and take any items at any time.
The Boston Massacre • March 1770: What happened?
Committees of Correspondence • Started by Sam Adams • Used to pass information between the colonies
1773: Tea Act • Parliament repealed (took away) the Townshend Acts except for the tea tax • Allowed the East India Tea Company to sell tea without the tax • Led to the December 1773 Boston Tea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
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
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III a “Declaration of Rights and Grievances” • Told George we would continue to boycott until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.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?
Lexington and Concord • April 19, 1775 • “Shot Heard Round the World”
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.
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!
July 4, 1776 • Declaration of Independence Adopted
Articles of Confederation • The first constitution OF Amercia • Written in 1777, Adopted in 1781
Battle of Yorktown • Final battle of the American Revolution • How did the U.S. win? a. Guerilla warfare b. British in unfamiliar territory c. British supplies took too long to arrive d. Heart
Treaty of Paris, 1783 • Officially ended the American Revolution. It acknowledged American independence and granted the new nation land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.