Chapter 2, Section 1

The Road to Independence

The Colombian Exchange… Europe to US

Wheat, Sugar, Horses, Cows, Small Pox, and Measles

US to Europe Gold, Silver, Corn, Potatoes, Tobacco, and

Syphilis Long Term

Slavery Issue

The Colombian Exchange

Why did Pilgrims and others leave England?

Religious freedom

Did Colonists want to be free of English rule?

At the time……NO

Wanted Religious Freedom

Colonists still wanted to be apart of England

What Countries were involved in the French and Indian War?

British and American Colonies

vs.

French and Native American Allies

Why did England have a problem with the colonists after the French and Indian War?

British felt that colonist did little to help with war.

British had huge debt after war

How would British pay off debt?

What was the Sugar Act?

Tax on Sugar imported by colonists

Tax money went back to England to pay off debt

What was the Stamp Act?

Tax on Stamps and other paper materials

“No Taxation without Representation”

What was the Declaratory Act?

Stated that England could tax and make laws that applied to the colonists without there consent.

British send troops over to enforce

What was the Townshend Acts?

Tax on Imported goods

Glass and Tea

What is a boycott?

Refusal to buy or give in to a certain idea

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

Colonists angered about British Taxes

Colonists throw rocks at British Troops

British troops fire upon colonists

4 dead/ Tensions Rise

What was the Tea Act?

Colonists could only buy tea from England at higher Price

Colonists New Idea

Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?

Colonist angry over high taxes on British Tea

Colonists throw British Tea over Board as a symbol of boycotting

What were the ideas colonialists had at the First Continental Congress?

Boycott English Goods

Colonists to arm themselves and create militias

Colonies still wanted to be apart of England, just not taxed

Why were the Battles of Lexington and Concord important?

Beginning of the Revolutionary War

Colonies vs. England

Occurs in America

Odds are against America

What was created at the Second Continental Congress?

Declaration of Independence Pg. 50-51

All Men are Created Equal

Created by Thomas Jefferson

What did Thomas Paine write and what was it about?

Common Sense

Claimed that England was across the ocean, Colonists need to create a new nation

Declaration of Independence claims we have three unaliable rights, what are they? (pg. 50)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

What were the Colonist’s strengths verses England?

Colonist’s were fighting on their own land

Familiar with the land

What is Patriotism?

Love of one’s country