The American Revolution
Standard 7-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of limited government and unlimited government as they
functioned in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
11/19/12
What do you know about the American revolution:
List 5 things you know.
Causes of the Revolution:
French and Indian WarTaxes to pay for the War“No Taxation without representation”
The French and Indian War 1756-1763
Also known as the “7 years war.”
Fought between England and France for control over North America.
Native Americans were allies on both sides
War resulted in an uneasy peace and settlement.
Cost England LOTS of $$$$
Taxes to pay for the war.
England needed to pay for the war debt and believed the colonist should share the bulk of the taxes.
1765 The Stamp Act
Passed by Parliament to help pay for the war and to fund the large numbers of British Soldiers guarding the borders.
Colonist angrily react to the act as they had no say in Parliament.
Quartering Act 1765
Required colonies to provide British Troops with housing and certain provisions
Effect: another way for Britain to save $$$
Result: Highly upsets colonist
Tea Act 1773
Britain imposes taxes on imported Tea to the coloniesResult: Boston Tea Party 1773
(upset colonist throw tea overboard into Boston Harbor)
Result?????
1774 The Intolerable Acts
Parliament wants to punish the Colonies for their disobedienceResult: 1) Boston Harbor is closed
2) The Massachusetts Assembly is forbidden to meet
3) Boston is occupied by 4,000 British soldiers
The Quebec Act 1774
Another punishment from England
Limits the area of land in the west that colonist can settle (limits expansion!)
Results of the Intolerable and Quebec Acts:
First Continental Congress meets and decides to boycott British Imports.
Major deplomacy begins to break down by 1774.
1775
British troops leave Boston to disarm nearby towns.
Result: Battles of Lexington and Concord cause 93 Colonist and 272 British Casualties. “The shot heard round the world” Why?…..
Result????
The War 1776-1784
An unlikely victory.
If is wasn’t for France the colonists would have lost the Rebellion.
These are the years you cover!!!!!
You won…now what?????
Look back at 2,000 year history of Democracy
Decide what worked, what did not.
-Enlightenment Thinkers, Greeks, Romans, & British Constitutional History
MAKE A GOVERNMENT