The Road to Revolution

Warm up:

Use your knowledge of the 13 colonies to answer the following questions for both photographs pictured below.What regions are

they located in? Describe the geography of each photo and address the type of economy each region would have?

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Directions: For each slide, using your graphic

organizer, tell– What the British did to the colonists– How the colonies responded to what

the British did.AND draw a picture that displays

close to each arrow what each Act was about. – Example: Stamp act, draw a picture of

a stamp.

The Proclamation Line of 1763

Colonist felt that England was attempting to control them

England wants to avoid Indian trouble

Colonies were angered over idea that they must pay for cost of war and British troops now

Salutary Neglect British have left the

colonies alone British try to enforce

laws and taxes after the French and Indian War without the consent of the colonies

British do not understand colonists are used to representative government

Colonies have formed own governments

Colonist are used to managing their own affairs with their elected representatives

“Taxation without representation”, colonist want to have a say in government through elected reps.

British Mercantilism System were England controls colonial trade

and taxes– Colonies provided raw materials for Britain– If colonies received imports the goods had to

arrive on British Ships– Certain colonial goods were sold only to England,

but not to other countries– Colonies were to serve as a market for English

manufactured goods

Navigation Acts 1650-1763

Restricted colonial trade, manufacturing and shipping to other countries

Colonists smuggle and disregard Acts

Salutary Neglect: Britain has allowed the colonies to prosper under their protection with little or no control

Sugar Act 1764 Tax placed on sugar and

molasses because colonists are British subjects

Colonist protest and smuggle sugar and molasses

Quartering Act 1765 Required colonies to

provide British troops with quarters and supplies

Colonial assemblies vote to refuse to supply British soldiers

Stamp Act 1765 Any item that was made

of paper required a stamped tax payment to be made

Colonists argue “taxation with representation”, Stamp Act is repealed

Tea Act 1773 Tax on tea, it is a plan to

bail out East India Tea company through tax on tea

Boston Tea Party and smuggling of tea

Intolerable Acts 1774 Response to Tea Party,

assembly and town meetings dissolved, port of Boston closed,and British tried in England

Militias form, colonies send representatives to 1st Continental Congress meets and starts colonial boycott

Monarchy vs. Representative Government

In a monarchy the governing power lies with a king and those that he appoints to office

Parliament was the lawmaking body in England

Citizens elect their own representatives who will represent them in government

People create their government and have the right to make changes when they see fit (laws, elections)

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