Topic: Causes of the American Revolution

Standard: SS8H3EQ: What was the American Revolution?

The Road to Independence• Georgia was a trustee colony for 20 years.

– It was an epic failure– Division between colonist– Economically they were not successful compared to other colonies– Regulations/Rules were too strict– No Debtors really made it over– No silk produced

• Georgia then became a royal colony under the direct rule of King George II not the trustees– 3 royal governors – John Reynolds (bicameral assembly, 4 yrs court system, not

popular)– Henry Ellis (people like him, 3 yrs, became sick and had to leave)– James Wright (longest ruling, more land, economy grew, rice

became #1 crop, last governor up until the war

1.1. What Does It Mean to Be the Baby of What Does It Mean to Be the Baby of the Family?the Family?

2.2. As the baby what do you depend on As the baby what do you depend on from your parents?from your parents?

3.3. If you were a baby, would you just up If you were a baby, would you just up and leave your parents if they made and leave your parents if they made you upset or you thought they were you upset or you thought they were unfair?unfair?

4. Describe a typical relationship with 4. Describe a typical relationship with your brothers and sister?your brothers and sister?

Higher Order Thinking

Keep In Mind…. In Georgia•So Georgia now has slavery, we found a number one crop to grow, population is at an all time high, economically we are booming.•We love our royal governor James Wright •Our royal governor is very loyal to King George III and Great Britain•We are the youngest colony

Everywhere else• Great Britain was the greatest, most powerful nation on Earth. •The other older, colonies in the north are angry and upset with how they are being treated by Great Britain. •The colonists are going to go from proud and loyal British Subjects to fighting the country that help start them in an all out brawl call the American Revolutionary War

How?Why?

Just FYI…..In 1707, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland united to form Great

BritainSo England, Mother England, Great Britain are all the same place

The French and Indian War

• Spain was no longer a threat• France emerged as a greatest rival to Great

Britain• 1754 to 1763 war fought over the land in

America between the English and French.• It was called the Seven Years War in Europe.• They disputed about land in the Ohio River

Valley• Called the French and Indian War because

the Indians helped the French in the war against the British. The Indians had nothing to lose. The British were taking their land, the French were not.

Impact of The French and Indian War

• The war was very brutal and violent– Native Americans would attack civilian

settlements and sometimes murder entire families

• France lost and had to sign the Treaty of Paris – Gave up all of their colonies in North America – Spain gave Florida to Britain– It changed Georgia’s western border from the

Pacific Ocean to the Mississippi River• Great Britain has a huge amount of debt from

fighting the war on behalf of the colonists• The British were going to have to defend the

colonies from hostile Indians west of the Appalachians Mountains

Georgia’s Borders went

from the Pacific Ocean down to the Mississippi

River

Proclamation of 1763

• There is a new King in town… King George III

• Forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Created to protect colonists from the Indians

• Many colonists reacted with anger toward the Proclamation. They did not like being told what to do or where they could live.

Have Your Parents ever tried to give

you rules about going outside to

play?

How do you feel if they

tell you that you can only

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Taxes• French and Indian War cost a lot of money.• Parliament (the British government) decided

to tax to colonies to help pay for it. • The first tax was the Sugar Act of 1764. It

placed a tax on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies.

• Tea Act placed a tax on all tea• Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on all printed

material, such as newspapers and playing cards.

• This tax upset the colonists even more.

THE STAMP ACT CAUSED THE FIRST MAJOR, WIDESPREAD PROTESTS

AGAINST BRITISH RULE!!!

Acts and Taxes

What if they taxed…..Hot Cheetos……..Pencil Pouches…..Arizona Fruit Punch

No Taxation without Representation

• The colonists claimed “no taxation without representation” because they were being taxed but had no vote in Parliament and had no say in how the colonies were being governed.

• No Representation then no taxes• The colonists started a boycott, or a

refusal to buy certain goods, from the British.

You Decide Vote Could you live without these items if it

was against your principles to pay a tax on them.

Animosity Is Growing• Boston Massacre

– mob of angry colonists in Boston taunted and threatened to attack a small unit of British soldiers. The soldiers fired into the mob and killed five colonists. The event was called the Boston Massacre.

• Boston Tea Party– British colonists boycotted British tax on tea by dumping nearly

350 chests of tea (thousands of dollars worth) into Boston Harbor.• Sons of Liberty

– secret society called the Sons of Liberty.– Georgia had a very active chapter– Used violence to scare away tax collectors

Intolerable Acts• King George III was furious with the colonists!• In order to punish the colony of Massachusetts, a series

of laws called the Coercive Acts were passed.• THE LAWS WERE SO HARSH THAT THE COLONISTS FELT

THEY WERE “INTOLERABLE”.a) The Boston Port Act – closed the port of Boston to trade

b) The Impartial Administration of Justice Act – stated thattrials for British officials would be moved out of Massachusetts

to another colony or to Englandc) The Massachusetts Government Act – took away the

colony’s charter and prohibited town meetingsd) The Quartering Act – required colonists to provide housing

for British soldiers without compensation

Now Starring….. The Acts…………….

Photo OpportunitySelect 4 critical acts that directly influenced the British Colonies to break away and form a new colony….

Political cartoon showing the reaction to the Boston Tea Party