Colonial Frustration with England
Stamp Act
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Massacre
Mercantillism
Britain- receives all raw material from colonies
exclusively.
Colonies buy finished goods.
What were the causes of the
conflict between the colonists and British authorities after 1763?
3.9 The War Ends,1783(Cause)
International Changes
Establish a foreign policy
oppressed peoples looked to the United States as an example
Economic Changes
Loyalist estates were confiscated.
Mercantilism was abolished.
Industry and manufacturing increased
Westward migration
cheap and plentiful land readily available.
Social Change
Many Northern states abolished it.
Common man given more rights
First born-male inheriting the entire estates upon
the death of his father was abolished
Americans, not Englishmen
Political Changes
The United States became a Republic
Representative democracy, in the Legislative
Branch.
Voting Rights were given to all white,male,landowners.
Articles of Confederation became the basis of the
government.
3.7- 3.7 Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered – Or Is It?
Military difficulties -
Second-rate generals
Colonies were badly organized, disunited for war. -
Continental Congress debated, but took little action and
exercised less leadership
Colonists fighting defensively
Moral advantage. Americans were supporting a just
cause with a positive goal.
Naval Forces
Professional Army
Outstanding leadership - Military--Washington
Diplomatic--Franklin ; European Imports--Lafayette,
Kosciuzko Von Stuben
3.4 The Logic of Resistance [1770 to 1774]
April 1775-Lexington and Concord:This was the
start of the Revolutionary War.
January 1775 in The Conciliatory Resolution-
Parliament in a attempt to reach a peaceful settlement with the Thirteen colonies.
1773-Boston Tea Party- Boycotting the tea in protest
of the Tea Act.
1772-Committees of Correspondence
circulating information.
1770-Boston Massacre, killing a few colonials.
3.3 The Rejection of Empire 1763 to 1770
Factor #2 Consitiutional Factor
The right to examine the purpose of each law passed.
Factor #1 Social Conflict
Lower Class discontent
Upper Class colonists welcomed protest support
alarmed with mob violence.
3.2 The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America
Effects
Stamp Act Congress in October 1765
Stamp act Congress met to call for Boycott of
British goods ans state that Parliament had no right to tax
without consent.
1774-Coercive Facts.
Quartering act
required colonists to house and feed troops.
Acts closed the port of Boston
(effect)Taxes for the colonists!
The Home islands were the most heavily taxed
in Europe.
No REPS. in Parliament.
(effect) Prior to the French and Indian War
Sugar act
Tax on Sugar, textiles, coffee and Iron.
1763-Proclamation of 1763
1761-Writs of Assistance.
Parliament passed a law, British officials to search for
stolen goods in any house or ship without a warrant.
1733-Molasses Act
Forced New England to buy their molasses from
Great Britain.
1696-Navigation Act
The law required that all American trade to Europe had to pass through Great Britain ports. The act was generally not enforced and the colonists continued to trade with other
European countries.
Proclamation Line of 1763(effect)
England was broke and didn't want to fight the
Indians. So he wouldn't need to send troops and waste more Money.
3.8 Fighting the Revolution: The Big Picture [1776 to 1783]
PHASE #3 [early 1778 – 1781] The South
They took Charlestown.
Yorktown (1781)
PHASE #2 [late 1777 – early 1778] Middle Colonies
Then after the debacle at Saratoga (1778)
PHASE #1 [1776 – late 1777] Containment in New England
3.5 "We Hold These Truths to Be
Self-Evident"[1776]
Bunker Hill/Breed's Hill-Significance:Colonials
hung in against the best Britain had to offer-we could win this war.
Thomas Paine-1776 Common Sense was written
in January 1776, nowhere in the universe is a smaller heavenly body control a larger.There is no reason of England to have control over the vast lands of America. The Pamphlet 120,000 copies were sold within a few months.
July 1775 The Olive Branch Petiton.
French
France and Spain give all lands east of the
Mississippi river, expect the New Orleans to the Spanish.
France gives up all of Canada to England.
Indians
Subtopic
Cause
Gov. Dinwiddle sends George Washington to
tell the French to leave
9 year war.(French and Indian vs England War)
Instead of leaving the French built Fort Duquesne
at the junction of two rivers. Washington later came and built
Fort Necessity.
The French won and Ft.Necessity was surrendered
on July 4,1754.
