2- 2 uniting for ind.
- 1. UNITING FOR INDEPENDENCEDescribe the events that lead to the American Revolution
- 2. Content Vocabulary • Revenue- the money a government collects from taxes or other sources. • Embargo- an agreement prohibiting trade
- 3. Britain and the 13 colonies In the beginning the colonies operated independently from Britain 1. 3000 miles away from Britain 2. Colonists governed themselves through representatives
- 4. Britain Tightens Controls Two events changed the relationship b/w the colonies and Britain 1. The French-Indian War 2. King George III became king of Britain in 1760 KING GEORGE III
- 5. French-Indian War CAUSE- - The French and Indians fought against the British and American colonist for land in Pennsylvania and Ohio OUTCOME- - The British won the war and drove out the French RESULT- - The colonists no longer needed the British to protect them from the French - The British were left with a large war debt
- 6. Taxing the Colonies - King George III taxed the colonists on tea, sugar, and paper to help pay the debt - Stamp Act- 1st direct tax on colonists (legal documents, newspapers) - Colonists protested the Stamp Act
- 7. Boston Tea Party Colonists Protest - In 1773, colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor British Retaliate - Intolerable Acts- closed Boston Harbor
- 8. Colonists Take Action • Stamp Act Congress- 1765, 1st meeting to protest King George III’s policies • Committees of Correspondence- 1763, created for colonists to stay in touch
- 9. The First Continental Congress - Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774 - Delegates from all colonies except Georgia - Key members: Patrick Henry, Sam Adams, George Washington Outcome- - Agreed to an embargo on British goods
- 10. Lexington and Concord - The first battle of the American Revolution - April 19, 1775 - Took place at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, between the British Army and the American Colonial Militia
- 11. The Second Continental Congress • Served as the government throughout the Revolutionary War • John Hancock- president • George Washington- Commander of the Army John Hancock George Washington
- 12. The Declaration of Independence • Committee included: Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Livingston, Sherman • Jefferson wrote the original draft • Congress approved it on July 4, 1776 • All 56 delegates signed, John Hancock was the first to sign 3 Sections 1. Basic Human Rights 2. Complaints against King George III 3. Separation from Great Britain Declaration of Independence - Text Transcript http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyttEu_NLU
- 13. States • Each state declared itself independent and were no longer subject to a higher authority