Causes of the American Revolution

8-2.2 & 8-2.3

Textbook p. 72-82

GB doesn’t value Colonist money & Need more tax revenue & control

Southern planters have large debt & no way to pay off

GB Parl. Need to pay for soldiers in colonist & show their power

Upset colonist threaten & violently protest

Colonist want to protest tax w/o rep.

Chris Gadsden-Charles Town

GB sent soldiers to Enforce control

A need to discuss The Stamp act & Problems with GB

Chris Gadsden, Thomas Lynch & John Rutledge

Boycotts until StampAct is repealled

Make sure colonist Know Parliament is in Charge.

It was ignored

GB send soldiers To enforce their control

Colonist are angry & feel have no rights

New taxes to raise GB money & punish rebellion & make them obey

Boycott British duties

To help the East India Tea Company sell tea (& pay taxes) NOT A TAX ON TEA

Colonist boycotted Tea & protested by Boston TeaParty & Charles Town Stole the tea.

Chris Gadsden, Thomas Lynch, John Rutledge,Henry Middleton & EdwardRutledge

The Intolerable Act tookAway all rights of MassachusettsMet to discuss what to do

Boycott & Stop shipping American goods (except rice) to GB & colonies

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REVIEW: Taxes?!?A. England tried to get the

colonies to help pay for the French and Indian War.

B. Colonists thought it was the job of the colonial assemblies to pass taxes.1. Not the job of the king or

Parliament.

REVIEW: Stamp ActA. Stamp Act was passed

and it taxed paper and items using paper.1. Paid directly by colonist

(like sales tax today).2. All other taxes had been

indirect b/c merchants had just raised prices a little.

B. “No taxation without representation” was the protest.

REVIEW: Stamp ActC. Since colonies had no

votes in Parliament, paying taxes they weren’t asked about wasn’t fair.

D. Colonies held the Stamp Act Congress to complain and started a boycott of British goods.

E. Started Sons and Daughters of Liberty to protest taxes too.

F. Stamp Act gets repealed.

REVIEW: Townshend ActsA. Townshend Acts were

new indirect taxes on:1. Paint.2. Paper.3. Tea.

B. They were designed to raise money not control trade.

C. This made the colonists very angry.

REVIEW: Townshend ActsD. Colonists boycotted

again and the taxes were repealed.1. Except the one on tea…

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IV. Tea Act

The Tea Act was not a tax!

IV. Tea ActIt gave the British East India Company exclusive rights to sell tea to the colonies.

1. Remember, colonists were boycotting tea b/c of the Townshend Acts.

2. Sons of Liberty thought cheap tea would end the boycott

IV. Tea ActC. In Boston, colonists

dressed as Indians boarded two ships and dumped the tea in the harbor.1. Known as the Boston

Tea Party.2. In Charles Town and

Georgetown they also stopped the tea from being sold.

IV. Tea ActD. Parliament punished

the colonies with the Intolerable Acts.

E. The Colonies responded by sending delegates to a Continental Congress to arrive at a solution.

First Continental CongressA. In 1774, delegates from SC

met to elect representatives to go to Philadelphia for Congress.1. They also created the

Committee of 99 to run SC.B. Henry Middleton was

elected president of Congress helped write a non-importation and non-exportation agreement. 1. Except for rice b/c it was

deemed too important.

First Continental CongressC. On April 19, 1775 the first battle of the American

Revolution occurred at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.

D. The Second Continental Congress met that summer.

Second Continental CongressA. Four South Carolinians

debated and signed the Declaration of Independence.1. Thomas Lynch, Jr.2. Thomas Heyward, Jr.3. Edward Rutledge4. Arthur Middleton

B. All from the Lowcountry and all wealthy

Second Continental Congress

Second Continental CongressC. The Declaration of

Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson.

D. He based it on the ideas of John Locke.1. Natural rights of “life,

liberty and pursuit of happiness”

2. Gov’t protect the people3. Gov’t can be ended when

it does not do it’s job

Declaration of IndependenceE. It said King George III

violated the rights of the colonists.

F. Three parts:1. “King George III, you

stink!”2. “Here is a list of ways

you stink!”3. “You stink so bad, we

are never gonna listen to you again!”