Causes of the American Revolution

Review

School House Rock• American Revolution – “No More King”• Activity:

o Make a timeline of the events.• All of the events are mixed up. Cut out the boxes and

put the events in order from the first event to the last on construction paper.

• Decorate the timeline with color.• Put your name, class period, and today’s date in the

bottom left hand corner.• Include the rubric on the back, center portion of your

paper.*References: Use your interactive notebook and the textbook for help.

Rubric• 4 – The timeline is put together in sequential

order. It is decorated nicely with color. It is glued or taped together neatly. More details of each event have been added to the timeline boxes.

• 3 - The timeline is put together in sequential order. It is decorated nicely with color. It is glued or taped together neatly.

• 2 - The timeline is put together in sequential order. It is decorated. It is glued or taped together neatly.

• 1 - The timeline is put together, but not neatly or the timeline has not been completed.

Stamp Act1765

• In 1765, another tax was passed called the Stamp Act.

• Once again, the colonists did not have a say.• This taxed newspapers, pamphlets, almanacs,

legal documents, insurance policies, licenses, and playing cards.

Proclamation of 1763• Fighting between the Indians and the British

began after the French and Indian War because the British was moving west.

• King George III wanted the fighting to end, so he issued a proclamation for the British to stop buying land to the west.

• Indians were happy and the colonists were not, so with Daniel Boone’s help, they continued to move west.

Stamp Act Congress1765

• Colonists, James Otis and Benjamin Franklin, thought the colonies should work together.

• Nine out of the 13 colonies met in New York City.• They wrote a declaration, an official statement, to

King George III declaring to drop the taxes.• The Stamp Act, but not the Sugar Act, was

repealed, or canceled, by Parliament.• Not even a year later the Townshend Acts, which

were more taxes, was passed with out colonists’ say.

Boston MassacreMarch 5, 1770

• Colonists were angered by the Parliament’s taxes and began fights with the British soldiers since they were their in the colonies.

• British soldiers had enough and killed five colonists by gunfire in Boston, Massachusetts.

Intolerable Acts• Parliament was not happy and punished all of the

colonists since they didn’t know specifically who did the damage.

• They passed unreasonable laws which became known as the Intolerable Acts.

• No town meetings• Legislature could not make laws• Port was closed, couldn’t make money• House British Soldiers

First Continental Congress

• 56 Representatives met in September of 1774 to discuss the problems with the continuous British threat.

• They wrote a petition, a signed request, to have a list of specific rights.

Lexington and Concord

• Samuel Adams was in charge of the Minutemen who could be ready in a minute to fight.

• British wanted to arrest Sam Adams and they went to Concord, but he was really in Lexington.

• Paul Revere had sent the warning message that “the British were coming.” The minutemen surprised the British on the main road and fired.

• Minutemen won this attack.

Sugar Act1764

• In 1764, the Sugar Act was passed to tax sugar and other products.

• Colonists were not pleased, mostly because they didn’t have a say in the matter. (No voting was offered.)

French and Indian War1763

• War began between the British and the French.• Indians had an alliance, a formal agreement, with

the French.• Spain tried to help the French because the French

were having difficulty and almost gave up, but Spain failed due to the British attacking them right away.

• In 1763 a treaty (agreement) was signed, Treaty of Paris, and land was given to the British.

Boston Tea Party• Parliament tried to have complete control over

tea by creating a monopoly to not have over pricing.

• The Sons of Liberty, which was a group of colonists, went onto the ships holding chests of tea in Boston on the night of December 16, 1773 dressed as Mohawk Indians. They threw the tea from 342 chests into the harbor to make a statement to Parliament.

Second Continental CongressFirst meeting May 10, 1775

• Colonists realized it was time to break away from British rule.

• They established an army with George Washington as Commander in Chief.

• They created important documents such as the Olive Branch Petition to request a peaceful end to the fighting.

• This request occurred after the Battle of Bunker Hill, which the British won.

• The King denied the request of the petition.• The Revolutionary War has now begun.