THEY CAN

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THEY CANT DO THAT!!

• STEPS TOWARDS A REVOLUTION!

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Britains Policy of SALUTARY NEGLECT
LETS REVIEW

• Since Britain was too busy with wars in Europe
  and were an ocean away from the New World
• The MONARCHY LEAVES THE COLONIES ALONE therefore

They were able to practice SELF GOVERNMENT!!

• The Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• The Albany Plan of Union

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War With France

• As a result of the numerous wars with France,
  Great Britain was in great debt.
• Gaining so much new territory in the New World
  helped to remind them that the colonists were
  there and still part of the United Kingdom!!

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Taken Advantage of.

• PROCLAIMATION OF 1763
• This established a proclamation line along the
  Appalachian Mountains, which the colonists could
  not cross.
• The British could not enforce this act, the
  colonists disregarded this law and continued to
  move onto
• Native American lands.

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Create a Chart with with three Columns that take
up the whole page of a note sheet. Make sure it
is on the paper landscape. Use these headings.

• Act/Event, Date British Action
  Colonist Response

Each of the following slides will be a row on
this chart
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• Sugar Act (1764)
• BRITISH ACTION
• A series of duties, this LOWERED the TAX ON
  MOLASSES but allowed PROSECUTER to TRY SMUGGLERS
  rather than a JURY of their PEERS.
• Giving more power to the British court system!!!
• COLONIST RESPONSE
• The colonists were not truly affected by
• this tax it ONLY HURT those who were
• SMUGGLERS. Not much response YET!

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• Stamp Act 1765
• BRITISH ACTION
• A tax on goods and services first tax to affect
  colonists directly!! Placed a tax on all legal
  documents, licenses, newspapers, almanacs, cards,
  and dice. It taxes the rich and poor!
• COLONIST RESPONSE
• The people lost all respect for the Kingform The
  SONS of LIBERTY- John Adams organizes groups of
  protester.
• How can they be taxed without an equal say in
  Parliament?

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• Townshend Act 1767
• BRITISH ACTION
• Taxes on Imports glass, lead, paint, and paper.
  This also placed a 3 penny tax on tea.
• COLONIST RESPONSE
• Rally Cry NO TAXATION W/O REPRESENTATION!!
• Colonists BOYCOTT luxury imports and teas.
  Eventually leads to the Boston Tea Party.

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Boston Massacre 1770 (was it really a massacre?)

• British Action
• A fight broke between some Bostonians and British
  soldiers at the Customs House. It quickly
  escalated from harassment to snowball and rock
  throwing. Soldiers fired and three people
  killed, eight were wounded, later two more died.
• Colonist Response
• Sam Adams and others called it a massacre. The
  incident was used as propaganda to gain support.
  Paul Revere made a famous engraving that promoted
  anti-British sentiment.

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Tea Act of 1773

• British Action
• British tax on tea, British gives the East India
  Company special concessions in the colonial tea
  business which shut out colonial tea merchants.
• Colonist Response
• Colonists get angry
• and dump British tea
• into Boston Harbor

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• Intolerable Acts 1774
• British Action
• This created Martial Law in the colonies, giving
  the military the control. To punish rebels.
  Britain closed Boston Harbor.
• Colonist Response
• The colonists call the First Continental Congress.

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Lexington and Concord 1775

• British Action
• The Shot Heard Around the World British troops
  march to Concord to seize colonial weapons,
  Redcoats fire on local militia.
• Colonist Response
• The British are Coming Paul Revere, Plan on
  counterattack. Lookouts watch for British and
  warn militia, militia fires and Redcoats run,
  one by land or two by sea

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BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 1775

• British Action
• British strike militiamen with nearly 2,400 men.
  Because of better supplies they are able to win
  this battle.
• Colonial Response
• Colonist lost 450 men, however, British suffer
  over 1,000 casualties.
• Send out the
• OLIVE BRANCH PETITION.

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July 4, 1776

• British Action
• King flatly rejects the petition. Orders a NAVAL
  BLOCKADE.
• Colonial Response
• The Second Continental Congress unanimously voted
  that the American colonies were free and adopted
  the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!!

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On To War

• On To Independence!!!