You will be taking a lot of notes today. These notes should help you with your next writing assignment.

Please turn in your handout 5.3 organizer, assigned Friday 1 November.

Please turn in your time line if you haven’t done so already. A 0 out of 32 will kill your grade

Tomorrow we will be in room 106 with Mrs. Nunley

US HistoryChapter 5 & 6

Why did England fight to keep the colonies?

Once you fight for something…what do you want in return…?

After the war, the French went home…but what about the Indians…?

Stopped the westward movement of the

English (Temporarily—most people ignored

it)

After Pontiac’s War---Appeased the Indians

for a time

British kept troops in the colonies to enforce

it

Daniel Boone---explored Kentucky

What are taxes?

Who gets the money?

How are they collected?

Who decides what is taxed?

The French and Indian War cost the King a lot of money• Supplies• Troops• Disrupted Trade

Tax / duty• A way of collecting money /

revenue from the sale or use of a good

• Money goes to fund the government

“Taxation without Representation”

What does this mean…?

When are you ‘taxed’ and not ‘represented…?

1763---The 13 colonies are still independent entities owned by Britain• No central government• No President• Local Laws (different in each colony)• Each state has its own money

Following the war, King George III sends more people to oversee and control the colonies

Some simply stayed after the war

Tax put on Molasses.

Hurt Triangular Trade

Result: Colonist smuggled molasses into colonies

Tax put on all legal documents.

Wills, diplomas, marriage and death certificates, newspapers, playing cards

Tax put on glass, paint, lead, and tea.

Writ of Assistance - Any English official could inspect cargo or colonists home without permission of the owner.

Today- Unreasonable search and seizure – Police must have a __________ or probable cause.

Colonists are angry that they are not able to debate or discuss with England the new taxes imposed on them by the King.

Result: Petition, protest, boycott

NO VOICE!!

The King decides its time to regain political control and generate more wealth from the colonies

1764-Sugar Act• Decided in Britain• Put a tax on any sugar related

products Had existed before---but most did

not pay it• Made it enforceable---

smugglers would be punished---more people to enforce it

March 1770 Started as a argument between British

Troops and Colonists• Snowballs• Talking Smack

Out of panic, British Fire on the Colonists• 5 killed

Helped cement the bad relations between the British and Colonists

The British repeal the Townshend Acts because they are a failure• The King was losing money

Tea became the next item the colonist would boycott

British East India Tea Company Tea Act 1773 Boston Tea Party

A direct result of the Boston Tea Party1.Completely shut down the port of Boston2.Disallowed town meetings3.British criminals could only be tried in

Britain Even if the crime is committed in the

Colonies

4.British troops had the right to stay in peoples houses

September 1774 - Philadelphia

Delegates from every colony except Georgia

Agreed to:• Boycott ALL British Goods• Stop ALL exports• Each colony was to set up

and train a militia

April 1775 After the FCC (First

Continental Congress) the colonial militias began to form

Colonists began to stockpile weapons and ammunition

Concord and Lexington British General Thomas

Gage decides to find and seize the weapons

British troops began to march toward Concord

Colonists become aware Paul Reveres famous

‘Midnight Ride’ to warn people the “British Are Coming”

At daybreak the colonists are assembled and ready to meet the British Force

Approx 700 British to about 70 armed Colonists

It would be easier to

text…

Colonists and British meet at Lexington

Outnumbered the colonist begin to leave

Someone fires a shot• Shot Heard Around the World

Both Sides return fire – • 8 colonists killed, 1 British wounded

At Concord – fighting was worse• 273 British dead, missing or wounded

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAD BEGUN

May 1775 – Philadelphia ALL 13 colonies are present Main Goals:

• Colonial War Effort• Question of Independence…?

Noteworthy People• George Washington• Thomas Jefferson• John Adams• Sam Adams• Ben Franklin• Patrick Henry (“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”)

From Virginia --- Well Educated

Wealthy Selected at the SCC to

draft a ‘Declaration of Independence’

Had writing ability --- something not common at the time

33 Years old at the time

What is Independence….?

At first, MOST of the colonists did NOT want war or to be free from Britain• They wanted changes – Ex: Fair Taxes,

Ability to vote When this did not seem likely many

people switch sides—but not all People loyal to the King were called

Loyalists Those people that chose to fight

against Britain were Patriots

Primary Author: Thomas Jefferson• Others helped revise

Adopted by the SCC on July 4, 1776

Formal ‘Break-up’ with Britain Bold Statement Preamble is an enduring

statement about human rights• However troubled…

One of the World’s Most Influential Political Documents

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

France is still bitter and recovering from the defeat of the French and Indian War

Supplied a large amount of the gunpowder used by the revolutionists• 90 % in the first 2.5 years of the war

At first, support was done in secret, for fear of an open war with England

Offered in 1778 --Treaty of Alliance• American and French Forces will fight until

victory is achieved

When the men left to fight, the women were left to work

Farming / Crops Uniforms / Blanket “Handy Betsy the Blacksmith” Medics or Cooks in the army

Betsy Ross—according to legend created the first ‘American flag’ and presented it to General George Washington

Molly Pitcher--- carried water to soldiers in battle – when her husband is killed in front of her, she starts to fight alongside the men—loading cannons

1776- 500,00 African-Americans lived in the Colonies

Some were slave, others free British had a hollow offer of ‘Freedom’

to those who served in Kings Army• Most never lived to see their freedom

About 5,000 served against the British Some were segregated, others

integrated

Black Patriots did not attain freedom following the war—despite fighting for it

Formally opened the slavery issue into national debate

In the North---it had already fallen out of favor

In the South---it became bigger than ever

October 7, 1780 Patriots succeed in capturing King’s Mountain

Daniel Morgan and Nathanael Greene led many defeats of the British army in the South

France Marion using guerrilla, or hit-and run tactics against Cornwallis and other Loyalist

Former American General

Turned traitor Helped British

win victories in New York and Virginia

Cornwallis moved to Yorktown, VA, a Peninsula between the James and York Rivers

Cornwallis counted on the British Navy to supply his troops and evacuate him if necessary

Washington moves to Yorktown, trapping Cornwallis along with the France fleet blockade led by de Grasse

September- 16,000 Patriot troops surrounded 8,000 British troops

With supplies running low and looks of defeat

Cornwallis agreed to surrender his army on October 19,1781

British troops marched out of Yorktown to the song “ The World Turned Upside Down”