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Causes of the American Revolution
8-2.2 & 8-2.3
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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
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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
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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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Bell Work
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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.
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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.
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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F. Stamp Act gets repealed.
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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.
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REVIEW: Townshend ActsD. Colonists boycotted
again and the taxes were repealed.1. Except the one on tea…
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CFU
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IV. Tea Act
The Tea Act was not a tax!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Second Continental Congress
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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
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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!”