Steps to the American Revolution

Gaby Santiago

S.S. 4th Period

November 5, 2010

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.. their government’s action angered the colonist

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The Navigation Acts …… Controlled trade between

England and the colonies Passed the sugar act

which put taxes on sugar It also passed the

Currency Act which put Great Britain in charge of

the colonist currency (the

colonist could not issue money in any form)

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The colonist…. Some obeyed the

Navigation and some colonist started to smuggle

goods which lead England

to pass the Sugar Act to enforce the Navigation Acts

The colonist did not like the

Sugar Act and most ignored

it More conflict between the

American Colonies and England Arose.

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The Proclamation… (passed by King George

III and Parliament) It recognized the Indians right to the land west of the Appalachian Mountains It did not allow the

colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Colonist… Disregarded the proclamation

Many were angered because

most of them had already

bought land west of the mountains The French and Indian War

had created peace for the

first time in many years but

the Proclamation of 1763 created more friction between Great Britain and

the colonist in North America

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The Stamp Act… Taxed anything printed on

paper by requiring to get it stamped or sealed by British officials Was passed by Parliament who ignored

the colonial self -government Parliament passed this

law as an effort to raise money

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The colonist…Were very mad and

sent a request to Parliament so the act could be repealed (Stamp Act congress)

In March 1766 the act was repealed by congress and the colonist celebrated

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The Son’s of Liberty …..

Were started by Samuel Adams in

Boston Members went to the streets and

protested the Stamp Act. They were true rebels, they

burned houses belonging to royal

officials, they marched through

the streets shouting that Americans had the right to tax

Americans , and they also burned

effigies representing unpopular

tax collectors. Soon there were Son’s of Liberty in

every colony The British were mad

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Decla

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The Declaratory Act…Was passed on the

same day the Stamp act was repealed by Parliament and the king It stated that Parliament had the full

authority over legislation in the colonies

The colonist…Were angered once

again

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765) The Quartering Act…

Was passed by Parliament that stated that colonist were to house and feed British soldiers

The Colonist They did not like the act

because 1.They didn’t like the having a

standing army of soldiers

with blank search. The colonist felt like they had loosen their rights over their

property2. The soldiers were also very

costlyThe colonist grew very angry

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The Townshend Acts…. taxed imported goods

to pay for the militia cost due to the quartering act the British wanted to

enforce trade regulations

The colonist… Boycotted British goods

and started making their own with the daughters of liberty Colonist protested and

repealed most of the taxes for tea Colonist’s anger made

Britain send more British troops to protect the officials

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The Boston Massacre….

The redcoats were sent to Boston

by Parliament because the

colonist resisted taxes the soldiers settled right in the

center of the city On March 5 th, 1770 the tension

finally reached its peak between

the Boston colonist and the

redcoats The deadly riot started when a

colonist was arguing with a soldier

and then threw a snowball at him

and then more came The deadly riot left 5 colonist dead

The colonist…Used the Boston

Massacre killings as propaganda against the British and spread the info to the colonies

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The Tea Act/Boston Tea Party…

Parliament passed that the

East India Company was the

only company allowed to ship

tea to the colonies The price of tea was very high

and the unhappy colonist

boycotted the tea Adams and some of the Son’s

of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians , on 1773

illegally boarded the ships and

dumped 342 crates of tea into

the harbor

The colonist..Were very happy and

celebrated the bravery of the Son’s of Liberty

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The Coercive Acts… The Boston Tea Party

made the British very, very, mad so they passed the acts to punish the colonist…

1.They closed the ports 2.They were not allowed

rights (meetings)3.The colonist had to

house British soldiers

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people…. They showed their feeling by changing the Coercive Acts into the Intolerable Acts

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