Road the American Revolution
April 2011
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Objectives
• Content objective: to understand at least 4
reasons why the colonists wanted to
separate from the British Empire.
• Language Objective: Students will
summarize the reasons why the colonists
wanted to separate from the British Empire.
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Stirrings of Rebellion
British Action
Colonial Reaction
1765
Stamp Act
1767
Townshend Acts
1770
Boston Massacre
1773
Tea Act
1774
Intolerable Acts
1775
Lexington & Concord
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The Thirteen Colonies
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1765
Stamp Act
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Britain passes the Stamp Act, a tax law
requiring colonist to purchase special
stamped paper for printed items.
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Reaction to the Stamp Act
Colonist harass stamp distributors, boycott
British goods, and prepare a Declaration of
Rights and Grievances
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1767
Townshend Acts
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British Action
Britain taxes
certain colonial
imports and
stations troops
at major
colonial ports to
protect customs
officers.
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Reaction to Townshend Acts
Colonist protest
“taxation without
representation” and
organize new
boycott of
Imported goods
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1770
Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre 1770
British troops
stationed in
Boston are
taunted by an
angry mob. The
troops fire into
the crowd,
killing five men
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Reaction to Massacre
Colonial agitators label the conflict a “massacre” and
publish a dramatic engraving depicting the violence
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1773
Tea Act
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The Tea Act 1773
British action
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Reaction to the Tea Act
British Action
Colonist in Boston rebel, dumping 15,000 pounds of
East India Company tea into Boston Harbor
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1774
Intolerable Acts
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1774 Intolerable Acts
• King George tightens control
over Massachusetts by closing
Boston Harbor and Quartering
Troops.
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Colonial Reaction
Intolerable Acts
• Colonial leaders form up the First
Continental Congress and draw up a
declaration of colonial rights.
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1775
Lexington and Concord
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British Action
• General Gage orders troops to
march to Concord, MA, and seize
colonial weapons.
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Colonial Reaction
Minutemen intercept the British and
engage in battle -- first at Lexington, and
then at Concord.
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The Shot Heard
'Round The World
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