8th Grade History
American Revolution
BOARD QUESTIONS
1) WHAT DID THE SPANISH WANT IN THE
AMERICAS?
2) WHAT DID THE FRENCH WANT IN THE
AMERICAS?
3) WHAT DID THE ENGLISH WANT IN THE
AMERICAS?
4) HOW DID THE SPANISH, FRENCH, AND
INDIANS TREAT THE SLAVES?
BOARD QUESTIONS
1) WHEN DID THE SPANISH LAND IN
MEXICO?
2) WHERE DID THE FRENCH LAND IN
NORTH AMERICA?
3) WHAT IS A JOINT STOCK COMPANY?
4) WHERE WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH
COLONY ESTABLISHED IN NORTH
AMERICA?
Board Questions
1)Who won the French and Indian War?
2)Who was Pontiac?
3)What is the Proclamation of 1763?
4) Why did the Pilgrims come to North America?
5)Who was “Bloody” Mary and what Colony was
named after her?
BOARD QUESTIONS
1) LABEL FRANCE, SPAIN, ENGLAND, AND
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
2) LABEL THE U.S., MEXICO, AND SOUTH
AMERICA.
3) DRAW A LINE SHOWING THE PATH OF
THE EXPLORERS FROM EACH COUNTRY.
4) LABEL YOUR LINES WITH THE CORRECT
DATE OF THE EXPLORATIONS.
Board Questions
1)What is the Stamp Act?
2)What is the Townshend Act?
3)What is the Boston Massacre?
4)What is the Boston Tea Party?
5)What did the King do to Boston as a result to
the Boston Tea Party?
BOARD QUESTION
1) 3 REASONS TO BE A LOYALIST?
2) 3 REASONS TO BE A PATRIOT?
3) DEFINE BOYCOTT.
4) WHO WERE THE DAUGHTERS OF
LIBERTY?
5) WHO WERE THE SONS OF LIBERTY?
Terms
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Coercive Acts
People to Know
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams
• Sons of Liberty
• Daughters of Liberty
• George III
• Continental Congress
People to Know
• John Adams
• John Jay
• Richard Henry Lee
• Patrick Henry
• George Washington
• Militias
People and Terms To
Know
• Minutemen
• Paul Revere
• William Dawes
• Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Loyalists
People and Terms To
Know
• Patriots
WRIT OF ASSISTANCE
40)LEGAL DOCUMENT PERMITTING
SEARCHES OF AMERICAN COLONIAL
SHIPS.
41)THE BRITISH WANT TO STOP THE
AMERICAN COLONIES FROM TRADING
WITH OUT PERMISSION AND PAYING
TAXES.
SUGAR ACT
• SUGAR ACT
- 1764, LOWERED THE TAX
ON MOLASSES IMPORTED BY
COLONIST.
• THIS WAS DONE IN AN ATTEMPT TO
KEEP COLONIST FROM SMUGGLING
MOLASSES AND INSTEAD BUY IT FROM
ENGLAND.
• ALLOWING ENGLAND TO GET THE
TAX MONEY.
STAMP ACT
• STAMP ACT - 1765, PLACED A TAX ON
ALMOST ALL PRINTED MATERIAL IN
THE COLONIES. ALL PRINTED
MATERIAL MOST HAVE A STAMP. THIS
AFFECTED ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE
COLONIES.
• THIS BEGINS TO OUTRAGE THE
COLONIST.
QUARTERING ACT
• QUARTERING ACT - 1765, FORCED
COLONIES TO PAY FOR HOUSING
BRITISH TROOPS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE
THEM WITH FOOD AND DRINK.
• THIS ACT ALONG WITH THE OTHER
ACTS MADE THE COLONIST BELIEVE IT
WAS TIME FOR ACTION.
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF
BURGESSES
• PATRICK HENRY - PERSUADED THE
BURGESSES TO PROTEST THE STAMP
ACT. “ IF THIS BE TREASON LETS MAKE
THE MOST OF IT.”
• VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES -
WROTE A RESOLUTION DECLARING IT
HAD THE ONLY AND SOLE EXCLUSIVE
RIGHT AND POWER TO LAY TAXES ON
ITS CITIZENS.
SONS OF LIBERTY
• SONS OF LIBERTY - GROUPS THAT
BEGAN PROTESTING THE STAMP ACT.
• SAMUEL ADAMS - BEGAN THE SONS OF
LIBERTY IN BOSTON.
• THEY BURNED EFFIGIES, RAG FIGURES,
REPRESENTING TAX COLLECTORS.
STAMP ACT
CONGRESS
• STAMP ACT CONGRESS - MEMBERS
FROM 9 COLONIES MEET IN NEW
YORK.
• THEY WROTE A PETITION TO THE KING
AND PARLIAMENT DECLARING THAT
THE COLONIES COULD NOT BE TAXED
EXCEPT BY THEIR OWN ASSEMBLIES.
• THEY URGED PEOPLE TO BOYCOTT
BRITISH GOODS.
DECLARATORY ACT
• THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT - 1766
• THE DECLARATORY ACT - 1766, STATED
THAT PARLIAMENT HAD THE RIGHT TO
TAX AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE
BRITISH COLONIES “IN ALL CASES.”
• THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT AND
THE DECLARATORY ACT WERE PASSED
BY PARLIAMENT ON THE SAME DAY.
TOWNSHEND ACTS
• TOWNSHEND ACTS - 1767, THESE ACTS
TAXED IMPORTED GOODS AS THEY
WERE BOUGHT AT THE PORT BY
BUSINESS.
• THE PARLIAMENT LEARN FROM THE
STAMP ACT NOT TO TAX THE
COLONIST DIRECTLY.
DAUGHTERS OF
LIBERTY
• DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY - THEY TRIED
TO DO THEIR PART IN FIGHTING THE
ACTS BY MAKING GOODS AT HOME.
THEY TRIED NOT TO BUY BRITISH
GOODS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
• THEY BELIEVED THIS WOULD HELP THE
COLONIES BECOME ECONOMICALLY
INDEPENDENT OF ENGLAND.
BOSTON MASSACRE
• BOSTON MASSACRE - MARCH 5, 1770, A
FIGHT BROKE OUT IN THE STREETS OF
BOSTON BETWEEN CITIZENS OF
BOSTON AND REDCOATS.
• THE BOSTON CITIZENS WANTED TO
DRIVE THE REDCOATS OUT OF THE
CITY. THEY BEGAN PICKING UP
WEAPONS AND MARCHING TOWARD
SOME REDCOATS.
BOSTON MASSACRE
• THE CROWD BEGAN TO THROW
STONES, SNOWBALLS, OYSTER SHELLS,
AND PIECES OF WOOD AT THE
SOLDIERS.YELLING YOU
BLOODYBACKS,YOU LOBSTERS,YOU
DARE NOT FIRE.
• AFTER ONE SOLDIER WAS KNOCKED
DOWN THE REDCOATS BECAME
CONFUSED AND NERVOUS.
BOSTON MASSACRE
• SEVERAL SHOTS RANG OUT, KILLING
FIVE COLONISTS.
• THE COLONIST BEGAN TO CALL THIS
ENCOUNTER THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
• PROPAGANDA - INFORMATION
DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE OPINION.
• THE COLONIST USED THE BOSTON
MASSACRE AS PROPAGANDA AGAINST
THE BRITISH.
TEA ACT
• TEA ACT - 1773, THIS ALLOWED THE
BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY TO
BYPASS PAYING MANY OF THE TAXES
AND BYPASS COLONIAL MERCHANTS,
SELLING TO THE SHOPKEEPER
DIRECTLY.
• THIS GAVE THE BRITISH EAST INDIA
COMPANY A BIG ADVANTAGE OVER
THE COLONIAL MERCHANTS.
BOSTON TEA PARTY
• BOSTON TEA PARTY - 1773, BOSTON
AND PHILADELPHIA SONS OF LIBERTY
GROUPS BOYCOTTED BRITISH TEA.
“RATHER THAN PART WITH FREEDOM,
WE WILL PART WITH TEA.”
• ON DECEMBER 16, 1773, MEN
DISGUISED AS MOHAWKS AND ARMED
WITH HATCHETS BOARDED THE SHIPS
AND THREW 342 CHEST OF TEA
OVERBOARD. ( BOSTON TEA PARTY)
COERCIVE ACTS
• COERCIVE ACTS - 1774,VERY HARSH
LAWS INTENDED TO PUNISH THE
RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
• THEY CLOSED BOSTON HARBOR
UNTIL THE RESIDENTS PAID FOR THE
RUINED TEA.
• THIS PREVENTED THE ARRIVE OF
FOOD AND OTHER GOODS.
LOYALIST
• Did not consider unfair taxes and
regulation a good reason for
rebellion.
• They held government offices
appointed by the king.
• Scared to offend God by going against
the head of the church.
PATRIOTS
• Did not like the taxes and regulations
• Did not like the King and did not believe he
ruled with divine right.
• Wanted to rule themselves
• Rule by the people
Advantages for the
Colonies
• Fighting on home ground.
• Fighting for FREEDOM!
• George Washington
Advantages of Great
Britain
• powerful army, navy
• very well organized
• bigger population
• more experienced fighter
Colonies Disadvantages
• Inexperienced army
• small navy
• small population
• few supplies
British Disadvantages
• Fighting 2,000 miles across the ocean
• Soldiers were not motivated to fight
• Cost lots of money
BATTLE OF BUNKER
HILL
• THE MILITIA UNDER THE COMMAND
OF COLONEL PRESCOTT HAD A
STRATEGIC POSITION ON TOP OF
BUNKER HILL ACROSS FROM BOSTON
HARBOR.
• THE BRITISH CROSSED BOSTON
HARBOR DETERMINED TO TAKE
BUNKER HILL.
BATTLE OF BUNKER
HILL
• THE MILITIA DID NOT HAVE MUCH
AMMUNITION.
• COLONEL PRESCOTT TOLD HIS MEN
NOT TO SHOOT UNTIL THEY SAW THE
WHITES OF THE BRITISH EYES.
• THE BRITISH FIXED BAYONETS AND
CHARGED UP BUNKER HILL.
BATTLE OF BUNKER
HILL
• THE FIRST TRY WAS STOPPED AND THE
SECOND.
• THE MILITIA RAN OUT OF BULLETS
AND HAD TO RETEAT.
• LEAVING BUNKER HILL FOR THE
REDCOATS.
• EVEN THOUGH THE REDCOATS WON
THE BATTLE THEY LOST 1,000 MEN.
BATTLE OF BUNKER
HILL
• AFTER THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
THE BRITISH NEW THAT THE WAR
WOULD NOT BE QUICK OR EASY TO
WIN.
INDEPENDENCE
• MAY 10TH , 1775 THE SECOND
CONSTITUTIONAL CONGRESS MEET
TO DISCUSS THE COLONIES
RELATIONSHIP WITH ENGLAND.
• DESPITE THE FIGHTING GOING ON IN
THE COLONIES. MANY COLONIST
WERE NOT READY TO DECLARE
INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND.
INDEPENDENCE
• THE SECOND CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS BEGAN TO RUN THE
COLONIES.
• PRINT MONEY AND SETUP POST
OFFICES.
• THEY ESTABLISHED COMMITTEES TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE NATIVE
AMERICANS AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
• THEY ALSO CREATED THE
CONTINENTAL ARMY.
INDEPENDENCE
• THE COLONIAL ARMY HEAR OF THE
REDCOAT PLAN TO ATTACK FROM A
FORT IN CANADA TO TAKE OVER NEW
YORK.
• THE COLONIAL ARMY DECIDED TO
ATTACK FIRST. THIS ATTACK FAILED.
INDEPENDENCE
• GENERAL WASHINGTON LEAD THE
CONTINENTAL ARMY ON A SEIGE OF
BOSTON AND TOOK OVER THE CITY
IN MARCH 1776.
• IN JANUARY 1776 THOMAS PAINE
WROTE A BOOK COMMON SENCE.
• EXPLAINING IT WAS COMMON SENCE
THAT THE COLONIES SHOULD BE
INDEPENDENT FROM ENGLAND.
INDEPENDENCE
• IN APRIL 1776 THE CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS BEGAN DEBATE ON THE
ISSUE OF INDEPENDENCE.
• THEY CHOOSE A COMMITTEE TO
DRAFT THE DECLARATION.
• THOMAS JEFFERSON BEING A MAJOR
COMPONENT OF THAT COMMITTEE.
INDEPENDENCE
• ON JULY 4TH 1776 THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE WAS RATIFIED BY
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND
COPIES WERE SENT TO KING GEORGE
AND THE NEWLY DECLARED
INDEPENDENT STATES.
• JOHN HANCOCK SAID HE WOULD
WRITE HIS NAME BIG ENOUGH FOR
KING GEORGE TO READ IT WITH OUT
HIS GLASSES.