Warm-up
• 1. What was the Reign of Terror? Who was
the leader?
• 2. In 1 paragraph. Why do people feel the
need to revolt?
• Causes of the American Revolution
• Sugar Act and Stamp Act.
Brainstorm
• Have you ever had gripes about school life?
• Brain storm with a Neighbor reasonable
complaints about school?
• What do I mean by reasonable?
Pretend you are a colonist
• You have your own government, but you are
still ruled by the British.
• What can an Absolute monarchy do that you
would gripe about. Brain Storm with a
neighbor.
What can you do about it
• What can you do about these gripes?
AMERICA
BREAKS AWAY
FROM THE
BRITISH
FOCUS QUESTIONS
• 1. How did the emergence of the United
States shape Canada?
• 2. What challenges of coexistence arose from
the Loyalist migration?
• 3. How did people meet those challenges?
What Was the American War of Independence?
After 1763, Britain was deeply indebt because of the Seven Years’ War. It
was looking for ways to save money. It wanted to keep troops stationed in
the Thirteen Colonies, but decided to make the Thirteen Colonies pay for
the troops. To do this, Britain raised taxes in the colonies. The colonists,
however, refused to pay. They said that Britain had no authority to tax
them, because Britain didn’t allow colonists to elect representatives to
the British parliament. They came up with a slogan: “No taxation without
representation.”
KING GEORGE III
PATRIOT: people who supported the
rebellion
UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS: people
who opposed the rebellion - who
wanted to remain united to the British
Empire and loyal to Britain
TAR AND FEATHERING
SUGAR ACT 1764
British Parliament:
1.enacted the Sugar Act making the colonists
angry. All sugar was taxed.
Think:
1.Where does sugar come from?
2.What was sugar used for during this time
3.How important was sugar?
Colonist Reaction:
1.Anger
2. Boycott of sugar (so not to pay taxes on it
and let the British government they were not
happy)
British Parliament brought in the Stamp Act
which included tax on:
1.all newspapers
2. almanacs (books)
3. Pamphlets
4. official documents
5. deck of playing cards
Colonist Reaction:
1.All 13 colonies protested
2. "Sons of Liberty" threatened violence to
those who sold stamps
3. Burned government records and looted the
elegant homes of the rich.
4. Found tax unjust so British repealed it in
1766.
TOWNSHEND ACT 1767
British Parliament now taxed:
1.Paper
2. Glass
3. Tea
4. Metals
5. paint
Colonist Reaction:
1.Angered at tax increases and started
boycott of all British goods
2.2. Mobs with snowballs fired upon by
British (Boston Massacre)
3.3. Bad relationship between British and
colonists grew rapidly
THE TEA ACT 1773
British Parliament
1. Tax on tea (British made a deal with the East
India Tea company)
Colonist Reaction:
1.Boston Harbour: group of men boarder the
ships in the harbour and dumped it all in the
water.
2. Event known as the "Boston Tea Party”
3. British government brought in Intolerable
Act following year
SONS OF LIBERTY SLOGAN?
INTOLERABLE ACT 1774