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CAUSES OF
THE REVOLUTION
The Road to Revolution
__________________ - 1763
• ended the ____________________ War and marked
• the end of _______________________.
• the British begin to enforce the
• ________________________ to help pay for the war
_________
____________________ - of 1763
• closed English settlement ___________ of the Appalachian
Mountains.
_________________ - 1764
• actually lowered tax on sugar, BUT– marked
the beginning of _______________ of new
taxes
• cases to be tried in ______________, only a
judge (no jury) who was on commission for
smuggling cases
__________________ - 1765
• colonists required to provide ____________
and supplies for ______________ troops
_______________ Act - 1765
• tax on ________________, _________________, cards,
• other printed matter. Required a ____________ to show the
tax had been paid; first time colonist were taxed to
clearly raise ________________, not just regulate trade.
Stamp Act _________________ - 1766
• as a result of _______________, petitions, written
letters sent to the King and Parliament using the
argument that ______________ have the same
liberties as other _________________
– “no ______________ without _____________________.”
• _________ and Daughters of Liberty sprang up
(__________________)
_________________ - 1776
• The day the Stamp Act was repealed Parliament
passed this saying _________________ has the
authority to make laws that apply to the colonists “in
all cases whatsoever”
_____________________ - 1767
• British asserted their authority by taxing
______________ such as tea, paint, lead, glass –
Britain used this money to pay
___________________ which weakened the power
of the colonial ___________________
___________________ _____- 1770
• British _____________ opened fire on unruly crowd
in Boston Commons – 5 were killed – this incident
added to the already __________ situation
• Used as ______________ by some colonists
• Soldiers defended in court by _________________
_________________________ ____ - 1772
• James Otis and ___________________ began
organizing in an effort to _________________
resistance throughout the colonies
• by 1774 nearly all the colonies had committees
____________________ - 1773
• gave the British East India Tea Co.
________________rights to sell tea in America –
put the __________________ tea companies
out of business and forming a _______________
__________________________ - Dec 16th, 1773
• reaction to the Tea Act where colonists
_________________ in the Boston Harbor as a
_________________
_______________________ - 1774
• __________________ for the Boston Tea Party
• closed the ____________ of Boston and other
harsh measures.
______________________________ - Sept 5, 1774
• met in Philadelphia with 56 delegates
– Agreed to __________________ English goods
– Call on colonies to arm themselves
– And to form of __________________
Battle of __________________________ - April 1775
– British troops leave Boston, marching east to
Concord
– __________________ and others find out and make
their midnight ride
– _____________ fought the British at Lexington and
Concord.
2nd Continental Congress, May 10th 1775
___________________ - last attempt to avoid war
• delegates eventually write the Declaration of
Independence in July, 1776
__________________________ - June 1775
• _____________win, take over American position north
of Boston but suffer big losses; Americans prove they
can ______________ with the highly trained British.
_________________ - Jan 1776
• written by
_________________urging
colonists to break with Britain
and join the ________________
The
Declaration
of
Independence
The Declaration of Independence (pg.66)
(pg.66)
• July 4th 1776 (notice the Am. Rev. War began Apr.
1775)
• Primarily written by ______________________
Contents
of the
Declaration
TheThe
Contents
of the
Declaration
of of
Independence
Independence
Introduction – __________________
• States the ______________ of the document
• “When in the courses of human events, it
becomes _______________ for one people to
__________________ their ______________
bands which have connected them with
another…”
The Contents of the Declaration of
Independence
Principles of the Declaration – _______________ of
basic ____________
• “We hold these truths to be _________________,
that all men are created equal, that they are
________________ by their Creator with certain
_________________ rights.”
– “___________, __________________,
________________________________”
– based on _______________________ unalienable rights
of life, liberty and property)
Contents
of the
Declaration
TheThe
Contents
of the
Declaration
of of
Independence
Independence
• “__________________ their just powers from the
______________ of the ________________.”
– describes the concept of ________________________
- _____________ rests with the ______________.
People (Popular)
Rule (Sovereignty)
We give our consent by
voting
Contents
of the
Declaration
TheThe
Contents
of the
Declaration
of of
Independence
Independence
____________________formal statement of
complaint against the
King of England
• “He” refers to
_________________
• __________ of how
the British Crown has
____________ to
abide by the principles
of a good government
Contents
of the
Declaration
TheThe
Contents
of the
Declaration
of of
Independence
Independence
Conclusion – Declaration of
Independence from England
• Colonists ______________
with England
• Demands the
___________________ of
American Colonies
(supreme authority over a
geographic region.)
• “the United colonies” are
“____________________”
_________________________ - 1777
• biggest win for the Americans
- ______________________ of the war
• convinced ________________ the Americans had a real
chance of winning; entered the war and provided
_________________________
Battle of _______________________ - 1781
• final battle of the war
• Gen ________________________ surrendered to
Gen________________________ in Virginia with the
help of _____________________ and the French
blockade
Treaty of _________• ended the American
Revolutionary War
• US got all land
___________ of the
Mississippi River
• Florida was returned
to _______________