CHAPTER 7 - THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION: 1763—1775 - United States, 1492-1865 PDF

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CHAPTER(7:((THE(ROAD(TO(REVOLUTION:(1763—1775( ! The(Deep(Roots(of(Revolution! 1.! Why!does!the!author!say!that!the!American!Revolution!began!when!the!first!settlers!stepped!ashore?! ! Colonies from their start, had different ideals than the main British government. The ! colonists believed in republicanism, where individual citizens put aside their self interests for the common good. They also believed that elected officials in Britain ! were too corrupted by bribes to effectively represent the people. ! Mercantilism(and(Colonial(Grievances! Know:!! Mercantilism,!Navigation!Laws,!Royal!Veto! 2.! How!did!Parliament!enact!the!theory!of!mercantilism!into!policy?! Britain enacted mercantilism, the belief that the colonies exist to serve the mother country, by passing ! laws such as the navigation acts, Enforcing colonists to ship enumerated products like tobacco ! exclusively to Britain while prices might be better elsewhere. Parliament had the right to veto any law ! a colony made if it did not support merciantilism. Discuss financial problems for some Americans, ( their welfare was being sacrificed for British commercial interests. The(Merits(and(Menace(of(Mercantilism! Know:!! Salutary!Neglect,!John!Hancock,!Bounties! 3.!! In!what!ways!did!the!mercantilist!theory!benefit!the!colonies?! ! ! it has its drawbacks, mercantilism also benefited the colonies. Until 1763 the Well ! navigation acts were very loosely enforced and many Americans made a fortune ! smuggling. the colonies had a monopoly on the British tobacco industry, and had ! protection from the british navy. ( The(Stamp(Tax(Uproar! Know:!! George!Grenville,!Sugar!Act,!Quartering!Act,!Stamp!Act,!Admiralty!Courts,!Virtual!Representation! 4.! Why!were!the!colonists!so!upset!over!relatively!mild!taxes!and!policies?! After spending €140,000,000 on fighting a war for the American colonists, to re-claim some of that ! money they Felt they should tax the colonists. In 1763, the British navy began strictly in enforcing th ! navigation laws, Parliament passed the first direct tax on the colonists, the sugar act, and the least ( popular of all, the stamp act, was passed. People were concerned because this legislation began to ( jeopardize their basic rights as English citizens. Citizens were tried in admiralty courts where they ( were no juries, and the prosecuted was innocent until proven guilty. Forced(Repeal(of(the(Stamp(Act! Know:!! Stamp!Act!Congress,!Nonimportation!Agreements,!Homespun,!Sons!of!Liberty,!Declaratory!Act! 5.! In!what!ways!did!colonists!resist!the!Stamp!Act?! ! Colonists resisted the stamp act by coming together and agreeing not to import anything from brick through the use of nonimportation agreements. Groups such as the Sons of liberty and daughters of ! liberty just allowing to their own hands by enforcing the nonimportation agreements. These ! nonimportation agreements hit England hard, because one quarter of all British exports were devoted ! to American trade, many people were out of work and were begging Britain to repeal the stamp act. ( The(Townshend(Tea(Tax(and(the(Boston("Massacre"! Know:!! Townshend!Acts,!Indirect!Tax,!Boston!Massacre,!John!Adams! 6.! How!did!the!Townshend!Acts!lead!to!more!difficulties?! ! The town shed acts, a light tax on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea’s profits ! were used to pay royal colonial governors. Due to this tax, tea smuggling became ! more common. Led to further tension and a british troop presense in bosten, ! leading to the bosten massacare. ( The(Seditious(Committees(of(Correspondence! Know:!! George!III,!Lord!North,!Samuel!Adams,!Committees!of!Correspondence! 7.! How!did!Committees!of!Correspondence!work?! ! Committees of correspondence spread there is distance among the colonies, ! Sharing stories of opposition to British policy. These groups led to the Continental ! Congresses and eventually to the American Revolution. ! ( Tea(Brewing(in(Boston! Know:!! British!East!India!Company,!Boston!Tea!Party! 8.! What!was!the!cause!of!the!Boston!Tea!Party,!and!what!was!its!significance?! ! The Boston tea party was a protest to the tea tax, in which colonists dumped 342 chests ! of tea into the Boston Harbor. Because tea was consumed by all colonists, it was a ! great symbol to rally behind. !

Parliament(Passes(the("Intolerable(Acts"! Know:! Boston! Port! Act,! Massachusetts! Government! Act,! Administration! of! Justice! Act,! Quartering! Act! of! 1774,!Quebec!Act! 9.!! What!was!so!intolerable!about!the!Coercive!(Intolerable)!Acts?! ! The intolerable acts Took away many of the chartered rights and put restrictions on ! ! others. The colonists rights which they have had since the beginning of their colony ! was suddenly stripped away. They did not like this. ( Bloodshed! Know:!! First! Continental! Congress,! Declaration! of! Rights,! The! Association,! Tar! and! Feathers,! Minute! Men,! Lexington!and!Concord! 10.! What!was!the!goal!of!the!First!Continental!Congress?! ! The first Continental Congress in 1774 was held to Address colonial grievances against Britain. Together ! they wrote a declaration of rights as well as appeals to Britian. The association was also written which ! called for a complete boycott of British goods Cover note importing, no exporting, and no consumption. ! Well they were not yet calling for independence, they were certainly united toward a common goal. ( Imperial(Strength(and(Weakness! Know:!! Hessians,!Tories!! 11.! What!were!British!strengths!and!weaknesses!at!the!outset!of!the!war?! Whilie the british were professionally trained, the colonists had the large homefield ! advantage, the british in the americas were second rate, communication was hard, the ! colonists had no major ‘nerve center’ they could takeover that would effect the whole ! colony and they just couldn’t get a break. ! ! American(Pluses(and(Minuses! Know:!! George!Washington,!Ben!Franklin,!Marquis!de!Lafayette,!Continentals! 12.! What!were!the!American!strengths!and!weaknesses!at!the!outset!of!the!war?! ! The colonies had a home field advantage, had a self-sustaining food supply, Had ! amazing leadership, And foreign allies (the french). ! However the colonists were not millitary trained. ! ! A(Thin(Line(of(Heroes! Know:!! Valley!Forge,!Baron!von!Steuben,!Continental!Army! 13.! What!role!was!played!by!African_Americans!in!the!Revolution?!

Many African-Americans served a vital role in the American Revolution by being cooks, guides, spies, drivers, and road builders. The British in 1775, issued a proclamation promising freedom to any slaves who joined the British Army. Generate(two(high(level(questions(about(Chapter(7( 1.! ! ! ! ! ! 2.! ! ! ! ! ! Create(a(mini(timeline(of(at(least(5(significant(events(in(Chapter(7( ( ( ( ( ( ________________________________________________________________________________________(...