Ch 7 Insights
•Objective #1- Understand reasons why American colonists wanted to move to independence from English rule
•? Identify several examples of harsh laws that the colonists found unfair.
•Objective #2- Understand why England enacted harsher rules that lead the Americans to seek independence
•?Explain why England felt it had to create new laws in the colonies.
•Objective #3- Explain how these actions pushed the colonies closer to unity
•? Identify several actions by the colonists that demonstrated colonial unity?
•? Evaluate how those actions were effective in sowing the seeds of a revolution?
Prior knowledge- Why do you feel the US is the richest country in the world? What products does the US make that the world is willing to buy?
ID:Female Combatants (124)
Summary 1: Who are the twp combatants in this painting?
England and American colonies
OI-Deep Roots of Revolution
OI- Mercantilism and Colonial Grievances
1) Define Republicanism (in your own words)
People put aside their of selfish needs for the good of society (anti-rich and monarchy/king
What is it about being rich that is antithetical (opposite) of Republicanism?
2) Under Mercantilism, what is the purpose of the colonies?
Purpose of the colonies is to make England rich (Colonies can only trade with England)
Colonies- supply Eng. With raw materials (timber, food, tobacco)
England- sells colonies finished goods (furniture, glass, paint)
How is Mercantilism a positive economic policy?
England is richest country in world and producer of best goods, both sides are making money
3) Think- How would mercantilism hurt the economic growth of the colonies?
Colonies could make more money trading to the world and selling its own goods
ID- Royal Stamp (126)
Summary 2- What did the Stamp Act tax?
All printed goods (documents, contracts, newspapers, dice, cards, etc)
Imp- every person is impacted by this tax
What types of people play dice? What types of people make contracts? Why do you not want to upset these people?
OI-Stamp Tax Uproar
4) Why did Lord Greenville issue the Stamp Tax?
Wanted the colonies to help pay England’s debt for the Fr/Ind. War
Was it unfair for England to want the colonies to help pay for the Fr/Ind War? Why? (What did the colonies get out of the war?)
5) Why were Americans suspicious of the Stamp Tax?
The money was to go to England, not colonies
Fear England was trying to take away their liberties
Property=Liberty (Gov. taxing people was equal to the Gov. taking away a right)
6) Think- What does the term “No taxation without representation mean”?
Gov. can only tax people if they can vote on that tax
ID- Public Punishment for the Excise Man (128)
Summary3 - Explain the use of terrorism/violence in this painting?
Man has been tarred and feather, pouring hot tea down his throat, a noose is in the background on Liberty Tree, dumping tea into the harbor, Stamp Act upside down
Summary 4- Who is being tortured? Who is doing the torturing?
Stamp Collector, American colonists
OI- Forced Repeal of the Stamp Act
Non-Importation agreements said the colonies would not buy British goods. (Boycott)
How would a boycott of English goods hurt England?
IS it worth it for England to tax the colonists if England is losing money from sales?
7) What secondary effect did these agreements have on the colonies?
Americans bought American goods
Americans were unified for the first time
8) Who were the Sons of Liberty and what was their purpose?
American terrorist group, enforced the boycott
England repeals the Stamp Act, proves that American protests were heard and Eng. Gov. responded to will of people, Am. ended boycott
9) After England repealed the Stamp Act, England issued the “Declaratory Act.” Define the Declaratory Act in your own words?
Said England could make any law in the colonies at any time
Were the colonists really successful in their protest against Gov. taxing and coercion? Explain?
Yes- gov. listened to the people and changed and unfair law
No- Gov. only responded to stop boycott, Am. still can’t vote, Gov. still has absolute power
ID-Two Views on the Boston Massacre (129)
Summary 5- Identify two glaring omissions or changes between the two paintings in how they depict “The Boston Massacre.”
-Americans are fighting back in one depiction, the other theu are innocent
-Black person depicted (Crispus Attucks) being shot, left out of the other
- Why do you feel the painting on the left became the image that was spread throughout the colonies? What is wrong with using the one on the right?
OI- Townsend Tea Tax and Boston Massacre
10) What was the Townsend Act?
Sales tax (on finished goods)
Why is this tax upsetting to Americans?
11) What was the cause of the “Boston Massacre”?
British soldiers were taking second jobs and willing to work for less money than Am. workers
12) Who was Crispus Attucks?
Af/Am leader of protest shot at Boston Massacre
13) Think-Who do you feel should be blamed for the Boston Massacre?
British- excessive force, did not have to open fire on crowd
Americans- it is not a crime to work for less pay (“illegal immigrants”), get a better job
ID-The Boston Tea Party (132)
Summary 6- What group dumped the tea into BostonHarbor?
Sons of Liberty
OI- Parliament Passes the “Intolerable Acts”
Define the following Intolerable Acts- meant to punish Mass. for the BTP (Mass. Losses it’s charter- rights and democracy)
14) BostonPort Bill
Closed Boston Harbor
How does this hurt Boston economically?
15) Quartering Act
Forced Bostonians to house Br. Soldiers in their own homes
What right does this infringe on?
16) Quebec Act
Made the Ohio Valley a part of Canada/Quebec, Catholic is the official language, no democracy in Quebec
Why would this law infuriate colonists?
17) Think- Why would these acts infuriate and worry the colonists? (Other colonies)
Because if these rights could be taken away from one colony, then other colonies could lose their rights too