Wednesday, October 30, 2007
Issues behind the Revolution WS due today, turn it in.
Do now: Using the image of King George III answer the following question:
What image was George III trying to present to the world in this painting?
At the end of the French and Indian War, Great Britain was heavily in debt and hardpressed to maintain its empire from external threats from its European foes.
Much of this debt was due to the war that it had fought against the French in North America.
Even though Britain gained control of Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River it was unable to control this land due to its limited resources.
Due to this weakness they were unable to keep American settlers from moving into these areas which resulted in the Native people of this region seeing the British as powerless.
The Americans seeing that Great Britain would not prevent then from entering the disputed lands also saw the British as weak.
Unable to further tax its own people the British turned to the American colonies as a new source of tax revenue.
Starting in 1764 and lasting through 1774 the British government enacted a series of taxes or acts that attempted to raise the funds that were needed to not only pay off the war debt but also pay for quartering of troops in the colonies.
In response to these acts some Americans began to boycott British products and to actively protest the taxes through newspaper articles and booklets.
Some of the most ardent of protestors of these acts were the women of the American colonies, they refused to buy British products and began to produce their own cloth to replace that cloth not being bought from Britain.
Other protests would include the taring and feathering of British officials and the destruction of British property.
In response to these acts the British repealed the taxes but then enacted the Declaratory Act. This act stated that Great Britain retained the right to dissolve the colonies legislative bodies and to rule the colonies as they saw fit.
One of the most unpopular of acts was the Tea Act of 1773. Like the British the Americas drank a lot of tea. So a tax on this product was a cost that affected almost everyone in the colonies.
The response to this act was the "Boston Tea Party".
As these acts were enacted, repealed and enacted the view of the Americans towards Great Britain began to further degrade. In 1750 Americans were proud subjects of the British Empire by 1774 many Americans were talking about revolution and a new nation.
The last of these acts were labeled as the Coercive Acts by the British but the Americans called them the Intolerable Acts. These acts were specifially targeted at the Massachussetts colony which had been a leader of in the cause of American defiance.
It also was designed to limit the power and expansion of the colonies by limiting them to those areas east of the Alleghany Mountains.
Over time the minor acts of violence and sabotage committed by the Americans were tolerated by the British however there were instances of greater violence.
In 1770 a group of American colonist began to harass a company of British soldiers, harsh words soon turned to iceballs and rock. In response the soldiers fired on the Americans killing 5.
This incident led to a calm period in the colonies but by 1775 matters in the colonies were again ripe for confrontation and strife.
Boycotting Tea Ws due today at the end of class.
Complete questions 1,2,4 and 5 on pg 116. Due Friday, November 2, 2007.
Do now: Using the image of King George III answer the following question:
What image was George III trying to present to the world in this painting?
At the end of the French and Indian War, Great Britain was heavily in debt and hardpressed to maintain its empire from external threats from its European foes.
Much of this debt was due to the war that it had fought against the French in North America.
Even though Britain gained control of Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River it was unable to control this land due to its limited resources.
Due to this weakness they were unable to keep American settlers from moving into these areas which resulted in the Native people of this region seeing the British as powerless.
The Americans seeing that Great Britain would not prevent then from entering the disputed lands also saw the British as weak.
Unable to further tax its own people the British turned to the American colonies as a new source of tax revenue.
Starting in 1764 and lasting through 1774 the British government enacted a series of taxes or acts that attempted to raise the funds that were needed to not only pay off the war debt but also pay for quartering of troops in the colonies.
In response to these acts some Americans began to boycott British products and to actively protest the taxes through newspaper articles and booklets.
Some of the most ardent of protestors of these acts were the women of the American colonies, they refused to buy British products and began to produce their own cloth to replace that cloth not being bought from Britain.
Other protests would include the taring and feathering of British officials and the destruction of British property.
In response to these acts the British repealed the taxes but then enacted the Declaratory Act. This act stated that Great Britain retained the right to dissolve the colonies legislative bodies and to rule the colonies as they saw fit.
One of the most unpopular of acts was the Tea Act of 1773. Like the British the Americas drank a lot of tea. So a tax on this product was a cost that affected almost everyone in the colonies.
The response to this act was the "Boston Tea Party".
As these acts were enacted, repealed and enacted the view of the Americans towards Great Britain began to further degrade. In 1750 Americans were proud subjects of the British Empire by 1774 many Americans were talking about revolution and a new nation.
The last of these acts were labeled as the Coercive Acts by the British but the Americans called them the Intolerable Acts. These acts were specifially targeted at the Massachussetts colony which had been a leader of in the cause of American defiance.
It also was designed to limit the power and expansion of the colonies by limiting them to those areas east of the Alleghany Mountains.
Over time the minor acts of violence and sabotage committed by the Americans were tolerated by the British however there were instances of greater violence.
In 1770 a group of American colonist began to harass a company of British soldiers, harsh words soon turned to iceballs and rock. In response the soldiers fired on the Americans killing 5.
This incident led to a calm period in the colonies but by 1775 matters in the colonies were again ripe for confrontation and strife.
Boycotting Tea Ws due today at the end of class.
Complete questions 1,2,4 and 5 on pg 116. Due Friday, November 2, 2007.
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