UNIT 3:CREATION OF THE UNITED

STATES• SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American

Revolution.

• a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.

• b. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.

• c. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.

CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES

• UNIT FOCUS This unit examines the conflict and change associated with the American Revolution, including the ideological background of the Declaration of Independence. Through the conceptual lens of beliefs and ideals, the unit also focuses on early American documents including the Articles of Confederation, Constitution, and the U. S. Bill of Rights. The unit ends with the Presidencies of George Washington and John Adams, which along with the contributions of early American leaders such as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, show how individuals, groups, and institutions affect societal change.

CREATION OF THE UNITED STATESNORTH AMERICA, EARLY 1700S

CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION• 1. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (AKA 7 YEARS

WAR) (1754–1763) • 1)the North American chapter of the

Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them. The war resulted in the British conquest of Canada.

CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• 2)CAUSES• a. Both New France and New England wanted to expand

their territories with respect to fur trading and other pursuits that matched their economic interests. Using trading posts and forts, both the British and the French claimed the vast territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico

• b. both European powers took advantage of Native American factions to protect their territories and to keep each other from growing too strong.

• c. The English colonists also feared France’s Roman Catholic influence. English law provided religious and other freedoms.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

• 3)NATIVE AMERICANS TENDED TO SUPPORT FRENCH. AS FUR TRADERS, FRENCH BUILT FORTS RATHER THAN PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS.

• 4)GREAT BRITAIN (ENGLAND) WON.

• 5)TREATY OF PARIS, 1763, SIGNED TO END WAR.

PROVISIONS OF TREATY OF PARIS, 1763

• 1.FR LOST CANADA TO ENG.

• 2.FR LOST ALL LAND EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER EXCEPT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

• 3.ENG. GAINED COMPLETE, OFFICIAL CONTROL OF ALL AMERICAN COLONIES.

NORTH AMERICA AFTER TREATY OF PARIS, 1763

CAUSES: AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• 2.ENG. PARLIAMENT PASSED LAWS TO TAX COLONIES TO HELP PAY FOR COST OF MILITARY PRESENCE TO PREVENT ATTACKS AND PROTECT FROM NATIVES.

• 3.PROCLAMATION OF 1763, STOPPED AMERICANS FROM MOVING WEST BEYOND APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS (TO TRY AND STOP CONFLICT WITH NATIVES)

• 4.IDEAS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (FREEDOM, NATURAL RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, 1ST AMEND. RIGHTS (RAPPS)

RESISTANCE BY AMERICAN COLONIES

• 1.AMERICAN COLONISTS FELT RIGHTS AS ENGLISHMEN WERE BEING VIOLATED…SUCH AS:

• 1) TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION• 2)TRIAL BY JURY• 3)PROTECTION FROM SEARCHES WITHOUT

WARRANTS• 4)PROTECTION FROM HAVING TROOPS

QUARTERED ON PROPERTY

ACTIONS OF PARLIAMENT• 1.SUGAR ACT, 1764 (TAX ON IMPORTS, BRITISH RATHER

THAN COLONY CTS.)• 2.STAMP ACT, 1765 (TAX ON ALL PRINTED MATERIAL, {PAPER

WITH SPECIAL STAMPS}, BUYING PAPER, PAYING TAX• 1)RESULT/REACTION: A. FORMATION OF SONS OF LIBERTY (SAMUEL ADAMS)

B. STAMP ACT CONGRESS-FORMAL PROTEST TO KING• 3.TOWNSHEND ACT, 1767, (IMPORT TAX ON GLASS, LEAD,

PAINT, PAPER)• 1)RESULT/REACTON: BOYCOTTS OF BRITISH GOODS• 4.INTOLERABLE ACTS, 1774, (CLOSED PORT OF BOSTON DUE

TO BOSTON TEA PARTY, BRITISH TRIED IN ENGLAND, COLONISTS HAD TO QUARTER TROOPS)

• 1)RESULT/REACTION: FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO PROTEST

AMERICAN COLONISTS REACT TO PARLIAMENT’S ACTIONS

• 1.BOSTON MASSACRE, 1770 (CRISPUS ATTUCKS)• 2.BOSTON TEA PARTY, 1773 (RESULT WAS INTOLERABLE

ACTS)• 3.COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE (SECRET

COMMUNICATIONS) • 1)PLANNED 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, • 2)1ST ORG. LINKING COLONIES TO OPPOSE ENG• 3)LOYALISTS (KING) V. PATRIOTS (AMERICANS)

• 4.THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHED COMMON SENSE• 1)ATLANTIC TO WIDE FOR ENG. TO RULE• 2)ISLAND COULD NOT RULE CONTINENT• 3)IF ENG WAS “MOTHER COUNTRY” “NO MOTHER WOULD

TREAT CHILD SO BADLY…”

SAMUEL ADAMS, BOSTON MASSACRE

THOMAS PAINE

“THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD…”

• REMEMBER THE INTOLERABLE ACTS…• 1.COLONIAL REACTION:• 1)1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, SEPT.,

OCT., 1774• 2)NEW ENGLAND TOWNS PREPARED

MILITARY

a.FORMATION OF MINUTEMAN REGIMENTS, CIVILIAN SOLDIERS

b.STOCKPILE WEAPONS

“THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD…

• 2. BRITISH GENERAL GAGE ENGAGES AMERICAN COLONISTS AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, MASSACHUSSETS, THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

• 3.SEE CLIP.• 4.THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE…

AND SAMUEL PRESCOTT AND WILLIAM DAWES TO WARN, “THE REGULARS (BRITISH) ARE COMING!!!!”

PAUL REVERE