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South Carolina End-of-Course Examination in US History
INTENSIVE
REVIEWUSHC 1.2Analyze the early development of representative government and political rights in the American colonies, including the influence of the British political system and the rule of law as written in the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, and the conflict between the colonial legislatures and the British Parliament over the right to tax that resulted in the American Revolutionary War.
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A Long Train
of Abuses
and UsurpationsThe Causes of the American Revolution
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The French and Indian War 1754-63
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British National Debt
1754 1763 1764£0
£20,000,000
£40,000,000
£60,000,000
£80,000,000
£100,000,000
£120,000,000
£140,000,000
Following the French and Indian War
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Cost of
Quartering
Troopsin the
colonies
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Parliament Taxes the Colonies
1. Sugar Act (1764)2. Stamp Act (1765)3. Townshend Acts (1767)
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Smuggling
A Serious Problem
Photo Credit: Mary Harrsch
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The Sugar ActIMPORT Tax
on Foreign Sugar
1764
ADMIRALTY COURTS
Jury Trials
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The Stamp ActINTERNAL Tax
on legal documents
1765
MASS RESISTANCE
BoycottsMob Violence
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NO
TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
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Resistance Movement(s)
Sons of Liberty
IntimidationMass Protests
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Homespun Fabric
Daughters of Liberty
Reduced dependence
on British textiles
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The Stamp ActINTERNAL Tax
on legal documents
1765
MASS RESISTANCE
BoycottsMob ViolenceREPEALE
D
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Parliament’s Not Done
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Townshend ActsTax on Imports
1767
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Paul Revere's engraving of British troops landing in Boston in 1768.
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Confrontation between
British Troops and a
Rowdy Mob
Boston Massacre
1770
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Townshend ActsTax on Imports
1767
REPEALEDWith one
exception...
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Just because we don’t tax... doesn’t mean that
we can’t!
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The Chain
of Events• Tea Act• Boston Tea Party• Intolerable Acts• Lexington &
Concord
Leading to the Revolution
Photo Credit: Darwin Bell
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ParliamentGrants a
Monopolyto a BritishCompany
The Tea Act 1773
Photo Credit: John-Morgan
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Boston Tea Party
1773
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Intolerable Acts
1774
MARTIAL
LAW
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Photo Credit : Jeanette Runyon
The Minuteman
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Photo Credit: Rachel Ford James
The Minuteman
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OBJECTIVE:Seize the Arsenal
Lexington & Concord
1775