#16 The Growing Rift | Last Update: September 27, 2018 OK PASS Objectives |
Over 150 years of "hands off the colonies" So the colonies developed more American than English How? |
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Laissez-Faire (this French word means “let things alone”) or "hands off" for the first 150 yrs Britian kept their "hands off" the colonies. | Process Standard 1: The student will demonstrate process skills in social studies. |
mercantile theory colonies exist for the good of the mother country Colonies supply England with raw materials and then provide a market for the finished products. |
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3. Distinguish between fact and opinion in examining documentary sources. (1) see Boston Massacre below. |
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The first of the coercion acts was the Proclamation Act of 1763 | B. Identify causes contributing to an unstable economy |
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and government reluctance to interfere in the economy or laissez-faire policy |
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Stamp Act of 1765 Required colonists to purchase a stamp on legal documents. Watch Stamp Act 4 min video |
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Colonists respond to the Coercive Acts with "no taxation without representation" the colonists wanted a representative in Parliament. Watch "Patriot Legislature 6min video. Watch Patriot Legislature 6 min video |
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Boston Massacre |
Watch America the Story of Us Boston Massacre 8min
Watch Boston Massacre 4 min video |
Patrick Henry : "Give me liberty, or give me death"
Patrick Henry's speech 2 min video |
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Photo Credits: Proclamation map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Map_of_territorial_growth_1775.jpg |