1、1最新 PPT 欢迎下载2最新 PPT 欢迎下载3最新 PPT 欢迎下载4最新 PPT 欢迎下载5最新 PPT 欢迎下载6最新 PPT 欢迎下载King George III and his government wanted to tax the American colonies as a way of regaining their war costs.A series of actions including the Stamp Act(1765),The Townshend Acts(1767),and the Boston Massacre(1770)agitated the co
2、lonists.When the decision was made to tax tea,that was what spurred the colonists into action,which in turn laid ground work for the American Revolution.7最新 PPT 欢迎下载The colonies felt like they had no obligation to pay taxes imposed by a parliament in which they had no representation.Due to this,Parl
3、iament retracted the taxes with exception of a duty on tea a demonstration of Parliaments ability and right to tax the colonies.The Americans would now get their tea at a cheaper price than ever before.However,if the colonies paid the duty tax on the imported tea,they would be acknowledging Parliame
4、nts right to tax them.8最新 PPT 欢迎下载Tea was a staple of the colonial life it was assumed that the colonists would rather pay the taxes than deny themselves the pleasure of a cup of tea.This did not fool the colonists.The companies sent out the shipments of tea to Philadelphia,New York,Charleston,and B
5、oston.They were not allowed to land in Philadelphia and New York.The tea was sent to a warehouse where it rotted.When Boston permitted a total of three ships to dock,it started a reaction of fury among the townspeople.9最新 PPT 欢迎下载Early evening,about 200 men disguised as Indians,known as the Sons of
6、Liberty,assembled by the Old South Meeting House under the guidance of Samuel Adams.The crowd marched to the harbor where the three ships were docked and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard.The tea that was dumped was to be valued over 90,000 pounds which is equal to$159,611.25!10最新 PPT 欢迎下载11最新 PPT
7、欢迎下载The British Government considered the Event defiance of the law and wanton destruction of property.Then-In March 1774,English Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts,which included closing Boston Harbor and imposing martial law.Intolerable Acts were:1.Quartering Act Quartering of British soldiers
8、 in civilian homes2.Quebec Act It rearranged the Canadian Borders.3.Administration of Justice Act It protected royal officials accused of capital crimes.They had to be tried in England.4.Massachusetts Government Act It gave the royal government direct control over the colony down to town meetings.5.
9、Boston Port Bill Closed Boston Harbor and reparations were made for the tea that had been destroyed.12最新 PPT 欢迎下载13最新 PPT 欢迎下载The First Continental CongressThe First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphias Carpenters Hall on September 5,1774.The idea of such a meeting was advanced a year earl
10、ier by Benjamin Franklin,but failed to gain much support until after the Port of Boston was closed in response to the Boston Tea Party.The Congress did not advocate independence14最新 PPT 欢迎下载15最新 PPT 欢迎下载16最新 PPT 欢迎下载Paul Revere and William Dawes make midnight ride to warn Minutemen of approaching Br
11、itish soldiers17最新 PPT 欢迎下载18最新 PPT 欢迎下载19最新 PPT 欢迎下载20最新 PPT 欢迎下载21最新 PPT 欢迎下载22最新 PPT 欢迎下载In June of 1776,the Continental Congress agreed that a Declaration of Independence needed to be written.23最新 PPT 欢迎下载1 All people have equal rights.“We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all men are cr
12、eated equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,that among these are life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness.”2 Great Britain had treated the colonists wrongfully.3 The colonies were now an independent country known as the United States of America.Declaration of
13、Independence 3 Main Parts24最新 PPT 欢迎下载25最新 PPT 欢迎下载26最新 PPT 欢迎下载27最新 PPT 欢迎下载28最新 PPT 欢迎下载29最新 PPT 欢迎下载Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be freeJefferson Memorial,Washington,D.C.Nor is it less certain that the two races,equally free,cannot live in th
14、e same government.Nature,habit,opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.-Thomas Jefferson30最新 PPT 欢迎下载31最新 PPT 欢迎下载32最新 PPT 欢迎下载33最新 PPT 欢迎下载34最新 PPT 欢迎下载3.It inspired French revolution.Many French men who had fought on the side of the colonies became heroes of the French revolution.4.It inspired revolutionaries in many other European countries to overthrow the autocratic rule in their countries.5.It encouraged many Spanish and Portugal colonies in America to rebel against their mother countries and become independent.35最新 PPT 欢迎下载谢谢大家谢谢大家36最新 PPT 欢迎下载
