A Pre-Revolutionary Mind Map Sofia Barrios

1. The Tea Act

1.1. England added taxes for tea and it was very expensive

1.2. Everything was getting expensive because of the taxes

1.3. The colonists were sick of all the taxation

1.4. The colonists threw to the water 342 chests of tea

2. Important Symbols

2.1. JOIN OR DIE

2.2. Stamp Act stamp

2.3. Liberty Bell

2.4. 13 Colonies Flag

3. Benjamin Franklin

3.1. During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress

3.2. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

3.3. He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War

3.4. In 1787, in his final significant act of public service, he was a delegate to the convention that produced the U.S. Constitution.

4. Essential Question: Was the American Revolution avoidable?

4.1. I think that it was avoidable because the British could have not added so many taxes to the colonies. I think maybe after the first few they could have learned that it was a bad idea and that the colonists would get sick of it and fight. They could also sell stuff to other countries to pay debts instead of taxing that much.

5. Quotes

5.1. "Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth." -George Washington

5.2. “Desperate courage makes One a majority.” -Andrew Jackson

5.3. “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom—go from us in peace,” -Samuel Adams

5.4. "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Benjamin Franklin’

6. ● French and Indian War

6.1. Lots of wars between france and england

6.2. Spain & France become allies

6.3. France loses the war and everything in N.A.

6.4. Spain gets all French lands in america but loses florida to England

6.5. England got all french lands in canada, has exclusive rights to the

6.6. caribbean slave trade, and gets commercial dominance in India

6.7. England’s debt grew so they increased taxes in the colonies for only

6.8. the colonists and they got mad.

7. Proclamation Line of 1763

7.1. British produced boundary

7.2. Prohibited colonists from settling on lands to the west even if they had purchased land there

7.3. This led to considerable outrage in the colonies since many already had land there

7.4. Proclamation gave the King of England a monopoly in land bought from Native Americans

8. Quartering Act

8.1. King George III imposed colonists to host english military in their homes

8.2. They needed to provide water, food, and hostel

8.3. Many colonist were mad because of it

9. Sugar Act

9.1. Passed in 1764.

9.2. The Sugar Act of 1764 was enacted to generate revenue because the

9.3. British government was deeply in debt following the French and Indian War

9.4. The colonies responded to the Sugar Act and other laws and taxes imposed by the British government with resistance and protests.

9.5. The new Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum

10. Stamp Act

10.1. King George III imposed a tax on official documents in American Colonies

10.2. Many American colonists refused to pay Stamp Act tax

10.3. American separatist movement grew during protest of Stamp Act

10.4. Stamp Act aftermath influenced constitutional safeguards, First Amendment

11. Sons of Liberty

11.1. They were a secret organization that was against the british pre-revolution

11.2. They did many plans for england to give them liberty

11.3. They had the motto of "No taxation without representation."

11.4. They planed many things like the boston tea party

12. Boston Tea Party

12.1. Colonists threw over a 1 million dollars worth of tea to the water

12.2. Organized by the Sons of Liberty

12.3. They organized this because of many factors including “taxation without representation,” the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, and the 1773 Tea Act

13. Boston Massacre

13.1. The Boston Massacre Started as a Street Fight

13.2. There Were 4,000 British Troops among 20,000 Boston Residents

13.3. The tension was caused because of the raise in taxes

13.4. 5 american colonists were killed, Half of Boston’s population attendedthe funeral

14. Townshend Acts

14.1. Created to pay expenses to govern american colonies

14.2. Intended to tax glass, lead, tea, paint, and paper

14.3. As a reaction the colonists discouraged the british on their purchase

15. Tar and Feather tax collectors

15.1. -This was a common punishment given to tax collectors in which hot tar was applied to the skin and then they were covered in feathers.

15.2. -An example of someone who had this punishment is Robert Johnson

16. Shot Heard Round the World (Lexington and Concord)

16.1. British troops were sent to concord from boston

16.2. There was a shot randomly which started the war of independence

16.3. At the old north bridge colonists turned the british back to boston

17. Was the American Revolution avoidable?