Foldable Instructions and notes Follow directions If you

Foldable Instructions and notes

� Follow directions � If you need help…ASK � Fold, glue, cut � Anchor tab=only place where glue goes � Things to remember with GLUE �Dot, dot not a lot �One line is just fine

�Cut out the foldable �Make sure not to cut the anchor tab (topic tab)

� Fold tab the anchor

�Add glue to ANCHOR TAB only and place on clean sheet of paper

� Let glue dry then cut out the tabs

Cause of the American Revolution

� British in debt because of war � Begin to TAX colonists � Thought colonists should help pay

� Treaty of Paris—ended the war and gave British full control over all American colonies � Proclamation of 1763—British deal with natives…colonists can’t go beyond Appalachian Mountains

�A lot of taxes from British government �Sugar Act—(1 st) �Stamp Act—tax on anything paper �Townshend Acts—tax on glass, paint, etc. �Boston Massacre—protest (7 killed by British)

� Sons of Liberty—protest against all taxes, damaged British property, Boston Tea Party � Daughters of Liberty—protest by boycotting (ladies—make your clothes) � Committees of Correspondence—create private communication lines for patriots � Thomas Paine—wrote Common Sense

� Punishment � Closed for the Boston Tea Party trade to Boston Harbor � Quartering Act—British soldiers can freeload whenever!! � Boston under military control—RED COATS EVERYWHERE � First Continental Congress created