美国历史Chapter II.ppt

Chapter II The Revolutionary Period (1763-1789) Pre-reading Questions: How much do you know about the Seven Years’ War? Why was there a sharp contradiction between Britain and the Colonies? What events intensified this contradiction? What event marked the outbreak of the war? Who was the leader of the American colonists and who drafted the Declaration of Independence? The Seven Year’s War: Who were the two warring parties? The Seven Years’ War was between Britain and France. What did they fight for? They fought over the control of North American colonies. What was the result of the war? In the end, Britain defeated France. During a peace negotiation, Britain acquired French holdings in Canada and Florida from France’s ally, Spain. What were the effects of the war on the colonies? Britain accumulated a large debt over the course of the war. To help pay off the debt, Britain turned to the colonies to generate revenue. The Sharpening Contradiction between Britain and the Colonies Reason: Britain began to speed up its economic exploitation and plunder after the founding of the thirteen colonies in North America. It tried to control all the trade in the colonies. (Mercantilism) Especially after the Seven Year’s War, it exercised more and more strict policies upon the colonial people, trying to take more profits out of her colonies. Intensification of the Contradiction The Stamp Act The Boston Massacre The Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress Thomas Paine’s Common Sense The Stamp Act: Time: In 1765 the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. Content: It required that all newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, commercial bills, advertisements, and other papers issued in the colonies bear a stamp. Response: 1.The act was met with a great uproar in the colonies. It was denounced by those it most affected: businessmen, merchants, journalists, lawyers, and other pow