美国独立战争(英语课件)
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On March 5, 1770, the soldiers, led by Captain Thomas Preston, were met by a large and taunting crowd of civilians. Captain Preston was unable to disperse the crowd. He ordered his troops "Don't Fire!" With all the commotion the soldiers probably did not hear his orders and they opened fire on the crowd killing three men instantly and another two who died later.
The American War of Independence (1775-1783)
Background of the War
Situation before and after 1763 The Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts The Boston Massacre & Committees of Correspondence The Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts
The beginning of getting organized for the com
East India Company sent to America large quantities of tea / Evening, December 16, 1773
About 50 men disguised themselves as Indians who went on board, broke open the tea chests and poured the tea into the water.
Intolerable Acts
In September, 1774, in Philadelphia, a meeting involving 45 men representing all the 13 colonies except Georgia, at the suggestion of Virginia and Massachusetts.
The Boston Massacre
On October 1, 1768, a group of British soldiers arrived in Boston, MA. to maintain order. The civilians reacted to the redcoats like they were invaders by making fun of them through name calling, spitting, and fighting. During the next eighteen months tension mounted between the two sides.
Stamp Act passed by British Parliament in 1765
Stamped papers must be used for all legal documents and other articles----a way to shift the debt onto the colonies.
Conflicts between British Government and American Colonists
Before 1763, the colonial people had to depend much on England. However, as the colonies grew in population and wealth, they depend less and less for food, clothing and protection; England, on the other hand, exercised more and more strict policies upon the colonial people, trying to take more profits.
It did great harm to American merchants and their business and was abolished in 1770 because of strong opposition.
An American colonist reads with concern the royal proclamation of a tax on tea in the colonies as a British soldier stands nearby with rifle and bayonet, Boston, 1767.
In 1772, “Committee of Correspondence” in Boston was established to get in touch with people from other towns of the colonies about England’s treatment
Met with too much opposition and resistance, had to be abolished in 1766----the first victory of the colonies.
Charles Townshend
British Chancellor of the Exchequer after whom the Townshend Acts are named. Townshend Acts----all goods imported should be taxed.
The American War of Independence (1775-1783)
Background of the War
Situation before and after 1763 The Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts The Boston Massacre & Committees of Correspondence The Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts
The beginning of getting organized for the com
East India Company sent to America large quantities of tea / Evening, December 16, 1773
About 50 men disguised themselves as Indians who went on board, broke open the tea chests and poured the tea into the water.
Intolerable Acts
In September, 1774, in Philadelphia, a meeting involving 45 men representing all the 13 colonies except Georgia, at the suggestion of Virginia and Massachusetts.
The Boston Massacre
On October 1, 1768, a group of British soldiers arrived in Boston, MA. to maintain order. The civilians reacted to the redcoats like they were invaders by making fun of them through name calling, spitting, and fighting. During the next eighteen months tension mounted between the two sides.
Stamp Act passed by British Parliament in 1765
Stamped papers must be used for all legal documents and other articles----a way to shift the debt onto the colonies.
Conflicts between British Government and American Colonists
Before 1763, the colonial people had to depend much on England. However, as the colonies grew in population and wealth, they depend less and less for food, clothing and protection; England, on the other hand, exercised more and more strict policies upon the colonial people, trying to take more profits.
It did great harm to American merchants and their business and was abolished in 1770 because of strong opposition.
An American colonist reads with concern the royal proclamation of a tax on tea in the colonies as a British soldier stands nearby with rifle and bayonet, Boston, 1767.
In 1772, “Committee of Correspondence” in Boston was established to get in touch with people from other towns of the colonies about England’s treatment
Met with too much opposition and resistance, had to be abolished in 1766----the first victory of the colonies.
Charles Townshend
British Chancellor of the Exchequer after whom the Townshend Acts are named. Townshend Acts----all goods imported should be taxed.