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OBJECTIVE:The Revolution was an elite
revolution and could have been easily prevented
ROAD TO REVOLUTION
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Road to Revolution
Republicanism
Individuals giving up private interests for common good
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•Citizenry
•Virtue of citizens
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• Authority to govern depends on the virtue of citizenry
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•Radical Whigs
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Writers who were afraid of too much power to a monarchy or government
Bribes to king (Patronage)
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• They warned citizens to be on guard against corruption
• Today bloggers
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•Ocean
•Communication
•Distance
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• Georgia is the only formed by British
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• Navigation Laws of 1650 stated that all goods going to and from colonies could only be transported in British vessels
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NO DUTCH ALLOWED
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• French Indian War Britain is in debt
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• In 1763 Prime Minister George Greenville ordered British Navy to strictly enforce the Navigation Laws
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• Sugar Act of 1764
• Replaced the Molasses Act of 1733
• 1st law to raise revenue directly from colonists
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• Increased duties or tax on sugar from West Indies
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•Quartering Act of 1764
•Colonist provided food and housing for British soldiers
• Currency Act of 1764
• Suoerceeded the Currency Act of 1764 forbade colonists to print own currency and required them to use “hard currency”
• Gold and silver
• All taxes had to be paid in hard currency
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•Stamp Act 1764
•Colonies were a revenue stream untouched by Britain
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•Quartering Act of 1764
•Colonist provided food and housing for British soldiers
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•Stamp Act 1765
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•Taxed Stamps
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• Mandated the use of stamped paper or affixing of a stamp certifying payment of taxes
• It would be taxing every time you texted of sent an email
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•Theory was to as Colonist to pay fair share
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• The Stamp Act Congress 1765 27 delegates from 9 colonies
• Statement of rights and grievances and asked Britain and King to repel the Act
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• This Congress started to unite the colonists and colonies
• Sectional or colonies always had suspicions of each other
• Began the step to thee intercolonial unity
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•Striking at liberties of colonist
•Burden on their pocketbook
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•Violators refused to pay
Citizens of Britain
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•Admiralty Courts
•No trial by jury
•Guilty until proven innocent
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•British held trial by jury as most important right
• Innocent until proven guilty
• Declarotry Act
• 1766
• Professed the right to tax colonists because of virtual reprentation
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•No taxation without representation
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•Greenville stated that colonist had representation “virtual representation”
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•All members of parliament represented all British subjects
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• Americans made a distinction between Legislations which they agreed but:
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• On Matters that dealt with Colonies and taxation they wanted representation
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•Why might have been a “blessing that colonist were not represented in parliament
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•Response to the Stamp Act
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•Stamp Act Congress
•Mildly effective (Britain ignored)
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•People not just aristocrats could now participate in revolution spirit
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•Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty
•Took laws into their own hands
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•Violators of nonimportation faced the tar and feathering
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•Stamp Act
•Quartering Act
• Radical Whigs
•Admiralty courts
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• Hit England hard
• Half of trade was with colonists
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• Reason Parliament was upset
• 7.5 million paid to protect
• 2.5 million refused to pay 1/3 of defense of colonies
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• In 1776 Stamp Act repealed
• Short lived
• Declaration Act
• Right to bind colonists to England
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• Dilemma
Unqualified sovereignty over colonies
Wanted sovereignty
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• New Leadership in England
• Still King George III
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• Charles Townsend
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• Townsend Acts
• Light duties on glass white lead and teas
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• Resentment boiled over
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• March 5, 1770
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• 60 Bostonians began
• throwing
• Snowballs at
• 10 Redcoats over the death of a young boy
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• Common theme in United States for riots in the future
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• Troops opened fire killing or wounding 11
• Crispus Atticus
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• Both sides to blame
• Outcome
• 2 soldiers convicted of manslaughter
• Patriot John Adams defended those on trial
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• In Britain
• Repealed acts but kept 3 pence tax on tea
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• Samuel Adams
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• Disheveled lived for politics
• Formed committees of correspondence
• Exchanged letters to keep revolution spirit alive
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• Twitter or blogs of 1700’s or maybe facebook
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• England was hit hard economically
• East Indian Company (going bankrupt)
• Given Monopoly to sell teas
• In Colonies
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• Tea in the colonies was cheaper
• In colonies principle was more important than price
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• Ironic event
• In Charleston South Carolina
• Seized tea for non payment
• They then sold teas to fund revolution
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• British governor Hutchinson ordered all teas to be unloaded
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• December 16, 1773
• 100 Bostonians led by rhetoric of Sam Adams
• Boarded ships disguised as Mohawk Indians
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Boston Tea Party
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• Response
• Closed port of Boston until damages were paid
• Boston Port Bill
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• Rights of original Charter were swept away
• No town meetings
• Like shutting down internet today
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• Any offense against British soldiers
• Trial would be in England
• Intolerable Acts
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• Also passed Quebec Act
• French soldiers
• Allowed captured French soldiers to keep customs religion and old boundaries to Ohio River
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• If British were this nice to colonist revolution may not have happened
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• Parliament also put in new Quartering Act
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• First Continental Congress
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• Helped kindle revolutionary spirit
• Most Important :
• The Association
• Complete boycott of British goods
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• Called for return to happier days before taxation
• If Britain addressed issues good
• If not reconvene in 1775
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• reaction
• Parliament rejected
• Militia began to drill
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• Lexington and Concord
• 1775 British sent troops to confiscate gun powder and weapons and to capture
• Sam Adams and John Hancock
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• Minute Men
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• Shots were fired 8 Americans were killed
• Became known as the Lexington Massacre
• Shot heard round the world
• British pushed to Concord
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• American guerillas drove the British back to Boston.
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• Weakness of British
• Ireland uprising
• France looking to revenge
• Not as popular
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• Second rate generals
• Long supply lines
• Afraid of George III becoming a tyrant if England won the war
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• Strengths
• Larger army
• Better navy
• Money for mercenaries (Hessians)
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• American loyalists
• Indians
• Population 7.5 to 2.5
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• ADVANTGES FOR COLONISTS
• No nerve center• Fast territories• Outstanding leadership• Washington
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• Benjamin Franklin
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• Marquis de Lafayette
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• Colonists were self sufficient
• Knew terrain
• Fighting for a cause
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• Disadvantages
• No organization
• Sovereignty of states
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• Economical no money
• Did not want to tax
• Printed worthless money
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• Lacked weapons
• Always depended on Brittan
• Allied with France
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• Militia was undependable
• Would just get up and leave
• No supplies no ammunition
• No food
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• Economic issues
• Some merchants would sell to British because they paid in gold
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• What was this revolution
• Elite only a few of the total population believed in the revolution
• “seldom have so few done so much for so many”
of
Committee of Correspondence
Benjamin Franklin