THE REAL REVOLUTION

1763-1776

THE REAL REVOLUTION

• FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CONCLUDES IN 1763

• BRITAIN EMERGES VICTORIUS

• SAFETY AND WELFARE OF COLONIES NO LONGER DEENDS ON GREAT BRITAIN

CONFLICTING INTERESTS IN THE WEST

• SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN LANDS

• WHO WILL PAY FOR IT?

• WHO WILL DEFEND IT?

CONFLICTING INTERESTS IN THE WEST

• PONTIAC AND THE SIEGE OF DETROIT

• PROCLAMATION OF 1763

COMMERCE AND CURRENCY

• WRITS OF ASSISTANCE

• CURRENCY SHORTAGE IN COLONIES

• CURRENCY ACT IS PASSED - 1764

TAXATION

• BRITAIN DEALS WITH DEBT

• SUGAR ACT- AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE REVENUE

• STAMP ACT - 1765 - FANS THE FLAMES

• DECLATORY ACT - ASSERTS FULL AUTHORITY OF PARLIAMENT

TAXATION

• TOWNSHEND ACT

• QUARTERING ACT

• SAMUAL ADAMS - ISSUES “CIRCULAR LETTER”

• A CALL FOR BOYCOTTS

• SONS OF LIBERTY - THE ENFORCERS

ESCALATION

• THE BOSTON MASSACRE

• TEA ACT -1773

• BOSTON PORT ACT OF 1774 - CLOSES BOSTON HARBOR

• QUEBEC ACT OF 1774

IDEOLOGY OF THE REVOLTION

• FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MEETS - 1774

• TORIES AND RADICALS

• JOSEPH GALLOWAY

• MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK RESOLVES - ENDORSED BY THE CONGRESS

ROAD TO REBELION

• NO ROOM TO RETREAT

• LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

• LOYALTY!

• INDEPENDENCE DECLARED

INDEPENDENCE DECLARED

• THOMAS PAINE & COMMON SENSE

• A GAMBLE

• HOW WOULD COLONIES GOVERN THEMSELVES?

• HOW WOULD THEY RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER?

INDEPENDENCE DECLARED

• WHAT WOULD BE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE?

• WHAT INTERNAL CHANGE WAS NEEDED?

• WOULD THERE BE A CHANGE IN SOCIAL ORDER?

• COULD THEY OVERCOME DIVISIONS?

CONTEXT FOR CONFLICT

• LOYALISTS

• WHY LOYAL?

• TAKING SIDES

• TREATY OF PARIS - SEPT. 3, 1783

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

• FIRST CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES

• A LEAGUE OF FRIENDSHIP

• NO POWER TO TAX

• A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

• STATE CONSTITUTIONS - HAD TO BE REVISED

INTERNAL REVOLUTIONS

• LOYALIST BREAKOUTS CREATE NEW WEALTH

• MOST NORTHERN SLAVES FREED BY 1804

• ANGLICAN RELIGION FALLS FROM FAVOR

• PRIMOGENITURE WEAKENED

• MILD INCREASE IN WOMEN’S RIGHTS

CRITICAL PERIOD

• DISORDER IN THE WEST

• NORTHWEST ORDINANCE - 1787 - PUTS WESTERN TERRITORY UNDER FEDERAL RULE

• CHAOS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• CURRENCY ISSUES

• SHAY’S REBELLION

THE CONSTITUTION

• SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE

• PHILADELPHIA - MAY TO DECEMBER 1787

• SECRET DISCUSSIONS

• VIRGINIA PLAN - TWO HOUSES BASED ON POPULATION

THE CONSTITUTION

• NEW JERSEY PLAN - ONE HOUSE WITH ONE VOTE

• DEADLOCK

• CONNETICUT PLAN - A COMPROMISE

• CHECKS AND BALANCES

• THE 3/5 COMPROMISE

THE CONSTITUTION

• HERE COME THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS

• A BILL OF RIGHTS?

• THE FRAMERS - WHO WERE THEY?

• WHAT ABOUT HUMAN NATURE?

• WAS IT A REVOLUTION?