U S H I S T O R YS O M E I M A G E S A N D I N F O . B O R R O W E D F R O M S U S A N P O J E R
THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1763-1775
BOSTON MASSACRE, 1770
WAS THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INEVITABLE?
INTRO. OF NEW THOUGHTS• republicanism: Greek and Roman philosophy
where a group elects an official, rather than hereditarily handed down, for the collective good of the community
• Radical Whigs: emergence of political party in England who fear the independence of the colonies.
• Mercantilism: theory that the wealth in the nation’s treasury represents the nation’s military and political power.
• Thomas Paine: Common Sense
LEGISLATION
• The Stamp Act of 1764• The Sugar Act of 1764• The Quartering Act of 1765• Stamp Act of Congress-1765• The Declaratory Act-1766• Townshend Acts-1767• Tea Act-1773• Intolerable Acts-1774• Quebec Acts-1774
TEA ACT-1773
• British East India Co.: Monopoly on Br. tea
imports. Many members of
Parl. held shares. Permitted the Co. to
sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!)
• North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY-1773
THE COERCIVE OR INTOLERABLEACTS (1774)
1.Port Bill2. Government Act3.New Quartering Act4.Administration of
Justice Act
Lord North
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Q U E B E C AC T- 1 7 7 4
Tar and Feathering
SONS OF LIBERTY
PUBLIC PUNISHMENT FOR THE EXCISE MAN, 1774
O F F T H E C OA S T O F R H O D E I SL A N D
THE GASPEE AFFAIR-1772
THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
• What?
• Where?
• Why?
Samuel Adams
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS-1774
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act?
1 vote per colony represented.
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE-1775
Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British
soldiers.
THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS-1775
Olive Branch Petition
WAS THE REVOLUTION INEVITABLE?